If you’re someone who doesn’t seem to have enough time in the day to exercise, allow us to share the good news: science says a quick session is all you need. Feeling a bit sluggish on the exercise front lately? Well, recent research might just kick your motivation into …
Junk Volume: How You’re Wasting Your Time in the Gym
How to Stop Feeling Tired All the Time
It’s normal to feel a general level of tiredness throughout your day so long as you can recover after a good night’s sleep or a restful weekend. However, chronic fatigue can be a multidimensional issue with physical, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive components not necessarily related to exertion, rest, or sleep (1). There are …
Tri-Set Training for Time Efficient Muscle Growth
Have you ever faced challenges that made it seem difficult to get a good quality workout in? Whether you’re pressed for time because of a busy schedule or the equipment selection in your gym is limited, life will always throw us curveballs that complicate our normal workout routine. When you’re faced with an inconvenience …
First Time Bikini Competitor Talks Competition Prep
Have you ever thought about entering a bodybuilding competition but have no idea what to expect? Starting your first bodybuilding prep can be an extremely exciting and sometimes scary journey, but the results are definitely worth it. First time bikini competitor and Gym2k.com employee Madison Schosek walks us through her first ever bodybuilding show. …
It's Time for Bodybuilders to Get Serious About Endurance
At this point, more runners and cyclists know they should lift. But talk to some bodybuilders and gym rats, and they might still consider “endurance” a four-letter word. After all, if size is the prize of all those reps under the bar, why in the world would you risk losing your gains by going for a …
Get Maximum Muscle Growth and Strength with Time Under Tension
What’s the best rep range for maximizing muscle size? How about for increasing strength and power? If you answered 8-15 reps for the former and 1-6 reps for the latter, most trainers would say you’re on the right track. I would, too, with one caveat: that your time under tension (TUT for short) also …
6 Gym Etiquette Musts in the Time of Coronavirus
All around the world, the coronavirus pandemic is causing gyms to close for, well, we don’t know how long. My town is no different. (And if your gym of choice is, in fact, closed, please check out my article “Avoiding the Gym? Here’s a Week of Free Follow-Along Workouts.”) However, the Gym2k.com company gym …
When It's Time to Add Some Carbs to a Keto Diet
If you’ve recently gone keto, there’s a good chance you’re counting ketones and carbohydrates obsessively, afraid that the keto police will nab you for consuming even a few extra grams of carbs. If you’re exercising, you can stop worrying. “The reality is that exercise that demands glycogen gives you a bit of a pass …
Crunched for Time? 6 Hacks to Shave Minutes Off Your Workout
4 Ways to Reduce Your Recovery Time
With the Internet at our fingertips, it’s surprisingly easy to stay up-to-date on the latest research or find new and innovative training techniques to enhance muscle growth. If modern technology has brought the latest training information to our fingertips, then it stands to reason we also have access to the best ways to enhance post-workout […]