Do you feel comfortable around them or an “affinity” of some sorts? You will quickly find out that sometimes you will need your trainer to act like your fitness therapist. No matter how great the coach may be, if you don’t feel a level of comfort with them, you won’t Read more…
A barbell clean and a kettlebell clean are two completely different movements, but both could fit this description: CLEAN [barbell or kettlebell]: A power exercise with a quick transition between tension and relaxation that requires proper positioning of the path of the implement in order to successfully complete the lift Read more…
2. Deskercise We all know that we should be standing up and walking more – but short of buying a desk treadmill or going for career-harming three-hour strolls every lunchtime, hitting your recommended target of 10,000 steps a day is no walk in the park. Step forward the horribly-named but honourably-intended Read more…
Knowledge isn’t only less important at this stage; it can actually be a hindrance. Stop going on Reddit and listening to arguments about whether or not blended or whole oats have superior glycemic indexes for muscle protein synthesis. Use that time to go mindfully lift some weights, prepare your meals Read more…
So let’s review a huge list of abdominal exercise substitutions: 1) Replace crunches with: Planks, mountain climbers, and stability ball jackknives 2) Replace cross-crunches (i.e. twisting or oblique crunches) with: Side planks and cross-body mountain climbers 3) Replace sit-ups with: Stability ball jackknives, stability ball planks, stability ball pikes, stability Read more…
… I’ve been attempting to find “true north” in a lot of things lately. This series explores what I’ve found to be true in my own life. Your answers will probably differ; the point is to find what’s true for you. Today’s topic is exercise. Here are three things I Read more…
… It’s always important to train specifically for the race that you’re preparing for. This is why marathoners run long and 5k athletes train fast — they’re building the specific fitness they need to be successful for their race. Obstacle course races are unique because they combine running and strength Read more…
The original Russian term, rabotosposobnost, literally translates into “work ability”. A better translation would be “potential productivity”. But someone creatively translated it into English as “work capacity”, which instantly changed its meaning. The word “capacity” implies the size of a tank, as in “alactic capacity” or “aerobic capacity”. The Russian Read more…
I think we all agree that serious strength work can transform your life. But transformation is by its nature a violent act. In order to be rebuilt, things get torn down — and that’s a big deal, whether you’re talking about a nation, a building, or a person. When you Read more…
Bad news. Very bad news. You probably have all 5 of these deadly, fattening ingredients in your kitchen right now. Some of them might have been in last night’s dinner, and if you love peanut butter, one of them might be in Sunday morning’s breakfast. But you should NEVER eat Read more…