Whether your goal is to lose weight, gain muscle, or maintain muscle mass there’s one serious component you can’t neglect when hitting the gym for a morning workout – fuel. Training in the morning in a fasted can cause muscle breakdown and leave your body depleted of energy and power. Here’s how you can keep those gains without having to scarf down a meal. continue reading
Variable resistance training, or VRT, has been a fixture in powerlifting for decades. In this context, VRT specifically refers to resistance training with elastic bands or chains attached to a barbell, mostly in the squat, bench press, and deadlift exercises. … continue reading
Due to the unique energy demands of strength and endurance based sports, athletes who participate in these activities have different carbohydrate requirements needed to fuel optimal performance. Aerobic endurance athletes and those who train for 60 minutes or more a … continue reading
Often during my early morning runs, I find myself contemplating the important things in life. How good I must look when I run, how delicious that bowl of lucky charms is going to taste for breakfast, should I wear pants … continue reading
Without Question, Nothing Is More Empowering Than A Skin-Splitting Pump. Often described as one of the greatest feelings that can be achieved in the gym; the pump engorges muscles with blood giving them an enlarged, rock hard appearance, makes every … continue reading
You’ve seen this motto since you were in high school. You may have even perfected the training and eating part, but what about sleep? How can it affect your body? How many hours do you need? In the past few … continue reading
If a little exercise is good for you, more must be better – right? Possibly, but sometimes it’s not. In the pursuit of better health and fitness, it might be difficult to take a break from exercise. If exercise is … continue reading
What is Concurrent Training? Concurrent training is the inclusion of both resistance and endurance training within the same training program. For example, if you lift weights on Monday and run a few miles on Tuesday, then repeat this pattern throughout … continue reading
Wait a minute…. you’re telling me to restrict blood flow while resistance training? Doesn’t that lead to blood clots, embolus, etc.? You’re out of your mind man.” We hear this conversation far too often when discussing a novel technique used … continue reading
Athletes and fitness enthusiasts usually attempt to put on more mass for two fundamental reasons: to improve physical appearance or to enhance athletic performance. For weight gain in the form of muscle mass a combination of diet, progressive resistance training, … continue reading
