Without a doubt, my most popular article on the blog ever has been the Trainer Tells All post, with I can’t even tell you how many times it has been viewed (a ridiculously big number!). People have asked for a “follow up”, which I... (read full article)
Bodyweight Strength Training Series Today I am going to bring you a Bodyweight Strength Training video series focusing on 2 of the top upper body exercises, the dip and the inverted row. Below you will find many videos on how to perform the movements,... (read full article)
Is your trainer really telling you everything you need to know? Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2008. Part of our “Best of the past” series time to time will include reviewing and updating some of our top old posts for... (read full article)
The Challenge: You are to work up to perform 100 pushups (or as many as you can) in 5 minutes. If you do not reach 100 then record how many pushups you can do in 5 min below in the comments. You can use your watch to time it, clock or this online stopwatch... (read full article)
Here in the US you can look around and probably find a gym in every town, and sometimes multiple ones within miles of each other. Rows and rows of machines/treadmills, body pump classes all day and enough free weights to go around. But is it working?... (read full article)
A few weeks ago in my overview post on sprint training, I promised an overview of some training periodization theory. There seemed to be a good deal of interest in the topic, so here we go. Lucky for those of you that couldn’t give a hoot about... (read full article)
I was riding my mountain bike yesterday and all of the sudden it just came to me. I just started thinking about how many things I’ve learned through my own personal working out (since I was a kid and playing competitive sports) as well as being... (read full article)
Cardio. That word has been long used to define what people think they need for fat loss. But what is it really? With all our options out there, what is really the best “cardio” workout to do? Well we recently sent out a call to fitness blogger... (read full article)
Sprinting Training Today, let’s look at something near and dear to me: sprinting training. As you probably know, I run in the 30-35 year old division of Master’s Track and Field. So today is basically a high-level of the principles of training... (read full article)
Here’s some quick links to some interesting videos on different topic including a basic one for how fat is stored/burned, a good visual on the difference between running “barefoot” and with running shoes, a simple ab workout (and shoulder... (read full article)
