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...
Tips for Your First Powerlifting Meet
Over the years, I’ve seen countless first-time powerlifting competitors make the same mistakes. Follow these tips to avoid those mistakes and have an awesome experience at your first meet. Know your federation’s rules and commands. Nothing will take the wind out of your sails more than lifting a weight only...
How to Leg Press
There are tons of articles, blog posts, and youtube vids about squatting and deadlifting, but what about the poor leg press? Granted, the leg press is a much simpler movement, but you can still screw it up and hurt yourself if you don’t know what you’re doing. If you know...
Gym Etiquette Tips
Proper gym etiquette basically amounts to being considerate and not annoying others in the gym. Most rules of etiquette are common sense, but some are specific to the gym environment and not so obvious, especially to those new to working out. I'm sure no one wants to offend or annoy...
5 tips to do a bar muscle up
Muscle ups, whether done on rings or a bar, are a challenging body weight exercise that few people are able to do. You may have seen Crossfit athletes on TV or YouTube doing muscle ups and thought it would be a cool thing to try, only to find it impossible...
