Not so long ago, the three kings of the weight room were the bench press, the squat and the deadlift, and really, the only one anybody talked about was the bench press. (When was the last time you overheard athletes talking about their squat numbers?) Typical football strength workouts might include descending pyramid sets with […]
So you’ve been eating healthy and doing cardio exercise for months and months. You’ve successfully lost weight, but you wonder why you’re just a skinnier version of your former overweight self. While good eating habits and aerobic exercise are an important part of optimum health, there’s no better way for a woman to transform her […]
Weight bearing exercises build bone mass and ward off osteoporosis. In Canada, osteoporosis (“porous” bones) affects one in four women and one in eight men over 50. It is characterized by a gradually lose of bone density, which increases the risk of fractures. Our bone mass is constantly being displaced and replaced and many factors […]
While there are many different ways to perform strength training exercises, there are definitely some big mistakes that you will want to avoid. If you are making these errors you are most likely sacrificing some of the fitness benefits you could be seeing as well as having a progress rate that is severely stalled. 1. […]
One of the best strength training exercises for leg strength is the squat. The reason this exercise is so effective is because it targets a very large number of muscle fibres in the lower body. When you are trying to greatly increase your strength, this is going to be a primary goal. One of the […]
Strength training, once the exclusive domain of athletes and bodybuilders, has recently acquired a new importance in the areas of fitness, health, and weight loss. For the first time, the Public Activity and Public Health Guidelines, a joint recommendation from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association, has recommended strength training […]
Part of the reason is simply that the more variety you include in a workout, the more it’s likely to keep your interest. And, studies show that boredom is a major reason many people drop out of weight lifting programs. But there’s another reason you want to tweak your strength training that has more to […]
An example of a muscle imbalance is when a stiff lower back causes the hamstring muscles to be tight and the adductor (groin) muscles become weak. Fitness professionals have two theories to correct this problem. One is to train movements like a side lunge with a twist. The other is to place the affected person […]
Putting it All Together – Push Pull Compound Training Program By creating a training program that alternates between pushing and pulling exercises, trainees can keep from overloading the smaller muscle groups, such as the arm muscles, resulting in the larger muscle groups being insufficiently trained. For example, do not select two upper body pushing exercises, […]