So you bench press, hit the squat rack, and watch your calories and do your cardio. You do sets and reps and follow your weekly split, but maybe you’re ready for a change. Your crazy friend is always asking you to try CrossFit, but you aren’t sure what it’s all about. Simply put, CrossFit is a fitness program
I’m a big fan of kettlebells. Kettlebells are by far the most effective and convenient conditioning tool around. I would choose a single kettlebell over a gym membership any day of the week. The freedom that the kettlebell gives is unmatched by any gym machine, and you can use a kettlebell to workout anywhere. You can use
You’ve probably heard fitness gurus preach time and again that in order to start losing fat you need to be consuming fewer calories than you are burning. And, if you’re like most, you’re probably trying to get your body into fat burning mode either by going on an even stricter diet (and hoping all the weight won’t
Are you stressed out? Is it hard for you to lose weight? Is there excess fat hanging around in your belly area? If you answered yes to those questions, exploring the relationship between those problems is crucial to your health and well-being. And even if you didn’t answer yes to all three questions, it is
Eternal life is our obsession from the first days of humanity. The oldest literal text that we know up to date, Ep of Gilgamesh, for the subject has a story of the search for immortality. Some millenniums passed but we haven’t achieved our goal. For true, life expectancy these days is much longer than it
Source: Bev Childress „I think I can, I think I can…” We’ve all heard the story of the Little Engine believing it could puff right over that hill. We’ve all heard Henry Ford’s famous quotation, „Whether you think you can or you think you can’t – you’re right.” But have you considered there could actually be a scientific reason
A lot of people do it, but many don’t know how or why. If you’re looking to maximize the value you can receive from the fitness world’s favorite accessory—and you should be—you owe it to yourself to read this article! Over the course of the past decade, foam rollers have gone from being a rare and obscure
Want To Say Healthy? Build A Resilient Core If you want to have a long-lasting training career full of beneficial results until the day you put the dumbbells down forever, there is one absolute quality that can help you achieve that. A resilient core. Building yourself a well-trained, healthy core is vital for not only performance
Complexes can be used for fat loss or strength gains. Try this one using heavy 3-rep sets for each exercise in the series. No rest between movements. This is one of my favorite complexes for developing strength. There aren’t many things harder than working with two heavy-ass kettlebells. A double-kettlebell front squat is just as
The NFL is finally acknowledging that cannabis has the potential to treat acute and chronic pain. A report out today says that the NFL has sent a letter to the Player’s Association (NFLPA) indicating it is willing to study the use of medical cannabis for pain management. The NFLPA, apparently quicker to grasp the conclusions of science,
