Imagine an Olympic runner on the biggest stage of his career, getting ready, comfortable in his blocks and focusing on the race ahead of him. He’s looking around at his competition; he’s beat them all before. He’s trained long and hard and feels ready for this moment. The race is called to the line. READY, […]
Out of the many key principles of weight and resistance training, one of the most important aspects and my biggest pet peeve is that of “specificity”: doing exercises and routines specific to the goal you are pursuing. It seems like an obvious statement,…
Becoming stronger every day and every week is a process of constant strain and effort. Once things become easy, you’ve stopped becoming stronger in that aspect. Things being easy is just a symptom of complacency, and if you become complacent in any aspect…
Diet is always a sketchy subject to write about. There are so many options and methods to accomplish goals, and it gets extremely confusing when there are so many experts saying so many conflicting things. Every diet seems to be the best kind and you HAVE to follow it exactly if you want to expect […]
As an athlete training for certain goals, one of the things that I am constantly monitoring and gaging are the numbers that I am producing during sessions. Measurements are an important part of tracking progress and checking your training’s efficiency. Every level of fitness or sport has a need to take measurements. However, the kinds […]
You walk into a gym, you have all the ambition in the world, and you feel like this is your time. You have the latest and greatest gear needed and as you enter the front door you hear the trainer tell you, “I’m going to help you get strong.” In your mind, you have a […]
There’s a lot of talk right now about the New Year Resolutions, and all the reasons why you wont stick to a fitness program or compete your physical goals for the year. There are always a thousand more reasons why you will fail compared to those why you will succeed, instead of focusing on the […]
Our bodies are incredible machines capable of incredible feats of strength. We see it across a variety of sports and activities, where people accomplish different shows of athleticism…
I have to admit that I have been writing a lot lately about the benefits of intervals, heavy lifting and generally higher intensity style training.
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