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How high does your intensity of effort have to be when you train? Is it mandatory to train to failure? Is one all-out set enough to build muscle? If you're not gaining muscle, is it because you're not training hard enough? If it's not intensity, what is the real trigger for muscle growth?
How do you make your muscles grow? That’s easy! All you have to do is lift more weight every time you go into the gym. Everyone knows that. Just keep getting stronger! If you gradually [...]
Fat loss plateaus and lack of progress are always frustrating. What makes it utterly maddening is when you feel like you’re putting in a superhuman effort in the gym and reducing calories, but still making [...]
In the 1980's and 1990's, nearly everyone in the fitness industry was not only recommending crunches, they put the crunch on a pedestal and described the exercise with superlatives. I remember reading one of [...]
There’s a price you must pay to get the body you want. There’s also a price you must pay to keep it. As Thomas Jefferson said, “eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.” Once you [...]
It takes 21 days to form a new habit right? Everyone knows that. Well, hold on a minute – recent research suggests that this isn't quite accurate. Can a simple habit be formed in 21 [...]
Throughout my career in fitness, I’ve witnessed countless people fail to get the results they wanted. They stayed the same size, same shape, and same fitness level no matter what they tried. Or, they made [...]
After 25 years in the fitness business, “How to get six pack abs” is still by far the most frequently asked question I receive out of the thousands of emails that come into my office every month. No doubt, it's because abs are the one body part that most people are the most frustrated with. Although their questions are often phrased differently and each person’s situation seems unique, my answer to “what's the real secret to getting six pack abs” is almost always the same… and you’re about to hear it...
Is it really necessary to measure your body fat to ensure fat-burning and muscle-building progress? Some experts today are starting to suggest that we throw away our body fat calipers, [...]
Most people who are dieting and exercising judge their success on one number: body weight. If they lose body weight, they feel like they’re on track. If they gain body weight, they feel off track. [...]
