Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The days of focusing strictly on progressively increasing training loads for eliciting hypertrophy are OVER. Evolve with the science; be smarter than progressive overload. 2. Metabolic stress and cell swelling oriented training should have a place in everyone’s muscle building arsenal even though they [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. "Gluten-Free" and "Fat-Free" are not synonymous with healthy. While gluten may just be the biggest health hoax of our generation, the ingredients in most fat-free alternatives are equally as heinous for your health. 2. Sure, certain organic produce and meat sources can be a great upgrade [...]
The execution of the perfect push up has become a lost art in today's fitness community. With so many sexy and exciting variations of the push up that have been popularized over the years, people have simply forgotten the requisites and basics of arguably the most important upper body functional patterns [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Not all muscle contractions are alike. Each type of contraction offers unique advantages and disadvantages with respect to hypertrophy, strength, and power specific adaptations, as well as tissue repair and recovery. 2. Appreciating the differences between eccentric, concentric and isometric contractions will expedite your strength and hypertrophy goals [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Severely limiting your caloric intake can not only eat away at your lean muscle mass, it can also negatively effect hormonal balance, predisposing you to gain back the weight you lost, and then some. 2. Snacking mindlessly in front of the TV or your [...]
For even the most talented coaches and athlete that make the gym their playground on a daily basis, putting together a goal oriented fat loss or hypertrophy nutritional program to match the needs of a training program can be extremely difficult. But then again, that's why personal trainers aren't nutritional experts. We'll [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. If you crank forward lunges out long and hard enough, they will catch up with you, and that's a fact. No matter how pristine your forward lunge technique, time only leads to discomfort, pain and injuries. Enter the reverse lunge! 2. The reverse lunge can be a great alternative [...]
We have a truly special article for you guys this week from the young and talented guest author, Ian Padron focusing on the mind muscle connection. This one is a must read if you are interested in building lean muscle, and let's be honest...who isn't interested in building a stronger, leaner [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Lifting weights won’t make women bulky, but it will make them strong, lean and healthy if you’re interested in that. 2. Save the pink dumbbells for a doorstop, ultra high rep training is a dead practice. Sticking to strategic rep ranges will build the [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The most notorious suspect for front-sided shoulder pain in the gym is the bench press, and its many variations. Ask yourself the question, is the bench causing you more pain than the gains that it is yielding? 2. Here's why your shoulder hurt; your program ratios are off, your training [...]
