What muscles do and how to train them
Ask people who train their bodies what particular muscle groups do and they often are not quite sure themselves. The reason for this lies in the complexity of the body where the same muscle groups work together to perform several different moves or…
Sweat and Fitness
Sweat is one of the most misunderstood concepts of exercise and fitness and “Does sweating help you lose weight?” is one of the most frequently asked questions not just to trainers and fitness forums but also on Google search. Before we answer that we…
Stretching for Strength & Flexibility
Stretching is one of the most misunderstood activities in fitness. Because it is mostly associated with the “bend down and touch your toes” variety of exercise its importance is frequently overlooked and the benefits it can provide are lost. As muscles…
How to Make Muscles Stronger
Everyone who’s struggled to get one more rep in at the gym, or felt the desperate weakness that kicks in when muscles reach their limit as they’ve run has wondered why is it that muscles get tired and how can they be made stronger. Popular answers…
The Myth of Body Types
There are still many forums, websites and even fitness instructors who use the convenience of the endo, meso, ecto classification for body types, perpetuating a myth that has no foundation in science. Our bodies are the instruments we use to connect to…
How To Build Quality Muscle
In a perfect world all muscle would be equal. If we needed to increase strength then we would simply need to put on muscle. Unfortunately the world is not perfect and all muscle fibers are not equal. This means that when it comes to functional strength…
Training Smart: Tendons, Ligaments and Fascia
Tendons, ligaments and fascia are all made of collagen. Collagen is structural protein which forms tough, durable fibers that are then used to connect up all the different muscle groups and structures of the body. By understanding what each of these…
No-Equipment Ab Exercises Chart
Bodyweight exercises always recruit more than one muscle group for each exercise so it is impossible to isolate and work one muscle group specifically by doing one type of exercise. It is however possible to increase the load targeting specific muscle…
Breathing Techniques to Improve Your Workout
Breathing is easy. Because we do it from the moment we are born we barely pause to give thought to it, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no right way to do it. The rhythm of breathing we establish when we train determines the efficiency of our body’s…
How To Make Yourself Exercise Every Day
Here, there is some magic sparkling dust that you can sprinkle all over yourself and instantly feel energized and eager to get up and work it, work it like there is no tomorrow. Or, here is a magic pill that gives you an itch until you go and work it off…