Many aspiring bodybuilders and strength enthusiasts want to know what’s the most important factor for making progress in the gym: training, nutrition, genetics, or drugs. The question can’t be adequately answered in one sentence, so allow me a few paragraphs… If your primary goal is to get healthy and/or lose...
Muscle Fiber Recruitment and Gains
In the world of weight training, scientific principles usually take a back seat to real world experience, but one principle worth paying attention to is that of muscle fiber recruitment order. Applying this principle correctly in the gym can make a huge difference in your muscle and strength gains. In...
Why You Should Do Turkish Get-Ups
Turkish get-ups are an oddly named exercise that happens to be the perfect complement to most weight training routines. In this post, I’ll go over how to do the exercise, I’ll explain its tremendous benefits, and I’ll provide guidance on how to incorporate it in your routine. How to do...
How to Work Out with a Weighted Vest
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,...
Listen to Your Body… Say What?!
Have you ever wondered what fitness experts mean by “listen to your body”? What if your body is telling you to get off the treadmill and go eat pizza and donuts? In this post I’ll explain what the saying means and how to use it to improve your results in...
