What is High Intensity Interval Training?
HiiT stands for High Intensity Interval Training and is hands down one of the best ways to burn fat without causing your body to burn your own muscle tissue. This is because HiiT utilizes a lot of fast twitch muscle fibers and this helps to build muscle during your cardio [...]
The entire purpose of 1RM testing is to help you determine the correct weights you should use in your exercise program. Let’s say you decided to hire a trainer at a local gym to help you with your fitness program. There are two trainers you can hire: “Trainer A” has all of her clients do [...]
Hi Everyone!
I’d like to welcome you all to my Blog. Most recently we have had some new fitness enthusiasts join us (welcome J) and one of the most frequently asked question these last couple of weeks was ” Cathe, what did you do to get in shape after you had your kids?”. Well as many [...]
We’ve seen a lot of threads in our forums about weightlifting and weight gain lately and we thought it might be a good idea for a little common sense talk about weight gain myths.
First, it is nearly impossible for even a young adult male to add 5 lbs of muscles doing a weight training program [...]
The above picture is of Cathe doing a One Arm Row Double during STS week number three. You should be using weights that are 75% of your one rep max except when you do a Double Wave Load this week. You may not be familiar with this method, but you will love what it does [...]
If you had to select a weight that you could only do for a certain amount of reps would you know what weight to use for every exercise? Most people who workout probably don’t know the answer to the preceding question except for a few exercises. This is why many people never change their routines [...]
If your goal is hypertrophy (body building) you need to choose a weight that is between 70% and 80% of your 1RM. If you always lift a weight that is too light you will never recruit enough muscle fibers to maximize and stimulate hypertrophy. Likewise, if you always lift the same heavy weight every week [...]
