Enhance your shoulder strength, stability, and aesthetics with our comprehensive rear delt dumbbell exercises guide. Discover the best techniques to target your posterior deltoids. Rear deltoid exercises are incredibly important for maintaining shoulder health as well as overall body performance. When you take time to focus on deltoids, you will reap incredible benefits. When done […]
It’s important to regularly work on each muscle group in your overall training plan. However, understanding the mechanics related to “why” you’re training each group is also essential. Training your biceps and triceps together creates a powerful arm workout that promotes increased strength and improved aesthetics and is incredibly helpful in conducting everyday activities. Key […]
Did you know you can complete a highly effective chest exercise at home without a bench or other traditional gym machines? Even without the actual bench, you can get all the benefits of a bench workout, including muscle stabilization, improved balance, and strength building. Let’s take a look at how this works. Key takeaways: Standing […]
Are You Ready to Improve Your Fitness for the New Year? You are not alone if you’re one of the many people shocked by the number on the scale after weeks of seemingly harmless holiday indulgences. Holiday weight gain is more common than not, with all the extra treats and leftovers lurking in break rooms […]
While medicine ball exercises have grown in popularity over the last decade or so, the origin of medicine ball fitness can actually be traced back thousands of years. Persian wrestlers and Hippocrates himself used medicine ball-type exercises for medicinal purposes. Medicine balls made a popular comeback in the early 1900s with the Hooverball, continuing the […]
It’s no secret that workout recovery is one of the most important components of your daily workout session. One of the biggest hurdles in developing a post workout routine is understanding that there are multiple components within recovery itself; stretching, healthy eating, supplementing, hygiene and rest. All components must be part of your recovery to […]
We all know that regular exercise is vital to our overall health. Post pandemic The Center for Disease Control recommends 150 minutes (approximately 20 minutes per day) of moderate-intensity exercise for adults. However, stretching before and after exercise is also very important and very often under-prioritized. While most people understand the importance of warming up […]
When you think about what it takes to get in a great workout, does your mind automatically venture to strength training at the gym? You may even think of military boot camp-type workouts, running marathons, hiring a personal trainer, or spending hours sweating it out on large commercial machines. Since the 1960s and 70s, when […]
If you’re anything like us, we know that you love to work out! There’s nothing like busting out a workout and enjoying that post-workout feeling. It completely re-energizes you and makes you better in every aspect of your life. But a gym membership has its downsides for the elite athlete–it can be far away, cutting […]
It’s time to hit the gym! Maybe it’s the day to hit your upper body hard, or maybe you’re focused on a powerful lower body workout. Either way, you get into the gym and get working. But are you doing workouts that will provide the most benefit for the area you’re focusing on? What types […]
