Walking faster has multiple health benefits. Learn how to increase your walking speed slowly and steadily to reap its wholesome benefits. Ever caught yourself mid-daydream, realising you’re the last one in the walking group again? Or maybe you’ve eyed that community 5k run with a mix of excitement and dread because, honestly, your walking speed […]
If you need another reason to make this the year you start lifting weights, experts say it could help your performance outside of the gym, too. From helping you lose weight to improving your mood, boosting your energy levels and, of course, making you stronger: there are many well-known …
Achieve your dream physique with these intense and effective barbell exercises. Here are some of the best barbell exercises for women. Muscle loss causes metabolism to stall, resulting in flabby skin, physical weakness and fat accumulation. But panic won’t help! Doing weight exercises thrice a week may help to prevent or even reverse …
When it comes to testosterone, it’s more than just a hormone that helps with your sex drive. It helps your heart make new red blood cells, increases blood flow, promotes bone growth and density, increases muscle mass, aids in distribution of fat around the body, and other processes in the body [1]. …
Whether you’re a novice lifter or a seasoned veteran in the gym, you have likely struggled with an exercise at one point or another due to your grip failing. It’s a humbling experience – picking up a barbell that’s quickly trying to escape your grasp, or hanging onto a dumbbell for dear life just …
For most lifters, finding a 1 rep maximum (1RM) on a given lift is a regular part of training. Whether you’re training for strength, size, or power, using percentages to calculate working intensities is probably part of your process when beginning a new program. For anyone interested in seeing that 1RM weight tick up, …
MusclePharm-sponsored athlete and Gym2k.com spokesmodel finalist Tyler Holt doesn’t hold back when it comes to building muscle. “We all have rough days—days we don’t want to work out or eat right,” he explains. “But if you want the results you’re looking for, it needs to be done regardless of how much you don’t want to […]
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...]