A Confession + Are You Put Off By Macho Goons?
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The state of strength training is, frankly, pretty dismal. It has been for decades. Nowhere is that more obvious than late night TV ads for fitness gadgets and from the…
Strength Training and Size Gains
Truth: The size and shape of your muscles depends on your genes. We’ve had a few comments come in this week from people struggling with their lack of progress and…
Train With/For Your Brain?
For many years I’ve been using the tag line, ‘Train with your brain’ as a reminder for people to be smart about their workouts, goals, and recovery. Recently, a subscriber…
More Evidence for Brief Workouts
Today’s New York Times ran an article about a study at Arizona State University that shows workouts as brief as 10 minutes done three times in a day are as…
Are People Who Lift Weights Dumb?
It seems like there’s always been a bias that people who lift weights are dumb. There is a cliche image of big, musclebound lugs who have trouble constructing a sentence.…
Stop Doing Baby Curls
Use Static Contraction and stop doing baby curls. When I saw this photo I had to buy it. It’s a great mnemonic to help people remember that when they do…
Men with Muscles Live Longer
It’s pretty common knowledge that aerobic exercise improves your cardiovascular health. But a study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine’s 55th Annual Meeting by senior investigator Jonatan R.…