I took some pictures of how to do different exercises at the gym. The goal will be to illustrate a new move each week. As always, if you are embarking on a new exercise program you should first consult your doctor, and if you are new to weight lifting you should hire a personal trainer to show you the proper form and make sure that you are doing the exercise correctly.
I will try to have a new animated guide each Tuesday.
I started my latest workout regimen on Tuesday, and today was the second of the two workouts that will swap back and forth. I am only lifting twice a week, and running for the rest of the week (except this weekend when I will be moving boxes and heavy furniture into my new house). The…
Every weekend over the next few months, I am going to be examining each of the New Rules of Lifting from Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove’s new book. This is rule #15. You don’t need to warm up to stretch.
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about things that deserve more attention throughout the month of October. This week, Scott discusses strengthening your forearms. There are two basic ways to strengthen the muscles in your forearms and wrists. You can directly work those muscles with…
When you are lifting, try to keep your hands spaced evenly on the bar. Whether you have a natural grip, close grip, wide grip, split grip, or even one handed grip, you will generally want to have the same distance from each hand to the center of the bar and to the weight plates. With…
A week ago, I broke my ring finger. On my way out the door the next day to go do my Monday morning weight lifting workout, I realized that that probably was not a very good idea. As such, I took the last week off from lifting and just did a lot of running. Which…
Some advice you will hear frequently is to pack your bags before a race. That way you will be sure that you do not forget anything, and you will be ready to go without having to waste a lot of time in the morning. This advice applies equally well to any morning workout, especially if…
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Look forward to it.
good idea.
It has been something I have been planning on doing for a month or two now. Getting to the gym with another set of hands and a camera when the gym is not particularly crowded has not been easy, though. I managed to get photos of 7 or 8 of the 10 different exercises I was showing my photographer how to do, and I should be able to create articles for at least 5 or 6 of those.
The rest will probably have to wait until after I switch gyms; then I won’t have to pay for whoever I drag with me to take the photos since the two that are most likely to do so will have memberships.