Strength Training
Vegetables For Lean Muscle Growth?
Is there anything green leafy vegetables can't do for you? We already knew that eating plenty of vegetables reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. Vegetables can also help you to maintain a healthy weight and they protect...
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The Beginners Guide: Designing A Strength Training Program
It's tough to know where to begin, to re-start or shake up a strength training routine. Rather than get into overcomplicated concepts and physiology geeki-ness, I'll break things down into the simplest terms possible with the aim of giving...
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The Shake Weight: Absurd Gimmick or Research Proof
"The Shake Weight™ is a unique fitness device that effectively and dramatically sculpts arms, a major problem area for many women, while burning calories." That's what the PR says. In reality? Scientific Proof It turns out that the makers of...
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Which is Best: Single or Multiple Sets?
If you've been keeping even a distant eye on the bodybuilding community, you've likely come across discussions (read: heated debates) on the issue of single vs. multiple sets. Single set training, a variation of which is referred to as...
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10 Strength Workout Ideas to Break a Plateau
sxc.hu: blary54 Are you bored of your current routine? Have you been off the gym wagon for a bit? Here are some ideas to help infuse some interest back into your weight routines....
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Hugh Jackman's Wolverine Workout
I feel comfortable enough to say this: Hugh Jackman looks good... real good. He hovers only slightly below "man-crush" status in my books. The 6'3" star of the latest X-Men installment has garnered a lot of attention for his...
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Dumbbells vs Barbells
When it comes to weight training, there really is only one question you need to answer: Dumbbells or Barbells? Yes, resistance can come in the form of many different things -- kettlebells, bands, body weight, etc. -- but not...
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What To Eat Before and After Your Workout
There are messages a-plenty when it comes to optimizing peri-workout nutrition with supplement companies, sports nutrition authorities and body building forums all offering opinions. The result is a lot of confusion. My aim is to try and deliver a...
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The Rise of the Gym Through History
Many of us have gym membership or attend classes at a local gym on a frequent basis: in America, gyms are a $700 million industry, and it's estimated that 12% of the population regularly attend the gym. But fifty years...
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10 Essentials of Strength Training
There are no shortages of opinions about the right way to lift weights - the best set/rep spectrum, the ideal rest periods, the optimal exercises, lifting tempo, sequence, etc, etc. Let's put those things aside for now and key...
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Do You Know Which Ab Machines Actually Work?
Exaggerated claims are par for the course when it comes to exercise machines or systems of any kind. You are most likely already aware that no ab machine will remove body hair and give you a tan. But are there...
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Why You Should Never Take Steroids, and the Kind of Man That Does
Steroids are not only illegal, they are also very dangerous - and should only be used under medical supervision. Believe it or not, there is a certain kind of guy that takes steroids...
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7 Gym Exercises You Need to Avoid
For most of my adult life, I've held to the belief that there is no such thing as bad exercises - only bad ways to do good exercises. You can take the most effective exercises and make them useless and...
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Core Training: A User's Guide
The term "core" is an oft-used, yet commonly misunderstood catchphrase that has been bandied about in fitness and rehab circles over the past 10-15 years. I'm hoping to give you a mercifully-short anatomy lesson and some usable starting points on...
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Training your Weak Links: Lower Body
We now turn our attention to our lower halves. From the hips down to the ankles, many imbalances have the potential to occur, possibly leading to dysfunctional movement. Let's take a look at some of the culprits....
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Training Your Weak Links: Upper Body
When it comes to weight training, we tend to focus on what we and others can see; Biceps, Pecs (guys), triceps (gals) abs, etc... in other words "beach muscles". Consequently, we tend to ignore the smaller, postural muscles that help...
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The New Rules of Lifting for Women
The New Rules of Lifting for Women is subtitled: "Lift like a man, look like a goddess". However, beneath the cover-page hyperbole is a book that is sensible, useful, and very much needed....
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Weight Training: Step By Step Guide
Convinced by the benefits of strength (or weight) training, you've decided to give it a go. There are several options to work with depending on your individual needs and circumstances. You may decide to join a gym or buy some...
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Why Do We Weight Train?
When counseling people on healthy living, most details are negotiable. What kind of veggies they eat and how they prepare them, what kind of cardio they do and when, whether they cut back or eliminate an item - you...
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5 Myths About Men and Women
In the world of the diet industry - it seems that men are the next big "pot of gold". Weight Watchers are campaigning, and even have created "workouts just for men". Perhaps men have some extra muscle groups somewhere...
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