Yeah yeah yeah everybody loves the good ol’ fashioned bench press. Hell, there’ve been articles claiming the superiority of the incline bench around for many years. Still, it’s very obvious when you go into a gym which exercise is preferred by the vast majority of lifters. Sometimes, it’s tough to get on one of the …
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One piece of gym equipment I’ve recently started using more often is the Bosu ball. You’ve most likely seen them in your gym. They have the ball half and the platform half. You can do exercises on both sides of them as Bosu stands for both sides up. They really come in handy for training …
If you’ve been weight training for any amount of time, in all likelihood you’ve used a high-intensity technique. Anything that has you going beyond positive failure can be considered among these techniques. Some of the most popular are drop sets and supersets. They are both very common ways to increase the intensity of your workouts. …
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I recently finished the NASM certified personal training (CPT) course. Since I’ve been training for many years and have at times thought about becoming a personal trainer, I figured now’s the time. It helps that I’ve gotten into the best shape of my life. I’d like to look the part if I’m showing people how …
It’s been some time since I’ve been able to do this. Just playin’ around here to see if I could do it. I plan on using it as part of a biceps workout to see how it feels and how many clean reps I can get. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6nNJ0P6bA8 I gave it another try a week or …
Keto is everywhere; it’s the new buzzword, the new favorite among those looking to shed pounds, and the new hate victim of the food-pyramid-spouting-eat-your-whole grains mainstream medical industry. The keto diet, while it is not the magic cure-all for every single disease on the planet, does a pretty dang good job at being the potential …
The time has finally come for many of us. Gyms are opening all over the country. Whether they stay open for good is anybody’s guess. A lot of it will likely depend on where you are as some states are getting their biggest Covid-19 spikes. We can only hope that they stay open for those …
Weight training at home has become something many of us are presently doing because of Covid-19. This is especially true here in Michigan, where it doesn’t look like we’ll start reopening until the end of May, if not even later. This being the case, I’ll continue doing what I can at home with the little …
Since many of us still can’t go to a gym due to our present self quarantining times in the spring of 2020, we have to do our upper back training at home. Fortunately, you don’t need much equipment for home upper back workouts with light weight. Pull-ups One important piece of equipment for upper back …
In all likelihood, the bench press will always remain the most popular exercise for male weight trainers. It’s not every guys favorite, but nobody’s skipping chest day either, are they? Unfortunately, in our current times most of us can’t go to a gym due to Covid-19 here in the spring of 2020. This means that …
