5 Lower Body Stretches to Work on at Home
April 8, 2020
While the majority of us are working at home, it’s easier now more than ever to find yourself sitting around for most of the day. Spending extended amount of time in a seated position can wreak havoc on your hips and lower back, especially if you aren’t setting aside 30-60 minutes of movement/training a few
Read MoreHow Detraining Affects Your Strength and Muscle Mass
March 25, 2020
With the COVID19 pandemic hitting the country and forcing us inside, it’s easy to get frustrated and come up with a number of excuses as to why our training should take a backseat. Although training at home may not be the most ideal solution, something is always better than nothing. If you think your “gains”
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Food labels – How to read to avoid unhealthy ingredients.
March 22, 2020
Written by Jamie Sabel, Nutritionist Why does it seem like food labels and ingredient lists are written in morse code? We don’t know the names of half the ingredients, and the ones that we are familiar with are often disguised under alias names. The good thing, we don’t have to worry about ingredient lists when
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Is Cardio Really Bad for Your Gains?
November 22, 2019
One of the biggest myths and common training misconceptions that you’ve probably heard at one point in your life is “cardio kills your gains.” Every statement needs some context, but what if I told you that aerobic training could compliment a well-designed strength training program and even enhance some of the gains you’re making in the weight room?
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5 of 1,000 Reasons Why Women Should Strength Train
October 30, 2019
Beyond the many fallacies of lifting weights being taboo for females, science has proven time and time again that everyone, especially women, should indeed be strength training. Take a gander at 5 super basic, yet obvious reasons why women should be strength training.
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Five Exercises Every Runner Should Be Doing
October 21, 2019
Believe it or not every runner should be strength training in order to reduce injuries, increase stamina, and shave minutes off race times. Stronger bodies result in stronger, faster, better runners.
Read More6 Back Stretches/Exercises You Need To Be Doing.
October 8, 2019
By: Jared Blincow, CSCS, Strength Coach LIFT Chicago The average person spends eight hours of their day sitting at a desk only to get home and sit on the couch watching tv, surfing the internet, or scrolling through their phone. This daily pattern can wreak havoc on your posture and is a popular culprit for
Read More7 Benefits to having a Strength Coach/Personal Trainer
September 19, 2019
It’s educational. Sessions are much more than you just working out. You gain knowledge of what to do, how to do it, and how it benefits your health and fitness. You learn the most important things you need to concentrate on to be most successful and what things are fitness myths that are very irrelevant.
Read MoreREAL STRENGTH SERIES: LET’S RETHINK YOUR CORE TRAINING
April 8, 2019
Core training may be, simultaneously, one of the most overused and most commonly misunderstood concepts in the fitness world. Whether we are at the gym, taking a yoga class, or simply scrolling through social media, we see countless fitness influencers performing incredibly complex movements and slapping them with labels such as “functional” and “core” training.
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4 Exercises to Help You Get to a Push-Up
March 1, 2019
Find out how to progress the push up with these 4 exercises! Videos included
Read MoreQuick Tips to Maximize Strength
February 6, 2019
If you have been exercising for quite some time and feel you aren’t getting any stronger try concentrating on a few of these pointers! Maximizing strength is a lot more straight forward than people make it out to be. Let’s take a look at what I am talking about. First, simplify everything! If you want
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