A weighted vest is a fantastic and highly underutilized workout tool. I noticed tremendous resultsshortly after starting to use one, after a lifetime of working out with conventional free weights and machines. In this post, I’ll go over how to use a weighted vest, I’ll share the best exercises to do,...
What We Can Learn from CrossFit
Whether you’re a fan of CrossFit or a critic, it’s hard to argue that it hasn’t revolutionized the world of fitness. While CrossFit has its share of drawbacks such as high rates of injury, lack of personalization, and cost of coaching, survivors of the program have gotten excellent results. In...
8 Things I Wish I Knew when I Started Lifting
Spare yourself some pain and frustration with these eight tips I wish I knew when I started... You can’t out train a bad diet. As the saying goes, you are what you eat. If you overeat junk food, you’ll look like junk and perform like junk no matter how hard you...
Benefits of a Curved Treadmill
One of the more exciting innovations in cardio equipment in recent years is the curved treadmill. What makes a curved treadmill different from a traditional treadmill is that it’s self-powered instead of having a motor, and the running surface is shaped like an arc where you run at the bottom...
What to Look for in a Gym
Most cities and towns these days have anywhere from a handful to dozens of gyms to choose from. How in the world does one decide? It might be tempting to choose the cheapest one, thinking that a weight is a weight, and a treadmill is a treadmill. If you always...
