Lifestyle Related Factors for Weight Loss
It sounds pretty easy doesn’t it? Eat less and move more. Done. Close the books. You’ve set yourself on the yellow brick road to insane results! Hold your horses there. We might have a few more things to look at. Achieving a healthy lifestyle requires a few other foundational pillars to accomplish your goals. The […]
Why Crunches Aren’t the Most Effective Ab Exercise
Crunches have been a staple for ab training for decades but they are not what you should be focusing on for building the six pack of your dreams. The core has many functions and there are better ways to train it. For starters, torso flexion is not the main job of the core, its main […]
Training Frequency For Weight Loss
What kind of time commitment is needed to see results? As always, the answer is – it depends! The goals that the person has will determine how often they have to workout. The good news is that for most people who want to improve their aesthetics, it’s not as much as you probably think. I […]
How Your Body Uses It’s Energy
It’s easy to get a myopic view of your weight loss goals – must lose weight, must workout more and eat less(read in a mouth breathing caveman voice). I’m not saying that these are not important factors in one’s journey to achieving a weight loss goal but there are more things to consider. Human metabolism […]
Minimum Effective Dose vs. Maximum Recoverable Volume
We all want to have effective workouts. Seeing the hard earned results from your work in the gym is the end goal for most people. But what does that look like exactly? Are you putting in enough work to see progress or are you leaving more results on the table? On the flip side, what […]
Building Willpower
We live in a world of comfort, instant gratification is basically a part of life in Western society. We can access almost anything at a moment’s notice and enjoy it. Hell, you can even order McDonalds to your house now since the drive-thru was obviously too taxing to endure. It’s no wonder we’ve gotten so […]
Taking Control of a Weight Loss Goal
Do you feel as if you’ve been doing everything right in your efforts to lose weight, and yet you’re still not seeing the results you were hoping for? It’s time to take control of your weight loss goal once and for all! Just when you think you’ve been killing it in the gym, getting enough […]