Weight Training - Part 3

Weight training is a broad term that can refer to a variety of exercise types. Of course one would not say they are going to be weight training if they are talking about sweating their ass off doing a bikrim yoga class, a “Buns of Steel” workout or some good ol’ step aerobics. Those [...]

Warm Up/Stretching

I know I usually go on my rants about what “most people don’t do.” However, I feel this topic is just as important as any of my other rants. Many people get hurt while lifting in the gym or at home. Many get hurt in professional sports while running or jogging. The leading cause for [...]

Training for Awesome ABdominals

One of the most common goals you will hear from anyone in the gym is that they want awesome ripped abs. The biggest reason behind this is because ripped abs show how serious you are about your training and nutrition. Abs is responsible for this because they are usually the hardest part of the body [...]

Increase Arm Size

Everyone wants bigger arms. It is the reason a great deal of people start weight training in the first place. These are the people who are doing curls after curls. They are working the biceps hard but they never quite get their arms where the size they were striving for. This is mainly due to [...]

Sleep…ZzZzZzZzZz

Do not let your training program fail because you don’t get adequate sleep. What is adequate sleep? This will vary by individual, but most likely you will need eight plus hours to be fully rested. If you are waking up with the help of an alarm (even worse, hitting the snooze button a dozen times), [...]

Training for Endurance

Endurance or stamina is basically the ability to exert oneself physically for long periods of time. A very popular result many want from their training is more endurance. However, to get more endurance you must train for more endurance. You can’t train at a lower heart rate and expect to perform better during a higher [...]