Looking for a challenge? Okay, well maybe not this kinda challenge ====> But if you want to challenge your abs, here’s a great progression. I love the TRX or suspension trainer for core development. You can find great follow along workouts using the suspension trainer here. Start with a plank… Progress to a tuck…. Progress … Continued
What’s the best way to lose fat and improve your pull up power all at once? Here’s a little known fact: Fat burning is improved in the presence of growth hormone. You can naturally increase growth hormone production by increasing lactic acid. Lactic acid is produced when training anaerobically. Here’s the biggest thing to remember: … Continued
My Exercise for Injury Expert pal, Rick Kaselj sent this my way. He was at the Spinal Health & Core Training seminar and filmed the last presenter, Dean Somerset. Rick said that Dean had amazing information when it came to assessing, core training and spinal health from the perspective of a trainer. After three hours … Continued
D. I. E. T. There’s a four letter word if I ever saw one… Many try to lose fat through diet alone. This creates a smaller version of the same soft and squishy body. Sorry for the hard facts, but that’s just the way it is. If you’re happy to always wear long sleeves, long … Continued
I met Nick Nilsson at Joel Marion’s Super Bowl party. He’s such a quiet and pensive dude, I can see why he’s been given the name ‘The Mad Scientist of Exercise’ because while everyone else is chatting it up, I’ll bet Nick is secretly dreaming up new movements on a variety of apparatus, whether it’s … Continued
My friend, Nick Nilsson, also known as the ‘Mad Scientist of Muscle’ has a cool move for you here: This is a great movement for maximizing back development. You’re going to perform two distinct movements for your back in one set. You’ll start with a normall pulldown movement, then holding the handle in that bottom … Continued
I recently did a survey with you and found out that 92% of you use bodyweight exercises in your training. (Thank you to those that did that survey.) With that in mind, I wanted to share this article from my friend, Todd. He’s a bodyweight genius. Take it away Todd: 3 Reasons You can Gain … Continued
If you want to increase your pull up power, I have some tips for you. Pull ups are all around bad a$$ and well worth your while to spend some time working on them. No only will you look like a rock star doing them, you’ll shape your physique and improve strength in other areas … Continued
Body weight workouts are super fun, especially when you’re in a rush, can’t get to the gym and have limited equipment. This workout is a keeper for all the above reasons. Granted you need a pull up bar, but a tree branch, door jam, or a shower curtain rod would do the trick 😉 (note: … Continued
I’ve been talking about training for the older adult and how you may be surprised to learn that training LONGER can actually be detrimental and AGE you faster than a shorter effective workout. Sadly, I go into the gym and see WAY too may people slogging it away on cardio machines. I wanted to … Continued