Fitness Blog
A new year has arrived, and with it, a fresh chance to achieve your goals and improve your life. Unsurprisingly, the most popular New Year’s resolutions is to “get healthy.” If this is your resolutions too, then one of the most powerful steps you can take to achieve it is to create a workout schedule. [...]
Happy Healthy Holidays You’ve been a good boy or girl all year. You’ve done your HIIT workouts, ate your veggies and protein powders, drank your daily recommended intake of water and completed all your burpees. It’s time for a holiday gift to yourself. How about a complete home gym? Make next year the year to [...]
Give the Gift of Fitness This holiday season give the gift of fitness with a kettlebell from Marcy. Do you have a fitness guru in your life? Surprise them with a multi-functional 25lb kettlebell this holiday season. Kettlebells are the gift that keeps on giving. Ideal for anyone who is a workout regular, fitness newbie [...]
Total Body Barbell Training If you’ve ever been to any gym during your lifetime you’ve seen barbells. Maybe you even own one along with some weight plates for exercising in your home gym. Why are barbell exercises so popular? Simply because they increase lean body mass by developing fast twitch and slow twitch muscle fibers [...]
Free weights vs. machines, is a question many have asked themselves during their weight training journey. For those looking to develop their own home gym it’s more than just a question of which type of equipment will deliver bigger gains, it can be a question of economy, space, and results. Today we’re going review the [...]
Perhaps you’ve just started your weight training program and you’re looking for the most efficient way to build muscle mass fast. Or maybe you’re an experienced lifter who’s looking to raise their workout to the next level. No matter where you are on your weight lifting journey, adding a power rack to your home gym [...]
Benefits of Training with Medicine Balls Medicine balls have been in use for more than 2,000 years. In fact, Hippocrates was thought to have created medicine balls by having stuffed animal skins for patients to exercise as a form of recovery. Through their long and storied history medicine balls are still one of the most [...]
Choosing the best weight bench for your home gym can be tricky. With so many similar looking benches, how do you know which is the best home weight bench for you? First thing to take into consideration is your space. Do you have a dedicated room, shed, or garage to house all of your equipment, [...]
The kettlebell’s arrival on the U.S. fitness scene induced excitement and skepticism. Sure, it looks different than the standard dumbbell but how unique can it really be? They both fall under the category of free weights, and each can be used for many of the same exercise staples, but that’s pretty much where the similarities [...]
When you see someone on the Roman chair, they’re face down, bending at a 90-degree angle and are lifting their torso upwards. This exercise, the isometric [...]
