That picture you are looking at is a large hill at a nearby park. A few months ago we went to the park just to take a nice relaxing walk and see what the park had to offer. Well, a little way into our walk I noticed this awesome hill. I just knew some day I would use it for hill sprints. That finally happened last Saturday. Note: I hit a small hole about half way up the hill. ; ) I typically …
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Why Women Should Deadlift
Deadlifts. They are by far one of the best exercises for producing overall strength. But even more than that, they can even help you improve your physical appearance too. So, before we get into the meat of this article, I want to explain why women in particular should do deadlifts on a regular basis. There are several reasons why women should incorporate deadlifts into their programs. One of the …
Back to Basics for Better Results
It seems like everywhere you look nowadays someone has come up with the “latest and greatest way to train” and the “latest and greatest diet and nutrition information” that is full of promises that you can get your best body ever. More often than not, this information is just BS. In fact, many so called “experts” intentionally create diets and or training programs that are very complex because …
Stop Training for Weight Loss
Many people who join gyms and want to improve their body composition and physical appearance automatically start training for fat loss. This may mean that they perform circuits, sets with high repetitions, decreased rest periods, or that their focus centers solely on fat loss and nothing else. This is especially the case with women. There have been numerous occasions when women have come to me …
More Exercise is Not Always Better
This is one of the most common things I see in the gym every day. Most people are overwhelmed with the concept that “more is better” when it comes to exercise. The thinking tends to go somewhat like this: If strength training three days a week is good, then four must be better. If four is better, than five has got to be even better. If performing conditioning exercise (aka: cardio) two days a …
10 Minute Time Crunch Workouts for Fat Loss
I told you last week that I would share one of my favorite kettlebell complex with you. You're also going to get a 10 minute sandbag and dumbbell workout. These are perfect if you don't have a lot of time to workout but you still want results. There are a couple of ways you can use these following workouts: 1) To replace a workout if you're short on time 2) At the end of a workout to crank up …
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The Ultimate Fat Burning Workout
Instead of giving you more fat loss and nutrition information today, I thought I would give you a sample workout that I am dubbing the ultimate fat burning workout. Is this the “holy grail” of fat burning workouts? Well, I don’t think there is such a thing, but if you put 100% into these workouts, you will definitely burn off some body fat. To really get a great fat burning effect, make sure you …
Upper Body Exercises You Could be Performing Incorrectly
Every day I step foot in the gym, I see people doing exercises incorrectly. (Or stupid exercises all together). Either they aren’t getting the most out of the exercise, or they are simply putting themselves in danger. As a result of seeing many people (and numerous trainers) performing exercises incorrectly, I am going to make sure you are getting the most out of your workouts. …
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