When using a pulley, you can intensify your workout by flexing at the bottom of the movement. For example, when doing a triceps extension, twist your forearms at the bottom of the movement so that your palms are no longer facing. They should be facing the floor. Flex your muscles before allowing the rope to…
Always be sure to properly fuel your body. A lot can be said about the specifics on how to do that (I recommend reading Eat Smart, Play Hard for those very specifics), but the easiest thing to remember is to eat before and after you work out.
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…
Mizuno Wave Rider‘s were a pair of shoes I picked up a year or two ago in an effort to broaden my shoe horizon. Every few years I will get a new type of shoe to see if my feet like them, but in general I stick to one pair and buy a lot of…
Anybody that knows me knows that I am not much of one to miss a meal, especially breakfast. Any nutrition book or article that you pick up is most likely going to recommend that you eat something first thing in the morning, and I am no different. Occasionally I will just get up and go…
Nike is sueing Adidas over the Nike Shox shoe patent, which Nike believes was stolen to be used in many of Adidas training shoes.
Earlier this week I explained how to do pullups using a pullup bar. But what do you do if you are not strong enough to do a pullup yet, and you do not have a machine to assist you? You can do what is known as a negative pullup.
Sometimes you really like a workout, but for whatever reason it just is not feasible to do the workout in the manner you have written down. For example, you might have to learn how to navigate a new gym or use dumbbells instead of barbells or machines. In my case, I took a few weeks…
The Health and Fitness blog talks about a New York Times article that tries to debunk the myth that you should not exercise directly before sleeping.
Many people with a home gym have them in their garage or in their basements. Garages and basements tend not to be quite as well insulated as the rest of the home. The result of this? Metal dumbbells and barbells that are really cold, which can make your muscles cramp when you are trying to…