Putting together a weight training and fitness plan isn’t a mystery only open to fencers vying for a spot on the national team. Lorenzo Casertano highlights the steps fencers should be taking to improve their chances on the strip:A...
Yesterday on my IG I shared the above cover and tips on how to use 5 X 5 along with Bodyweight Bodybuilding.
Then yesterday afternoon I came across the news that Franco had passed away. It was heartbreaking for me.
It...
Integrating Mindfulness Into Your Bodybuilding Routine
Mindfulness often seems like a practice best utilized by busy mothers and wannabe yoga instructors. Those who are serious about a real fitness regimen or bodybuilding may dismiss mindfulness practices as unnecessary or silly....
by Robert S. Herbst, special to SportsMD.com
The ancient Greeks believed that a man reached his peak at 40. In fact, if they did not know when a particular poet or philosopher was born, they would take his best work...
It’s amazing that even in a 1967 Golden Era Bodybuilding Magazine (Muscle Builder) that people were talking about “This generation has gotten soft”.
This article was called Mom-ism May be the Reason Why You are NOT a Champion.
As a...
The Impact of Strength Training On Hamstring Health
Over the years, numerous scientific studies and journals have advocated the use of resistance training due to vast number of benefits associated with it. Regular training has been found to improve muscular...
When you are doing heavy pulling exercises such as; deadlifts and shrugs, chances are you find your grip strength giving out before your back strength does.
This is a very common problem among lifters. For most people their grip...
Before we consider the many facets of Hypertrophy-Specific Training (HST), let’s first consider muscular hypertrophy itself. Hypertrophy is a word that is often thrown around in the health and fitness sector and, while many recognize that it refers to...
Weight training has loads of benefits, for example it can help to strengthen bones and, in so doing, assist in helping you ward off age-related diseases such as osteoporosis.
However, if you do not adopt the correct form when performing...
Whether it's 5x5, 4x8 or 3x12, many lifters perform these and other popular set/rep schemes with the same weight for each set. This is called the sets across method. Many adopt this method because it's easy and mindless—you toss...
