Today I ventured out to try a new machine at the gym and this time I tried the leg press. Let me tell you, it knocked the wind out of me and I’m sure it was silly of me to try it with weight, being that it was my first time. I had [...]

One machine that I rarely use in the gym is the leg press. It is often in use by others but the main reason I shy away from it is because I wasn’t exactly sure about the proper way to use it. With that being said, I looked up videos on how to [...]

Many people like getting in their workouts first thing in the morning for various reasons. Some are in a time crunch or there are those who choose mornings to get exercise over with. Whatever the reason, waking up early can be tough, and more often than not, you are sacrificing sleep to exercise.Is [...]

Rick Seedman, a personal trainer from NY who I interviewed (read the entire fitness interview) previously sent me this very cool video of his NY city winter workout.
Being strong enough to handle your own body weight like this is very impressive. Check out the video below with Rick, some snow, and some bars in [...]

Happy Friday everyone! How many times have you made new year’s resolutions concerning your health and fitness? If you’re like me, probably too many to count. I just downloaded and read a free report titled: “7 Reasons Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Will Fail” and it was a great read. It [...]

I was browsing around the internet and came across a term called “roid gut.” It is a term that is known more popularly around the bodybuilding community.What Causes Roid Gut?From what I could find, roid gut is caused by the injecting of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) into one’s system. This hormone is naturally [...]

I have not heard of the term drunkorexia until today as well as other eating disorder buzzwords such as orthorexia or diabulemia. Drunkorexia is an eating disorder that combines starving the body (anorexia) for the majority of the day in order to bank calories for the binge drinking that will take place later. [...]

For those of you that are gym members, you know that there are several leg machines available for use in most gyms. One of them is the hack squat machine. I tried this yesterday and only did a few reps because I was doing it all wrong. I could feel it in [...]

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Whenever I use the treadmill at the gym, I like to get the most out of it while I am there. If you are the same way, there are some common mistakes to avoid to help improve your workout:
Too Many Distractions
Often times I see many people walking slowly while they watch the [...]

Have you ever noticed that some people who begin to eat right and exercise tend to transform faster than others who are doing the same thing? There are several factors that may have to do with this:

Genetics
Metabolism
Plateaus
Dedication

Genetics
Genetics may not even be an issue for most people since the average person isn’t trying to transform [...]