Category: Fitness

To mirror yesterday’s conversation on training around pain, today’s post delves a little deeper into a specific area that many lifters tend to have issues with: Not enough bicep curl variations in their program Forgetting to remove their shaker bottle from their gym bag for week  Knees. The knees are a vulnerable joint and there […]

Getting hurt is a drag. It’s even more of a drag when you’re someone who’s used to being active and an injury prevents you from training consistently or prevents you from training as hard as you’d like. There’s generally two approaches many people take: 1. Complete rest. 2. Conjure up their inner Jason Bourne and […]

You’re at the gym, doing your standard workout when your earbuds fall silent between songs, and you overhear the trainer nearby mention pullover exercises. You draw a blank. What are those? Should I be doing them, too?  Or maybe you’re a little more familiar with this dumbbell-ladened move. You’ve tried a few yourself, but you […]

As I type these words on my keyboard I am aboard an Irish Rail train en route to Galway. We just spent the past five days in Dublin being tourists making the typical pit stops at sites like Trinity College, the Temple Bar neighborhood, and I even had a Guinness at the renowned Gravity Bar […]

The toughest workout is also the most rewarding. One of the best things you can do for your health on a daily basis is climbing stairs.1 Climbing stairs activates muscles all over your body, especially in your legs, arms, back, and abs, leading to a full-body workout that’s also good for your heart. That’s why […]