When it comes to training, I’m a minimalist.
I don’t “attack the bi’s from different angles”. I do chins with an extra 100 lbs around my waist.
I don’t spend any time “working the core”. I never do ab work. I squat and do triple body weight deadlifts.
I don’t “feel the burn”. I give every set a 100% and only concern myself with adding an extra rep, or another 5 lbs, on the bar.
And most importantly, I don’t go to the gym to have a nice and cozy time.
Sometimes people ask me things in between sets.
“Nice arms, man. How do you get that veiny look – do you go for the pump to really bring those cuts out? And what’s the lowdown on preacher curls with a straight bar vs the EZ-bar?”
“I don’t curl”
“Yeah right, c’mon…”
I then give them The Look. The Look let’s them know I […]

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According to this article, getting fit and leaner ranks 2nd and 3rd on a list of the most popular new year’s resolutions people make.
So, as January comes around, the cardio machines, swiss balls and dumbbells gets the most attention they’ve had in a long time. It doesn’t last of course, since people are lousy at maintaining new habits if they don’t have strong incentives for it. Being healthy and fit is, sadly, not a strong enough incentive for people when they have to weigh it against the ’sacrifices’ they have to make (such as spending an extra hour in the gym three times a week and *gasp* maybe even cut down on fast food a bit).
I’ve found that the average joe, meaning the ones that makes resolutions and fail to live up to them (and they are many), usually gives up on diet and training for two reasons.
One is motivation. […]

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 There are no more excuses! Here are 365 workouts to pump YOU up with no gym or weight training equipment at all!

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Blasting through a one of our burpee workouts in your living room in 10 minutes will leave you gasping for air, twice as powerful as the typical 3×8 sets of bench press baloney that most gyms encourage, and five times as fit as if you had simply jogged two miles.
By performing constantly varied routines involving pushups, burpees, sprints, pullups, situps, jumping, squats, lunges, and other bodyweight exercises in circuits and high intensity intervals you’ll shed weight, hone your body, and develop the strength of a lion. These primal movements will have you performing like your hunter-gatherer ancestors, with a level of […]

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