Your warm up sucks. Here’s what to do about it. The old stand-by of doing “5 minutes on the treadmill and some random stretches” before you lift is as outdated as the high school gym teacher who taught you it was the right way to warm up. Worse, this weak excuse for a warm up could…
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Ski and snowboard season is fast approaching. Now is the time for skiers and snowboarders to “get in shape” for the slopes so you can crush it from first chair to last. To most, this means cardio and legs, right? While that’s not a bad idea – you’ll certainly need strong legs and lungs this…
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Hey, team, let’s be real… injuries suck. But if you’re an active person and enjoy lifting, running, skiing, and playing sports, dealing with occasional aches and pains is a major reality of your active lifestyle. Having been sidelined by accidents and injuries before, I understand the frustration of not being able to do the…
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Search the internet for “weight loss diet” and you’ll be inundated with about 8,240,000 results in 0.57 seconds. That’s a lot of freaking diet information to wade through. Allow me to simplify matters for you. The dirty little secret of the diet industry is that ALL diets work, as long as they create a calorie…
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You can sleep your way to gains You’re probably aware that sleep is important, but if you’re like most people, you don’t get adequate shut eye. Well, enough is enough. Sleep ain’t a luxury. It’s a necessity for a high-performing body and mind. Sleep is the most underrated performance enhancing drug available to people wanting…
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If you want to lose weight, you’ve got to diet – that is, create a calorie deficit. But what if you’ve been dieting for a long time, and progress stalls? It might be time for a “reverse diet” to re-ignite your fat loss! The first law of fat loss is to eat less food than…
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What’s the best cardio for weight loss? The common wisdom circulating the gym crowd is that weight loss comes down to a “more is better” approach. If you lose a little weight doing 30 minutes of cardio per day, you can lose more weight by doing 40 minutes of cardio. If you see results…
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Summer is here – are you ready? Memorial Day weekend officially kicked off the summer season of barbecues, pool parties, and beach vacations. If the thought of sitting poolside in your swimsuit terrifies you, you’re not alone. Most people want to lean out (or stay lean) this time of year, but they make one crucial…
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Starting a workout routine can be daunting due to all of the uncertainty about planning and executing the “best” training plan. Allow me to clear up all of the unnecessary confusion so that you waste less time worrying and have more time to actually train to lose fat, build muscle, and increase your athleticism for…
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If the main reason you don’t make it to the gym is that you just don’t have time to go, you’re definitely not alone. In fact, 67% of people with gym memberships never use them, and the average person goes to the gym just twice a week. Sorry, but you’ll likely not see results from…
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