Returning to Training After a Break
Time away from the gym can be a frustrating experience, especially when forced. And as difficult as it is, returning to training after a break needs to be met with …
Analysis of Push-up Variations and Load
Top of the list of exercises getting butchered right now has to be push-ups. Even some long lost push-up variations have made a return to the spotlight. They’re a great …
Bins and Needles, and Light Weights for Fat Loss
Sitting high on the pile of fitness myths that won’t die is the following: High reps burn more fat and you should train with light weights for fat loss. Proponents …
Sick and Tired: Sleep Habits and Susceptibility to the Common Cold
Did you know that if you get less than 7 hours of sleep each night, you are 2.94 times more likely to catch a common cold Sounds like most people …
Rise of the Machines vs Free Weights
Today we’ll dip our toes into the rushing torrent that is comparing free weights to machines. It’s a debate that’s stood the test of time, firmly dividing gyms into an …
NEW Science of How Sitting Maims Your Health
How does sitting affect health and how much exercise do we need to counteract the effects of inactivity? Are 10,000 steps a day really enough to preserve health and beat …
Shoulder Pain and a Cautionary Tale on the Use of MRI
Shoulder pain is extremely common and can occur for a variety of reasons. Yet many people are quick to believe that structural abnormalities are the primary cause of pain and …
Strike First and Strike Hard
Yesterday we talked about the conservation of variation concept. Continuing on, we’ll go over some quick and easy ways to avoid unnecessary variation that can stall training progress. Specifically, we’ll …
Avoid Training Plateaus with the Right Amount of Variation
I’d like to introduce to you something that could leverage massive results for you in your training and help you avoid training plateaus along the way. It’s a concept known as Conservation …
Everything That Happens is Because of You
I was reminded last week of how a simple change in perspective has the power to change everything. This stark reminder came about because I didn’t have my winningest week …
Your Talent Needs Trauma
Word has reached camp that we’ve taken damage. I’ve a team of assassins scattered locally and abroad this past week engaged in various pockets of battle and unfortunately, not all …
When Best To Fail
Here’s an interesting follow-up to last weeks post on training to failure. So far we’ve covered sets to fail versus proximity from failure and what that means for fatigue. What …
Training To Failure Is Training To Fail
Fresh out of the lab, we have a new study comparing the effects of strength training to failure or without failure on trained participants. The aim of this study was to …