You hear it frequently in places where women congregate to discuss the reasons they don’t lift weights. Everything from “I don’t want to look like a musclebound freak,” to “I need to lose weight first.” Smells to me like it’s time to open a can of myth dispellant ‘round here.
If you’re a women who avoids [...]
Do your arms resemble limp spaghetti noodles hanging from your shoulder sockets? Do passing strangers reach to brush the offending food particle from your clothing before gasping when they realize their terrible mistake?
“Pardon me, sir, you have some spaghetti-“
“Those are my arms.”
“Sorry.”
Maybe your situation isn’t this dire but you could use some ideas for a [...]
If you were going to be stranded on a deserted tropical island for an entire year and they were only going to let you choose two pieces of equipment to keep in shape, you could hold up your two hands and say, “No thanks. I’m good.”
No, I’m not talking about shadowboxing with parrots.
With those two [...]
As our decadent Western culture gets fatter by the minute, surprise, so do our kids. Right now, the consensus is that from 20-30% of kids are obese, defined as more than ten percent over ideal body weight. If a child has one obese parent, their odds of also becoming a fattie are 50%. If both [...]
You don’t want bird legs, do you? Don’t be the one at the gym who bench presses six days a week and thinks just walking around town will build those legs. Nope. Wrong. Legs are not fun to work. It takes energy and concentration to blast dense muscle fibers. Sometimes simplicity is best. Maybe you’ve [...]
The word yoga means “union” in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India, where it originated. Modern practitioners think of the union that occurs between mind, body, and spirit. In real life terms what we commonly call yoga is described by the Sanskrit word “asana”, which refers to the practice of physical postures or poses. Asana [...]
Core exercises are a misunderstood and neglected part of most people’s workout. What are core exercises and why are they important? I’m glad you asked.
The core, as you might have guessed, is the area around your trunk and pelvis. When you have good core stability from strong pelvis, lower back, hips, and abdomen muscles, any [...]
The triceps is a three-headed muscle that occupies the back side of your upper arm. This misunderstood group actually makes up 60% of the mass of your arm. In contrast, the biceps on the front of the arm, where most people obsess, only makes up 40%.
So if you’re looking to sport a pair of great [...]
Sometimes late at night you lie awake and think, “There MUST be more to life than a weight set and treadmill. MORE than dumbbells and exercise balls.” Well, I’m sorry to say that…there is. Yep, there’s a whole world of non-traditional exercise equipment out there just waiting to send you to the emergency room from [...]
Who needs the hassle of trudging to the gym every morning when it’s so easy and inexpensive to put together a perfectly suitable and cheap home gym? You don’t need a warehouse full of equipment to get started. In fact, you don’t even have to work your brain extra hard to come up ideas because [...]
