A sculpted, well defined back is one of the hallmarks of an impressive physique. While many people only train their mirror muscles and neglect the muscles on the back side of their body, training your back regularly can have real benefits for your physique, functionality and strength. In this article, we discuss seven of the best back exercises to consider adding to your strength training program.
Warming up your shoulders properly can go a long way towards improving shoulder function during your workouts and helping to prevent those pesky shoulder injuries that often creep up over time. In this article, we will discuss some shoulder and upper body drills to help you warm up your shoulders and prevent shoulder injuries. You can do these exercises after a more general aerobic warm up (jogging, jumping rope or brisk walking) for three to five minutes.
Many people are interested in using their exercise program to help them achieve a better body composition. In this post, we will discuss whether pilates or weight lifting is better for total body recomposition.
Continue reading Pilates or Weight Lifting for Body Composition?The IYTW exercise series (also sometimes called “Blackburns”) is one of my favorite rear delts, rotator cuff and overall shoulder exercises besides rear delts flies and face pulls. Not only does this movement prime the shoulders before any upper body workout, it also helps you to avoid pesky shoulder and rotator cuff injuries. In this blog, we will discuss how to perform the IYTW exercise series, when to perform this exercise and why it’s such a great exercise for athletes and recreational exercisers alike!
The rear delt fly is an awesome exercise to strengthen the posterior deltoids, improve your physique, prevent shoulder injuries and improve posture. In fact, it’s one of the best rear delt exercises. This movement can be performed with dumbbells, plates, a rear delt fly machine or a cable pulley machine. In today’s article, we will give you some simple tips to make your rear delt fly technique more effective, no matter whether you perform this exercise with dumbbells, plates, or some sort of resistance training machine.
Does cardio kill gains? Many of my clients are interested in building muscle or improving their body composition by improving their ratio of muscle to body fat. They want to build the most muscle possible, but also improve their cardiovascular fitness and health. Can they incorporate cardio into their routine, or will that take away from the muscle building stimulus of the strength training program? Will cardio kill their gains? In this post, we will answer that question.
Since Title IX was passed in 1972, female participation in sports has increased tremendously. Female athletes now have access and opportunities to participate in sports like never before. Continue reading Female Athletes Face Unique Challenges
Boosting workout consistency is easily one of the most important factors in your fitness success. In this post, we discuss some concrete tips to help you stay consistent in your workout routine over the long haul. Continue reading Boost Workout Consistency: How to Stay Consistent in your Fitness Routine
Here are nine common fitness myths that just need to die.
Many of my clients wrongly believe that eating late at night causes them to store body fat. However, this idea is simply untrue. The timing of your last meal does not have any effect on your overall weight and body composition. Instead, the number of calories you eat over the course of the day (and over a longer period of time) determines whether you gain or lose weight/fat. In short, it’s not when you eat, it’s how much you eat that matters.
Many people who want to start weight training wonder how free weights stack up to resistance machines. In this post, we will compare the two forms of resistance training and discuss the pros and cons of each form of training. Continue reading Free Weights Vs. Resistance Machines
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