Push-Ups: How Hand Position Changes the Muscles You Work
Push-ups are one of the most popular bodyweight exercises and one that works multiple muscle groups simultaneously. While we characteristically think of push-ups as a triceps exercise, pushing your body weight off the floor also works your biceps, pecs, deltoids, and muscles in your back, including the trapezius and deltoids.…
7 Ways You’re Weighing Yourself Wrong
The number that pops up on the scale is one measure many people use to track how much progress they’re making with getting leaner. However, we shouldn’t place too much emphasis on the number that pops up on the bathroom scale. Body weight doesn’t tell the full story! However, it’s…
One Small Change that Can Improve Performance with HIIT Training
High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, is a time-expedient way to work out. This sweaty and often challenging workout structure offers benefits that moderate-intensity aerobic workouts do not. Studies show that HIIT training can improve aerobic fitness capacity, as measured by V02max, and can do so as much as moderate-intensity training.…
5 Morning Habits That Make It Easier to Lose Weight
Could doing certain things when you wake up be beneficial for weight control? Not everyone is a morning person and bounces out of bed ready to tackle the day! But there are ways to make your morning more satisfying and productive while working toward your weight loss goals. You may…
What are the Advantages of Using Dumbbells vs. Barbells for Rows?
Do you include rows in your strength-training routine? Rows are a standard training exercise that primarily works the muscles in the back. One reason rows are such an effective exercise is they’re a compound movement, one that works multiple muscles at the same time. Doing a high ratio of compound…
Can Diet Treat Chronic Pain?
Whether it’s the aches and pain of osteoarthritis, chronic back pain, or an old sports injury, many people fight a battle with chronic pain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of five Americans suffers from chronic pain. Pain is a tough symptom to deal with…
The Science of Negative Reps and How They Benefit Your Fitness
Muscles eventually adapt to the stimulus you place on them. In the beginning, muscles grow and become stronger quickly as conventional training places a stimulus on them that they aren’t accustomed to. As you gradually increase the challenge by using progressive overload, you find yourself becoming stronger and the size…
Is High-Intensity Exercise More of a Mood Booster Than Steady-State Cardio?
Have you ever launched into a workout feeling slightly down or maybe a little “stressed out?” But by the end of the workout, your mind had cleared and your mood has lifted. That’s the magic of exercise! Research shows regular physical activity benefits brain function in more than one way.…
Is Fitness During Middle-Age a Good Predictor of Longevity?
If you could gaze into a crystal ball and see how long you’ll live, would you do it? It would probably be a bit disconcerting to know the exact day you’ll leave this earth, but you probably want to do everything you can to preserve your health so you’ll be…