Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below, download it, or use iTunes. Whatever the reason you want to learn to lift -- lose weight, build a better-looking body, get strong, forge greater self-confidence, complement your sport, improve your health, to be able to outrun fellow Homo Sapiens should a zombie outbreak occur -- you’re in the right place. Depending on what …
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Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below, download the MP3, or listen on iTunes. “What exercises should I do for the Lift Like a Girl programs if all I have access to are dumbbells?” That has been asked so frequently that it’s time to provide the answer. Or if you have dumbbells at home, your gym has limited equipment, or you simply prefer dumbbell exercises, use …
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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)
You perform the deadlift movement every day, and probably don’t even realize it. Picking up a loaded laundry basket off the floor. Picking up your kid. Picking up a box to load in your SUV because you’re the friend who has an SUV and you inevitably get asked to help everyone you know move their crap. Because you deadlift every day, in some fashion, doesn’t it stand to reason that …
[Read more...] about How to Deadlift (And Why Everyone Should)
Every woman should strength train, to some capacity. This empowering, efficient activity has been proven to provide myriad benefits -- physically, mentally, and cognitively with more being researched and discovered thanks to the growing popularity of strength training. Perform the beginner strength training program provided here and you’ll quickly become a believer in its numerous benefits. …
[Read more...] about The Women’s Beginner Strength Training Guide
It's no secret that I like bodyweight workouts and exercises. Not only can bodyweight workouts be the ultimate time-saver (because you can do the workouts absolutely anywhere) but there are dozens of excellent exercises you can use that will help you get stronger, sculpt some muscle, improve your overall health, and lose body fat. Below you're going to see three bodyweight exercises you can use …
[Read more...] about 3 Bodyweight Exercises You Should Try for Glutes, Shoulders, and Legs
13 years. That's how long I've been strength training. During that period of time I've learned a lot. Not just about strength training, but the effects it has on my body and mind. I've also learned some other valuable lessons that one is bound to experience from having a heavy barbell in their hands. Here are 28 lessons I've learned over the past 13 years of strength training. 1) The reason you …
Being kind and sugar-coating things doesn't always get the point across when talking strength training, nutrition, and definitely fat loss. So today, I'm going to be politically incorrect, because the other way isn't getting through to some people. It's time for tough love. You've been warned. "I'm just not losing fat that I think I should. I'm really determined to get rid of this flab on my …
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