What Upper-body Workouts Should You Try? Often when you’re exercising, you’ll read or hear about people doing upper-body workouts (or “arm day”) and lower-body workouts (a.k.a. “leg day). Upper-lower split workouts let you focus on one part of the body while the other muscles rest. Today, we’ll focus on upper-body workouts (and save lower-body ones…
If you’re going to the gym and plan to do both cardio and weight training, which one should you do first? This is a long-standing debate in fitness. And, like many things related to fitness, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer. How you should structure your workout depends on a variety of different factors. Cardio Vs….
“Why bother building muscles?” might seem like a silly question to ask in a blog post for a gym. After all, isn’t that the main reason people go to a gym? To get strong, build muscles, look great, and get healthy. While the answer seems obvious, it’s still a good question to ask. Knowing there…
There are a lot of myths out there about muscles, exercise, and fitness. Some of these are well known, like the myth that muscle soreness equals gains (click here to learn the truth about sore muscles). Today, rather than just debunking myths, we’re going to talk about some fitness truths. Knowing these truths can help…
Not everyone wants to look bulky, get super strong, or become a top athlete. But that isn’t a reason to avoid going to a gym. Exercise isn’t just for the most committed athletes. It’s for anyone who wants to feel their best. As we get older, we often start noticing aches and pains. We might…
Often, if you come into a gym wanting to get strong, you’re also looking to build bigger muscles. You might even think the two have to go together. Size equals strength, right? Generally speaking, bigger muscles are stronger muscles. However, you can choose to focus your training more on one of these goals than the…
If you’ve never worked out before, muscle soreness may seem like a pain and possibly the worst part about working out. Barely being able to make it up the stairs after a crazy leg day may feel like punishment, not reward, for a job well done. After you’ve trained for a bit, themeaning of muscle…
It’s one thing to sign up for a gym membership and go lift a few weights, hit the treadmill, and get mediocre results. It’s another thing to get in there and hit the weights hard and really bust out tangible strength gains. These are three simple mistakes anyone can easily fix when they know what…
There are a lot of factors that can dramatically improve or reduce your gains while training. Rest, nutrition, technique, and even picking the right lifts are just a few of those many factors. But there’s one sneaky factor that can kill gains for even the most educated and well-versed athlete: Effort. Is Failure Actually Good?…
They say the elite are elite because they are much better at fundamental movements than everyone else. Fundamental movements are the key to success in training – and even in life. Master the basics and you will achieve the best results. And just like everything else, this rule applies to kettlebells as well. There are…
