7 Common Strength-Training Mistakes That Will Slow Your Gains
Are you not making the muscle and strength gains you expected? This article looks at eight common strength-training mistakes that can cost you muscle growth and strength gains.
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Are you not making the muscle and strength gains you expected? This article looks at eight common strength-training mistakes that can cost you muscle growth and strength gains.
Do you play music during an endurance workout? Most people do, and there are advantages to doing so. Are certain types of music better for endurance exercise than others? Find out what science shows the best options are for your exercise playlist.
One under-appreciated aspect of resistance training is the link between mind and muscle. How effectively can your mind and muscle communicate? Strengthening that connection can help you make greater strength and hypertrophy gains. Here are eight ways to increase mind-muscle communication.
Once you’ve mastered squats and some of the most common squat variations, you may need to “shake up” your squat routine to get those muscles to grow. Here are five ways to make squats harder and add variety to your squat routine.
One variable you can manipulate when you do biceps curls is the tempo or the duration of each repetition. What’s the best tempo for muscle growth? Find out.
Tempo or rep speed is a variable you can manipulate when you strength train. In fact, picking up the tempo may give you another benefit – greater calorie burn.
There are lots of variables you can change with regard to your resistance workouts. One of them is the speed with which you do a rep. You can slow down the tempo or lift a lighter weight explosively. Find out how explosive training can challenge your muscles in a different way.
If there’s one exercise almost everyone includes in their resistance-training routine, it’s squats. Squats are one of the most effective exercises for increasing leaning body mass – if you do them correctly. Here are eight squat tips for getting the most out of squats and avoiding injury.
Pedal Power is Cathe’s third indoor cycle video. One of the reasons we started developing cycle workouts is to help those of you that still want a high intensity workout, but are seeking and need an activity that is more joint friendly than traditional aerobic workouts. Not only are workouts like pedal Power low impact,