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Homobrassinolide….aka Steroids that taste good on hot dogs
It’s probably a false alarm, but researchers from NC State have found that the plant steroid homobrassinolide has “anabolic steroid-like” effects with minimal side effects. Testing this plant steroid...
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The Components of Physical Fitness
What is physical fitness? You will receive some very different answers depending upon who you ask. To a person with a medical condition, physical fitness may be a day without pain or a day where they...
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The Ultimate Hardgainer Workout
Every week, I get a couple of readers ask me about training programs for hardgainers. And while, I do have a couple of great size-building workouts posted already…. So here are the instructions for my...
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Health Habits Fitness Challenge #2
Thanks to my new friends at Konkura, I can now challenge the entire world to all sorts of weird & wonderful fitness challenges. Today’s challenge is all about overhead pressing power combined with...
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Science of the Squat – Depth & Load – and How They Impact Your Squatting Muscles
The squat is often called the King of Exercises. And for good reason – because nothing develops lower body muscle mass, strength & power faster & better than barbell squats. And if you want to...
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Kettlebell swing training improves maximal and explosive strength
A study published in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research says that kettlebell swing training will improve your maximal & explosive strength. And how cool is that??? The Study The...
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The Secret of Bruce Lee’s One Inch Punch
Bruce Lee accomplished some amazing accomplishments in his short life. One of his most impressive physical feats was his super-powerful one inch punch. How the heck did he do that? According to British...
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The Human Body is an Amazing Machine
One of the most important things I can do as a personal trainer is convince my new clients that their body is capable of making amazing improvements if they are willing to put in the work. To prove...
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How to Get Strong – The Science of Strength
In an earlier post, The Components of Physical Fitness, I divided physical fitness into it’s component parts and provided a brief introduction of each part. In today’s post, I am going to focus on...
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Train Smarter : Movements v.s. Muscles
Over the course of history, humans have evolved from single-cell organisms into the multi-cellular complex beings we are today. In our current form, we are a collection of cells, neurons, hormones,...
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