Use the player below to listen to this article, download the MP3, or use iTunes. “What is wrong with me?” Have you ever had that thought? Perhaps it was after you tried a new diet, and it came crashing to an unsuccessful end? Maybe the workout method your friend swore by didn’t produce the same stellar results for you. Similar experiences are had by many, and often they draw the …
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How to Listen to Your Body When Strength Training
You can listen to this article: Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. Imagine for a moment you’ve been working out consistently for several weeks. You feel great, you’re steadily improving your performance with your strength training sessions and getting in cardio work a couple times per week. Things are moving in the right direction for once and you’re enjoying …
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24 Tips to Uncomplicate How You Eat and Work Out
Would you rather listen to the article? Use the player below, download it, or use iTunes. Anyone who has tried to improve their eating and workout habits knows what it feels like to become overwhelmed by the abundance of information, all the possible workout and diet options, and all the conflicting information. Sometimes food and fitness can feel annoyingly complicated. To uncomplicate …
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7 Things That Happen When You Start Strength Training (And a Word of Caution)
If you're about to start strength training for the first time, or you're getting back into it after a long layoff, you may think being labeled a "beginner" is not desirable. And you'd be wrong. Being a strength training beginner is awesome. The first several months of training is when linear progress is at its peak, and it’s the period when most people build muscle and burn fat simultaneously. …
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32 Beautiful Badass Strength Training Tips and Principles
Let's be honest: most "tips and principles" articles suck. With that in mind, I did my best to write a "tips and principles" article for you that doesn't suck, and it ended up being long as hell. I've dubbed them Beautiful Badass tips and principles since that's what strength training should be about -- becoming the most badass version of yourself. Strength training is one of the best …
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The Shortest Motivation Advice (That’s Actually Useful)
"How do I get, and stay, motivated to eat well and work out?" is a common question. Motivation is mandatory, right? If you want to get fit or transform your body, you need the proper motivation to get your butt in the gym and making good choices in the kitchen. Let's bring this to life with a visual for how most people view motivation. What most people think happens: motivation → action …
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The Double Progression Method: Elevate Your Strength Training Workout
Performance improvement is a mandatory element of a proper strength training program. There are many ways to fulfill this requirement (e.g., increase the volume by performing more sets, decrease the rest periods between sets/exercises thereby increasing the density of the workout, etc.) but the two most common ways to improve performance: perform more reps with the same weight, and increase the …
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The Mind-Boggling Bullshit of Health and Fitness
Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below to listen here or listen to the article on iTunes. If there's an industry plagued with profuse amounts of bullshit, it's health and fitness. Know what it is so you can avoid it and spend your time doing what actually works. While there's more bullshit than I can list here, these are some of the most common culprits. The Expert A …
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