Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. “I like getting stronger with squats, but they don’t work my glutes,” she said. She went on to perform a set of barbell squats and my initial assumption was correct: she wasn’t squatting correctly. That is why she thinks “squats don’t build glutes.” It wasn’t the exercise that was the problem; it was …
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Image credit to BD Hypno Plus Would you like to listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. A patient taking part in an experiment is told her new medication may have symptoms such as nausea, stomach pains, and loss of appetite. Four weeks later when she revisits her doctor for a checkup she complains of nausea, stomach pains, and loss of appetite. “The side effects …
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Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. What the heck -- I only added 5 pounds to the bar! Why does it feel so heavy? Maybe you’ve done it -- added a mere 5 pounds to the bar, lifted it for a few reps, racked the bar and immediately checked the plates. Surely you did the math wrong and added more to the bar than just 5 pounds. Nope. The …
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Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. The goal of fat loss isn't (usually) the problem. It's the mindset that often evolves from a seemingly never-ending fat loss pursuit. Fat loss isn’t executed as a simple objective, structured process that lasts for a designated time -- it gradually morphs into a definitive, emotionally-fueled, …
Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. “What are your favorite guilty-pleasure foods?” the interviewer posed. “I don’t have ‘guilty pleasures,’” I retorted before continuing, “I refuse to experience guilt or shame from eating food.” My answer was received with a stunned silence. Clearly this wasn't a response she'd ever received to the …
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Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. The best lesson I committed to learning last year was to give fewer shits. I don’t mean “give fewer shits” in a live with reckless abandon or do whatever you want without regard to how it will affect you or others selfish, and stupid, sort of way. I mean “give fewer shits” in the I’m going to do my …
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Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. Goblet squats are an excellent exercise. When executed properly, they train the legs, glutes, and abdominals in one efficient squatting movement. Goblet squats are my go-to exercise for teaching the squatting movement to strength training beginners. Once a trainee gets quite strong with goblet squats, …
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Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below, download it, or listen on iTunes. The health and fitness industry has done a fantastic job of making women dislike their bodies, and themselves. Browse the health section at your local bookstore, scroll through social media feeds of fitness professionals, glance at fitness magazines in the checkout aisle of the grocery …
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