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Why fitness professionals should stop saying “everybody’s different”
Everybody's different. Men and women are different. People have different body morphologies, different circumstances, different heritages, different occupations, different hopes and dreams. Even siblings who share parents are different. So differences exist. No...
Which leg exercises work best for quad development
Which leg exercises work best for quad development? Leg work has become almost religion in some fitness circles. Quad-rophenia. Or maybe better said, quadri-mania. Whole social media sites are devoted to squatting. Post after post and blog after blog coach and argue...
Three Tweaks to the Hardgainer Solution
HGS: novel and effective resistance training program Scott Abel rolled out his Hardgainer Solution workout program roughly four years ago. I was editing his materials at the time, so I fortunately got an advance look at the program during the editing process. Calling...
Muscles Can’t Do Math
Knowing a little math can make your gym time more effective and get you better results. Muscles can't do math. Knowing a little math can make your time in the gym more effective and get you better results. I was never good at math, and I've been lucky to know some...
10 Predictions for Post-COVID-19 Fitness
Thoughts on what the post-pandemic fitness scene will look like Fitness has taken on a whole new look during our pandemic lockdown. It's been a kind-of fitness center purgatory for the exercise enthusiast, a bonanza for the innovative, and an opportunity for the...
Sissy, not sissy
Patio Workout 3 Experiment Sissy squats are not for sissies Still getting used to this stay-at-home thing. I must admit I miss the gym. The people sitting on equipment checking their phones between sets. Different matter. My stay-at-home office is about 10...
One exercise every desk jockey should be doing
Mom always said... If there's one piece of advice Mom gave that I wish I'd listened to, it's "sit up straight". With all the ZOOMing and Teaming and other video-conferencing that's going on now, I get daily reminders of how crummy my posture is, just by looking at my...
Muscle problem or motivation problem?
Listening when your body tells you to take the day off. I feel like working out, but my body says “no”. Or, my body’s fine, but I’m not feelin’ it. Everyone pursuing fitness has that internal debate from time to time. Got a muscle problem or motivation problem?...
More Patio workouts for training at home
More experimentation I'm still experimenting with more patio workouts for training at home. Have to admit I miss the iron and the camaraderie of the gym. (I don't miss people sitting on equipment checking their phones between sets.) After a recovery day (or two), I...