The New Rules of Lifting: A book review

The New Rules of Lifting is a recently published book from Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove. The New Rules of Lifting‘s basic premise is that it is not which muscles you work out at the gym that makes a real difference in your body, but how you move those muscles. The New Rules of Lifting are based upon using muscles in tandem and in very natural ways, rather than isolating your muscles and working your muscles in a way that your body will never need outside of a gym.

How To: Pullups

How to perform a pullup with an animated image showing the move. Click on the picture to see the full sized animation. Grab a pullup bar (or a handy tree branch…) in an overhand grip. Your hands should be located right around or slightly outside shoulder width....

Retooled Beginner/Rusty Workout

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...