It’s a day in the gym many men won’t be caught skipping: chest day! Building an impressive chest is on the list of physique goals for a lot of men, which is why the bench press tends to be one of the more popular sections in the gym. And, the benefits of training your chest…
Being jacked has its perks: you can likely bench some impressive weight, and probably squat the same on the squat rack. However, does this strength actually translate into “real life” strength? What I mean by this is that you can pump iron all day long and build impressive muscles with traditional weightlifting exercises, but this …
If you’ve been looking for strategies to shred (and stay shredded), you’ve no doubt come across suggestions that you try out intermittent fasting (IF). There are a lot of mixed opinions about fasting – it might sound like an extreme to some and perfectly reasonable to others. So it begs two questions: 1) is intermittent…
You showed up to the gym, put in the work, and now that you’re done, you’re starting to feel like you need a little refuel. So that can only mean one thing: it’s snack time! When you’re working out hard and gunning for results, you can’t forget how big of a role your diet plays…
When you’re looking to get shredded and cut body fat, it’s common knowledge that getting in cardio is the way to go, due to its ability to tap into your fat stores and start the burning process! However, there’s another trendy player in the fat loss and cardio game: fasted cardio. As you can probably…
It’s no secret: being fit is, and probably always will be, in. Getting fit comes with so many different physical perks. Once we start working out and eating right, we start to notice that we’re developing a ton of strength, have energy to spare, and can rest easy at the end of the day knowing…
While many of us are tempted to slack off on warming up properly for a workout (trust me, I’ve been guilty too!), I can’t stress how important it is for your safety and progress. Warming up gets your blood pumping to your muscles in order to prep them for movement, while also lubricating and prepping…
We’ve seen article after article on the “best” foods to eat if you want to shred, make gains, or just be healthier in general. And, don’t get me wrong: these are awesome. However, as great as these lists and foods are, I want to let you in on a huge secret to health most people…
The more we read about the habits of the world’s “most successful people,” the more we will notice that success is habitual. To be more specific, we can see that success is truly a compilation of good habits that have been repeated over and over again in someone’s life, until they eventually reach what we…
If you’ve been in the game for a bit, you’ve probably heard of HIIT and wondered, well, what the heck it is. Chances are, you’ve probably done a HIIT workout before, without realizing it (if you’ve ever done sprints on-and-off, or any type of interval/circuit training, you most definitely have dipped your toes in!). This…