Here's What You Need To Know... 1. "Gluten-Free" and "Fat-Free" are not synonymous with healthy. While gluten may just be the biggest health hoax of our generation, the ingredients in most fat-free alternatives are equally as heinous for your health. 2. Sure, certain organic produce and meat sources can be a great upgrade [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The shoulder and the thoracic spine are hugely related as it pertains to movement synergies. In order for the shoulder to maintain optimal health and function over the long run, your thoracic spine better be able to extend, side bend and rotate freely if you [...]
The execution of the perfect push up has become a lost art in today's fitness community. With so many sexy and exciting variations of the push up that have been popularized over the years, people have simply forgotten the requisites and basics of arguably the most important upper body functional patterns in [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Not all muscle contractions are alike. Each type of contraction offers unique advantages and disadvantages with respect to hypertrophy, strength, and power specific adaptations, as well as tissue repair and recovery. 2. Appreciating the differences between eccentric, concentric and isometric contractions will expedite your strength and hypertrophy goals [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Severely limiting your caloric intake can not only eat away at your lean muscle mass, it can also negatively effect hormonal balance, predisposing you to gain back the weight you lost, and then some. 2. Snacking mindlessly in front of the TV or your phone [...]
For even the most talented coaches and athlete that make the gym their playground on a daily basis, putting together a goal oriented fat loss or hypertrophy nutritional program to match the needs of a training program can be extremely difficult. But then again, that's why personal trainers aren't nutritional experts. We'll leave [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. If you crank forward lunges out long and hard enough, they will catch up with you, and that's a fact. No matter how pristine your forward lunge technique, time only leads to discomfort, pain and injuries. Enter the reverse lunge! 2. The reverse lunge can be a great alternative to [...]
Physical therapy, rehabilitation and corrective exercise has become painfully mundane and unexciting to both patients and practitioners. Even worse, the old school models of rehab have been producing lack luster results for far too long, leaving people more susceptible to future injuries. Corrective exercise and rehab needs to involve more than just Thera-bands [...]
This week's guest article comes from a coach who has truly walked the walk over the course of his career. Chad Rodgers is a retired professional baseball player who is using his unique life's experience in high performance athletics to make a difference in his client's lifestyle and training strategies. No other [...]
We have a truly special article for you guys this week from the young and talented guest author, Ian Padron focusing on the mind muscle connection. This one is a must read if you are interested in building lean muscle, and let's be honest...who isn't interested in building a stronger, leaner physique? [...]
