Training hard is an important part of building muscle and strength, however, recovery is often forgotten about. Recovering harder than you train can even help you build muscle and become stronger. If you’re like most people, you can’t afford the price of massages all of the time. Fortunately, …
30 Minute Christmas Day Workout
Christmas Day is here! A day to relax, eat a ton of great food, open presents and connect with family. Today can certainly be busy, with the cooking, and cleaning, and entertaining, or travelling; I know what you’re thinking, though, “When will I have time to workout?” Here is a great Christmas Day …
Best Fitness Tracking App
As someone who goes to the gym 5 days a week to lift, I found it difficult sometimes to keep track of my progress. However, a few months ago I found an app called HEVY. It changed my workouts. Through this app, I can track each exercise, set, rep, and weight. It makes your workouts easier to track …
Finding the Workout Split for You: Push, Pull, Legs (PPL)
When weightlifting, it is important to have a schedule and planned out exercises you wish to perform on certain days. This can also be known as a workout split. Splits are very useful when it comes to weightlifting, as it sets up a schedule for you to work certain muscle groups, with rest periods in …
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How to Create Your Own Lifting Program
Many people want to get into lifting. However, they don’t always know where to begin. From a personal trainer, here are a few tips as to how to order your exercises if you want to begin lifting. Multi-jointed to Single Jointed You might be thinking: what on earth does that mean? I’m going to …
5 Tips To A Stronger Push-Up
The push-up could be called a powerhouse of a body weight exercise. The push-up works almost every muscle of the body. During a push-up you are working your chest, deltoids, triceps, core, glutes and legs. Now the push-up seems like a pretty simple exercise. Get into a plank position, lower your …
Want Stronger Glutes?
Haven't you heard? Glutes are the new abs! They're all the rage these days. But there's more to strong glutes than meets the eye. A strong gluteus maximus reduces your risk for injuries of the knee, lower back, hamstrings, and groin. If you play sports, strong glutes help you accelerate, decelerate, …
Look Good, Perform Better?
We’ve all seen that one person in the gym who has a perfectly coordinated workout outfit, or is covered head to toe in Lulu Lemon. But what if actually wearing stylish athletic clothing, or an outfit that makes you feel attractive instead of old stained shorts and a tee shirt at the gym, positively …