We are a society that strives for endless options. We become intrigued when we are presented with another choice that we didn’t have before. We want that option to “upgrade” or “add additional items” because many of us think NEW and MORE is better. The same thing occurs within the realm of health and fitness: a new diet plan,
There is no doubt that if a runner regularly hits the hills, they get stronger, more powerful, and ultimately faster. I am all about speed! However, you should vary the structure of your hill program throughout the season. Since hill work is stressful, adaptation, progression, and periodization are of the utmost importance. A healthy dose of
Ditch your footwear (sometimes) to make serious gains in strength and power. The performance footwear arena is as full of game-changing workout tech as it’s ever been, with sneakers that can make you run faster, deadlift more weight, or dominate your next WOD. But the best training footwear of all very well may be no
Ready to get rock-hard abs right from home? Try this bodyweight circuit from Men’s Health Next Top Trainer 2015 winner Gideon Akande and Ben Boudro, owner of Xceleration Fitness. How You Do It: Hit each move for 30 seconds Rest for 15 seconds between moves Repeat for 4-5 rounds The Moves: Lateral Squat to Reverse
The world has never turned faster. We are chasing the kids out of the house, battling traffic, rushing to meetings, and constantly responding to email. Engulfed by this whack-a-mole lifestyle, many simply conclude they no longer have time to exercise. Yet, there is something else at play, as well. We are busy, no doubt, but that compulsion
Time seems to be the most important thing in one’s life, only behind family and religion. Being a coach, I see time and time again various things come up. From the kids getting sick, to work keeping you late day after day. Regardless, there is always a way to get a workout in. Consistency will beat
At the beginning of each year, I am super busy with writing personalized plans for people who want to start the year off fresh with goals they want to achieve. They are feeling excited and positive for the changes ahead. It is wonderful that we all have dreams, goals, and visions that give us a true sense
Your sleeping patterns could be slowing you down from achieving your fitness and body composition goals. Many of us have heard the 8-hour rule for sleep that deals with sleep quantity, but what about sleep quality? Optimizing sleep quality could be the missing key to getting leaner and boosting your energy and productivity. Why 8
‚It was the year 1900, and out of every 100,000 humans, only 13 died from the Measles. Forty years later, that number of deaths went down significantly to less than one person in every 100,000, and on down to barely anyone (0.2 in 100,000) dying from Measles twenty years later in 1960. Just three years
I’m not here to tell you that lifting a barbell is stupid or that everyone should be training to get stronger with super heavy lifting. I will tell you that there has been a huge trend in the fitness industry surrounding kettlebells. Aside from the old school guys and the Russians, we don’t see too
