I love the big multi joint lifts. You know deadlifts, squats, and bench. They are great bang for your buck exercises. They can help develop full body strength, but they are not for everyone. People with range of motion limitations, stability problems, or pain with certain movements may be prohibited…
I was inspired this week to make a list of quick and easy ways to get protein into your system after your workout. I have noticed all to often that after a sweet swole sesh athletes and common folk alike do not replenish their bodies with proteins. Now they could…
This week I am coming at you with 10 more things to read. With the start of a new college semester comes a whole new group of interns. This week I decided to talk about Getting the Most Out of Your Internship. As for the others, here they are. Our…
In the field of strength and conditioning, internships are a must. Without experience it is hard to find a job or even get into institutions of higher learning without practical experience. This is why it is so important that you make the most of every internship experience, especially when the…
In 2006 the latin singer Shakira came out with the hit song My Hips Don’t Lie. If you haven’t seen the music video, believe me there isn’t any deception in those latin money makers. The same is true in the weight room “the hips don’t lie”. With most athletes being…
Last week I wrote a post called 2013: A Year to be Optimistic, about how to set goals to be successful in the New Year. You should give it a read. This week has been full of reads looking at the year that was and the year that is to…
It’s almost here, the new year is just a few days away. Thank god we have survived another 365 days and another end of the world prediction. We are now all one more year older and wiser, well at least that’s the hope. The New Year is the time to…
This will be my first installment of my “Things to Read”. Where I post links to articles and or books that I think are worth reading. This week I did a post on 4 Christmas Party Survival Tips. Check it out to see what you can do to stay on…
It’s Christmas, the time of giving and receiving, friends and family, and mounds of food. It would seem as if the holidays were bent on ruining your fitness goals. With going to holiday work parties, friends parties, family parties, and you get the point there is a lot of parties…
Athletes and lifter alike have been searching for the best times to eat their nutrients, to optimize results. That is why research in nutrient timing is so big. So what is the best time to drink your protein shake and ingest your carbohydrates? There are many questions and variables to…
