As you may have already discovered, the squat (along with dead lifts) is at the top of the heap as one of the most effective overall exercises for stimulating muscle gain and fat loss. This is because exercises like squats and dead lifts use more muscle groups under a heavy …
Artificial trans fats are one of the most prevalent poisons in our food supply, but most people don’t know that healthy natural trans fats DO exist. I’m going to talk about something today that most of you have probably never heard… that there is a distinction between good trans fats …
Diet Coke is on of the most popular sodas on the planet.In the U.S., the average person drinks more soda than water, and Diet Soda makes up more than 50% of that soda intake. Diet soda isn’t a health drink or cure or solution for being overweight. Although switching from …
A bigger muscle is a stronger muscle. I’m not saying a bigger person will always be stronger than a smaller person (physics/leverage/neural components matter), but as far as weight training goes, when you get bigger, you will also get stronger. Weight training (done right) stresses the muscular system and causes …
I believe that the definition of definition is reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. Completely. When I was young I had no sense of myself. All I was, was a product of all the fear and humiliation I suffered. Fear …
Question – How do I properly perform the barbell row? Maintain a natural lumber arch for the whole exercise. Never let your lower back round for any reason! 1) Maintain your lumbar arch, bend your knees, and bend at the hips (not the lower back) and grab the bar. When …
I’m not a doctor, or a nurse, or a nutritionist, or any other kind of health care professional. What I am, at the time of writing this, is a 50 year-old male who was told five years ago by his family doctor that he needed to go on statin drugs because of …
Question – How do I properly perform a power clean? A picture (or in this case a video) is worth a thousand words: Question – What kind of clean should I do? Power clean, hang clean, or squat clean? Both power cleans (pulled from the floor) and hang cleans (pulled …
The basics: 1) Get under the bar with your chest high and your upper and lower back tight. 2) Ensure your position is balanced from left to right, grip the bar, ensuring your grip is balanced from left to right. 3) Grip the bar as close to your head as …
You are not at a calorie deficit. Either you are over-estimating the amount of calories you use. Barring a medical condition, you WILL lose weight is you take in fewer calories than you expend. Sites like MyFitnesPal (MFP), SparkPeople, LiveStrong, FatSecret, CalorieCount, and CalorieKing often crowd source their nutritional information …
