Fitness Focus
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. It all comes down to this. You’ve piled up miles upon miles on the road, you’ve done your strength training, and you’ve eaten like a champ. And now Turkey Trot day has arrived, and you...
3 Foods That Can Help You Recover From Running Workouts
By Mike Roussell, PhD Recovering from a tough running workout requires more than downing a bottle of Gatorade. After pounding the pavement, the foods you choose play a key role in helping your body bounce back. Here are three unexpected...
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. The leaves are changing color, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. That means Turkey Trot season is approaching. But no, it doesn’t mean it’s time to put down the weights. Truth is, just a...
Recipe of the Month: Texas Chili
By Mike Roussell, PhD This chili recipe delivers five servings of quality protein from the top round lean beef (44 grams per serving), as well as a hearty helping of low-impact carbs. You can easily add a cup of rice...
4 Secrets to Supercharging Your Fat Loss
By Mike Roussell, PhD 4 Secrets to Supercharging Your Fat Loss Your quest to get lean can sometimes feel like navigating through a maze without a clear path. Enough of that. This month, let’s take a straightforward look at four...
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. If you want a superheroic physique (or if you’re planning to trick-or-treat as Captain America on Halloween), you know about big boulder shoulders. Wide shoulders can make your waist look thinner while adding definition and...
4 Steps for the Ultimate Smoothie
By Mike Roussell, PhD 4 Steps for the Ultimate Smoothie Reality: We don’t always have time to sit down to the perfect meal. That’s the beauty of the smoothie: It’s a perfect on-the-go meal, delivering the nutrition you need to...
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. If you have all the time in the world, building muscle and strength is simple: Do sets of heavy exercises, with plenty of rest in between. But real life isn’t that simple. And sometimes, you...
3 Superfoods that You Should Eat Daily
By Mike Roussell, PhD 3 Superfoods that You Should Eat Daily The word superfood is overused and often misunderstood. It has become more of a synonym for a random exotic fruit found in a remote jungle than a food that...
The Ultimate 20-minute Dumbbell Chest Workout
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. Few things finish out a superhero physique quite like an ultra-chiseled chest. Especially during beach season, serious chest muscle stands out. I’ll typically blast my chest in two 60-minute sessions every week – but sometimes,...
Nutrition Spotlight: 4 Keys to a Strong Diet
By Mike Roussell, PhD Your ultimate guide to making gains during the 23 hours a day you’re not working out. The great challenge of your diet during the summer is maintaining consistency. From cookouts to vacations to weekends in the...
How Strength Training Supports Fat Burning
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. Weight training doesn’t simply help you build strength and muscle. Done correctly, it can also help you accomplish something else, driving your body to burn fat. To be clear, you don’t magically lose body fat...
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. If you’re on a quest for stronger abs and a rock-solid core, it never hurts to bang out a few sets of crunches or situps. But the true path to ab strength is different: You...
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. Most workouts push you to build muscle and strength. But you also need to develop something else, too: Explosive power. The strength you’ve built in the gym allows you to create force. By building power,...
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. You don’t always have time for an ultra-vicious legendary #legday workout. But no matter the goal, you do need to find time to train legs. Whether you’re trying to build muscle, drop bodyfat, or ready...
3 CRITICAL REAR DELT EXERCISES TO IMPROVE POSTURE
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. The secret to strong, well-rounded (and healthy!) shoulders isn’t the hallowed overhead press or the lateral raise. Instead, it’s a focus on an often-undertrained muscle group, your rear delts. Your rear delts lie on the...
BUILD BIGGER ARMS WITH MECHANICAL DROPSETS
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. One of the great secrets to building arm size is mastering something called the mechanical dropset. A mechanical dropset has you doing a challenging exercise until failure, and then immediately switching to a slightly easier...
4 BICEP CURL VARIATIONS FOR STRONGER ARMS
Curated By Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. Very often, when you train arms, you find yourself doing high-rep sets of standing biceps curls and hammer curls, repeating the same basic motions over and over. And yes, these basics are key fundamentals in...