Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below, or listen on iTunes. What do the majority of women’s fitness before and after photos have in common? They’re all about weight loss—someone was “bigger” in the before photo, and they’re smaller (or at least leaner) in the after. Not that there’s anything wrong with people wanting to lose weight to improve their health, …
[Read more...] about Remarkable “Before & Afters” That Have Nothing to do With Fat Loss
Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below, or you can listen to it on iTunes. When I was a kid and my Dad asked how much peanut butter I wanted on my sandwich, the answer was always, “A lot!” The first bite would cling to the roof of my mouth thanks to the thick smear of roasted, peanutty goodness. I'd take a quick sip of cold milk to wash it down, then go in for the …
[Read more...] about 23 Tips to Make Fitness a Miserable, Soul-Sucking Endeavor!
Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below, download it, or use iTunes. The One Simple Hack part of the title either piqued your interest, or triggered your potential-bullshit alarm. Simply writing it induced a bit of nausea for me since most “hacks” are overused, regurgitated phrases filled with empty promises. Or they’re just stupid. This simple hack, I’m relieved to say, is …
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Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. Advice is overrated. And often unwelcome. Wisdom gained from personal experience, in my opinion, is much more valuable. That’s why I love the following excerpt -- it reveals a pragmatic approach to how a woman puts out the raging dumpster fires that life hurls in her path: "Change doesn't happen in my life …
[Read more...] about When Life is a Raging Dumpster Fire, Lead With Your Ass
Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below, download it, or use iTunes. During your workout you saw a fellow gym-goer for the first time in several weeks. You hear her telling another member about her recent weight loss. “I swear, the ketogenic diet is the best thing ever. I dropped 10 pounds in four weeks,” she raved. The next day in the break room, one of your …
If you're about to start strength training for the first time, or you're getting back into it after a long layoff, you may think being labeled a "beginner" is not desirable. And you'd be wrong. Being a strength training beginner is awesome. The first several months of training is when linear progress is at its peak, and it’s the period when most people build muscle and burn fat simultaneously. …
[Read more...] about 7 Things That Happen When You Start Strength Training (And a Word of Caution)
Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. Being consumed with guilt after overindulging, and then making extra restrictions with food for the next two days. Feeling like you didn’t work hard enough in your workout because you were unable to improve your performance, so you squeeze in an extra workout to “make up” for it. Feeling discouraged when …
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Two great exercises that will build a strong, resilient back (and posterior shoulders and biceps) are the barbell row and chin-up. The problem, however, is that these two exercises are frequently performed incorrectly, so trainees don’t reap the greatest benefits possible from the movements. How to Perform Barbell Rows Barbell rows are a dying exercise in most gyms. You rarely see anyone …
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