While fitness fads come and go, some exercises will outlive any trend. One of those exercises is the push-up, which uses your own body weight and gravity to tone and condition muscles. Some fitness experts have called the push-up the closest thing there is to a perfect exercise. And with good reason. They don’t require [...]

Previously I mentioned some of the benefits of squatting but with that, there is still much skewed information out there regarding this exercise.  Many “so-called experts” like to say how they are bad for your knees or your back…blah, blah, blah but have no legit evidence to back up their claims.  If you do any [...]

Squats are one of my favorite exercises.  Not because I love doing them so much but because of all the many benefits you get from doing them.  So to answer your question, yes you should squat and here’s 3 reasons why: 1) It is a functional movement. The squat movement is a daily part of [...]

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Don’t have time to workout some days?  Make time and sneak it in.  Set a goal to do some exercise every time you have a break or at a certain time interval (every hour or hour and a half).  Or if you’re watching TV, then every commercial. There is time.  You just have to be [...]

Watching TV can be one of the worst things for your figure.  Not only are you not burning any calories while watching (which is often for hours at a time) but it usually it involves some type of snacking typically on something unhealthy (chips, soda, candy, etc).  So one thing you can do to reverse [...]

Then try the “Good Morning” exercise (below).  It will hit all those muscle groups at the same time if done correctly as well as help increase your flexibility.  You can use just bodyweight(hold your hands behind your head)  or add a barbell to your back and load appropriately. This is an exercise you definitely don’t [...]

This is one type of woodchop which is a great exercise that works the core, lower and upper body. It’s great because it strengthens the core and works multiple muscle groups which means more caloric expenditure, meaning more “bang for your buck” (no pun intended). The picture is self-explanatory. A few tips: Make sure to [...]