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Article on Personal Trainers
Decent article from Nerd Fitness on picking a personal trainer: https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2016/07/05/how-to-hire-a-good-personal-trainer/ Also, this article discusses the pro/cons of different certifications for trainers: https://www.t-nation.com/living/how-to-become-a-personal-trainer
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Pull Ups Before Bulking?
Saw something on a blog post suggesting a male should not be bulking unless they can do double digit pull-ups. Thoughts?
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Article on Best Ab Exercises
Little bit old, but nice article on ab exercises by Bret Contreras https://www.t-nation.com/training/inside-the-muscles-best-ab-exercises Spoiler: Based on this experiment, here are the top three exercises in terms of mean and peak activity for each muscle part: Rectus Abdominis Mean: Chin Up, Hanging Leg Raise, Ab Wheel…
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Simple Mobility Assessments
Nice article by Dean Somerset on a couple simple assessments to see what limitations you have. http://deansomerset.com/the-worlds-easiest-assessment-and-how-to-tell-if-you-need-more-mobility-instantly/
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Youth Sports and Eating too Much
Just a thought after looking at some of the "Why are we bigger now" posts. I have coached youth sports and have some observations. Growing up during practices and games, we had water to hydrate and there was no treat provided after the game. Now I see parents sending a kid to a baseball/softball game with a liter of…
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Interesting Article, "Try" is a Negative Word
From the article: "I would never cheat on you, and it feels good knowing that you would never cheat on me,” you say to your girlfriend. "Well, I'll try not to cheat on you,” she replies. Ouch. Try? She'll "try" not to cheat on you? Well that's not very reassuring. But why? Why did the word "try" cause you anxiety? Well,…
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Nice Deadlift Tips Article
Nice deadlift article from one of my favorite writers Tony Gentilcore: https://www.t-nation.com/training/13-ways-to-improve-your-deadlift-fast Has a really nice flow/warm up drill video, good comments on lat tension plus a bunch of other stuff.
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Anyone Jumping Rope?
Saw this nice article on jumping rope. Need to get back into it. http://romanfitnesssystems.com/articles/jump-rope/ Some of the key points Jump Rope Benefits * Jumping Rope is an Ideal Warm Up * The Jump Rope Poses Minimal Risk for Injury * Jumping Rope Builds an Important Movement Foundation * The Jump Rope is Well Suited…
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Staying "Athletic"
Some nice thoughts from Eric Cressey on training to stay athletic. As someone pushing 60 I can lift with most in the gym and my distance running isn't bad. My biggest regret in my training over the years is not doing enough stuff to be "athletic". I'm working on it now but would have been much better to have been doing it…
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Recommendations for Car Seat Cover to Keep Sweat Off
Looking for recommendations for removable car seat covers to use after exercise to keep sweat from mucking up the leather. Thanks
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Home Gym Design
Just sharing an article on how one of my favorite fitness writers, Dean Somerset, set up his home basement gym. http://deansomerset.com/building-the-basement-of-champions-how-to-build-a-legendary-home-gym/ The article says he spent $11k. A bit pricey for many people but the article does a good job of talking about the pros…
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Gold's Gym Express?
I posted this in the tread about Planet Fitness, but it got swallowed up. Wonder how many of these are out there? Googling Gold's Gym Express just shows a handful and not the one that I went to. Anyone have a Gold's Gym Express in their area? They just opened one in my community (local paper said they were testing the…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Fitness Center Benefit
If you have Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance you may want to check out a benefit that may be offered with your plan. For a $25 enrollment fee and $25 a month (3 month commitment) you can access over 9000 gyms in the US.…
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Who Are Your Favorite Strength Training Writers
As the title says, who's stuff do you like to follow? Some of mine are Mike Robertson, Bill Hartman, Eric Cressey, Dan John, Coach Dos, Alwyn Cosgrove, Mike Boyle, Joe DeFranco and Jim Smith.
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Maybe Sugar IS the Devil - US Goverment Diet Recommendations
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/07/federal-dietary-guidelines/77151060/ From the article: "The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends limiting the amount of added sugars in our diet to no more than 10% of daily calories. That's about 12 teaspoons of sugar a day. To put that in perspective, a can…
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Agility Drills
In my late fifties. Looking for suggestions on how to move better. I already do a bunch of mobility work, but looking to add some appropriate agility work. Any suggestions? Thanks
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When to Start Direct Arm Work (curls, etc)
One of the rules/guidelines at Cressy Performance, one of the top strength and conditioning places in the US: No direct arm work until you’re able to perform one strict, bodyweight chin-up (women) or five chin-ups (men) http://tonygentilcore.com/2015/09/gym-etiquette-201/
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Fitness and Diet Should Not Have a Time Limit
Interesting points from an article by Dean Somerset (a well respected trainer) http://deansomerset.com/34-things-learned-from-20-years-of-lifting-part-1/ I see a lot of people look to do 30 day challenges, or 6 week boot camps, and I guess that’s cool to get some different perspectives, but after those timelines are…
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Hitting Macros and Still Have Room for High Carb Treats?
I started using MFP a few months back to track micros due to a medical issue and started reading some of the community posts. I was surprised reading how many people who were trying to lose weight would have calories left over for non-nutritionally dense foods (ice cream, cookies, cake, etc) on a regular basis and still…
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Shake Recepes
Old article from T-Nation with some good ideas for "healthier" weight gain shakes. https://www.t-nation.com/supplements/shake-it-up
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What Do You Like as Good Sources of Iron?
Title says it. 2 out last 4 times I tried to donate blood I was told my iron was low. I'm pretty sure I'm not getting enough in my diet. Eat a ton of chicken breast but red meat once a week at most. Going to discuss with the doctor in a couple days. Thanks.
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4 Gym Machines That Need to Die
Nice article by a Doctor of Physical Therapy; Spoiler, the machines are seated ab crunch, seated back extension, seated hip abductor/adductor and seated ab rotation machine: https://www.t-nation.com/training/4-gym-machines-that-need-to-die
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Interesting Article on Curls and Other Isolation Movements
This article suggests someone should not even think about things like curls , tricep extensions, etc until they can meet these strength standards: Bench Press x 10 reps with a weight equivalent to your body weight Bent-Over Row x 10 reps with a weight equivalent to half of your Bench Press max Pull-Ups x 10 reps with…
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Banish the Bulk
Nice article on gaining weight. Has a bunch of good links in it also. http://www.t-nation.com/training/truth-about-bulking Some of the key points Banish the Bulk Here's why: 1. Most train to look good, not get on stage. Is looking good a couple months a year what you're really after? Of course not. Why not look good all…
