In March, I made the difficult but necessary decision to close the doors at JKConditioning, a personal training gym in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, that I co-own with my wife. Ever since, it’s been sad and surreal that I can’t go into work and do what I love. The spread of COVID-19 has closed …
A bar and your body. What else do you really need? The fitness minimalists and bodyweight purists out there have been saying “absolutely nothing” for long enough now, it can be shocking to hear anything else. But in recent years, two longtime staples of gymnastics training, rings and parallettes, have slowly crept out of …
Plenty of lifters use bodyweight exercises for high reps to add extra volume to a training program with minimal joint stress. And there’s a ton of benefit to this! But it’s definitely not the only way to train them. With moves like push-ups, rows, and chins, you generally are moving through a large, natural …
There are workouts, and then there are challenges. Fitness model, coach, and actor Scott Mathison likes to build fitness with the former, but every once in a while, he loves to test it with the latter. If you tried his 40-Rep Bar Challenge or 240-Rep Bodyweight Challenge, you know what you’re in for here: fighting …
Everyone knows the importance of cardio, but let’s face it: Spending much more than 30 minutes on the treadmill or elliptical can feel a little pointless, even if your podcast lineup is spot on. Paige Hathaway feels the same way, which is why she created this 30-minute full-body, no-equipment program that can help you …
Let's take a trip back in time. How far? Back before the gym was cluttered with dudes with camera crews, and stick figure lifters who strain harder for a selfie than they do during a set of squats.Back then, before the … [Read More...]