More hype and unsustainable nonsense from the fitness industry. CBS New York: ‘Shocking’ New Workout Promises To Cut Your Gym Time In Half. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/06/14/shock-therapy-workout/
A great example of how mind numbingly stupid so many “exercise professionals” are. While you clearly need to have a plan for doing it, learning how to do weighted carries is one the best ways to build whole body strength and power. Plot a short distance near your […]
Lots of good tips in this article for people searching for a qualified fitness professional to work with. To sum up: do your homework; don’t expect miracles; stay alert for lousy advice and unqualified instructors; and, plan to do some work. No trainer can make you do what […]
Excellent article by Gretchen Reynolds of the NY Times (one of the very few credible and thoughtful writers on physical training) about the cellular benefits of hard exercise. Her focus — and the focus of the study she writes about — is the cellular benefit in particular for […]
Business Insider has a piece smacks a very popular myth…that age-related weight gain is due to a “slowing” metabolism. Uh, not really. Most of the people who peddle this twaddle actually understand little or nothing about human physiology; they’re the same people who proclaim that after your lift […]
For the better part of the last 20 years, the fitness industry has engaged in multi-layered fraud that has insulted, lied to, misled, and confused countless Americans. Their malfeasance, like the most notorious pyramid marketing schemes, has many layers, each designed to influence a different audience, from consumers […]
Makes a whole lot of sense to me. https://barbend.com/strength-training-world-record-mile/
So many coaches, especially the ones with mouths far bigger than their brains, make this mistake…more training is not the same as effective training. Or, as I used to tell the martial artists I tried to teach, exhaustion is not a training principle. Actually, it’s not a principle […]
Great essay by The Blond Bomber, bodybuilding icon Dave Draper, who writes a terrific periodic newsletter. This essay about The Best Workouts is an excellent read. Pay close attention to his list of internal and external requirements for an outstanding training session. Compliments are hard to receive and […]
An interesting article about a (rare) useful study of the risk of heart disease. The bottom line: even in people with genetic risk factors for heart disease, healthy lifestyle (exercise, normal body weight, not smoking, moderate alcohol consumption) is a powerful tool to reduce risk. If you have […]
