Fitness
HIIT Benefits for Women: Body Composition, Cardio Fitness, and More
High-intensity interval training, aka HIIT, is a style of exercise that includes short bursts of high-intensity movement followed by a brief period of rest in between. HIIT workouts have gained serious traction over the years due to their ability to burn higher amounts of calories in a shorter period compared to traditional exercise. However, HIIT workouts may provide even further...
Cluster Sets: A Game-Changer for Strength, Hypertrophy, and Performance?
Want to get more from your resistance training? You might want to try cluster sets. I know, I know. Another training method being hyped up online. But research suggests that cluster sets could provide some pretty neat benefits for your training. Interested? Let’s explain all you need to know about cluster sets, and how to integrate them into your lifting...
Slow Reps or Fast Reps: Which Is Best for Strength and Muscle Growth?
An ongoing debate related to resistance training is whether it’s better to do your reps quickly or slowly. Some say it’s better to lift explosively, maximizing force production, while there’s a strong camp of people who believe you need to do your reps in a slow and controlled fashion, maximizing time under tension (TUT). So, which side is right? The...
The Best Rhomboid Exercises For Better Posture and Performance
You’re probably neglecting your rhomboids… and it’s costing you in terms of aesthetics, strength and functional ability. These muscles might not be as famous as the lats or traps, but they play a crucial role in keeping your posture upright and your shoulders healthy. Unfortunately, most people don’t train them directly (or at least not effectively). The good news is...
Farmer's Walk: Benefits, Techniques, Variations, and Programming
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The Ultimate Guide to Weight Vest Training
Want to turn up the difficulty in your workouts (and also your results)? Try working out with a weighted vest. West vest training is a great way to challenge your body further, and turn regular bodyweight exercises into extremely effective strength training workouts. Keep reading to learn all you need to know about training with a weight vest, and how...
Free Weights vs Machines: What’s Most Effective?
The debate between free weights vs weight machines has been a hot topic in the fitness community for decades. The decision of free weights or machines can be tricky because both free weights and machines target certain muscle groups and have their own set of benefits and drawbacks. While there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to strength training, both...
10 Best Cardio Exercises for Beginners to Try
You’ve heard everyone tell you that cardio is good for you; and finally, you’ve decided it’s time to start. They’re right. Cardio is great for you, whether you want to lose weight, gain more energy, or just improve your overall health and wellbeing. And the good news is that it’s not that difficult to get started. You don’t need to...
11 Upper Body Cardio Ideas (How to Do Cardio Without Legs)
Cardiovascular exercise is essential whether you want to lose weight, tone up, or just improve your overall health and wellbeing. But most popular forms of cardio require a lot of work from your lower body. This can present issues for people with disabilities, lower body injuries, or if you just want to prioritize your upper body. So is it possible...
7 Benefits of Nasal Breathing During Cardio
You probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how you breathe. You know how to breathe, right? You’ve been doing it all your life. But science tells us that being more conscious about how you breathe, specifically making sure you breathe through your nose, rather than your mouth, can have a number of benefits for your overall health...
Is Fasted Cardio Better for Fat Loss?
A lot of theories get thrown around in the fitness community on different ways to optimize training and get better results. One that’s talked about a lot is fasted cardio. Some corners of the internet will tell you that fasted cardio helps you burn fat quicker, and get more benefits from your cardio workouts. Yet others claim this is totally...
11 Bench Press Alternatives To Build a Strong Chest
Bench press is a core part of most strength routines, and one of the most common exercises for building chest muscles (particularly the pectoral muscles, or pecs). But it’s not the only way to build strong, defined pecs. If you can’t do bench press for some reason or just want different exercises instead of (or in addition to) bench press,...
Do You Need a Deload Week?
If you’re feeling stuck at the gym, as if your progress has stalled, or even reversed, know that this is totally normal. When you maintain a strict, consistent, and intense training schedule over a long period of time, your body starts to wear down, even if you take regular rest days and are smart about recovery. Often, when you hit...
