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Col. Julia Wilson loves being active and helping others become more active. The Deputy Director of the Department of Physical Education for West Point plays a pivotal role in the readiness of the young people that walk through their doors, but even after nearly three decades of service to her...

As I explain in my fitness books for men and women, Bigger Leaner Stronger and Thinner Leaner Stronger, the best way to develop any muscle, including the side delts, is to train it in different ways, from different directions, and at different angles. Here’s a side delt workout that does just...

Let's look at the three types of core strength: Isometric: Holding a certain position for time with tension. Anti-Rotational: Being able to resist an external force trying to pull you out of position. Rotational/Moving: Being able to maintain controlled bracing with movement. Failure to...

If you’re looking to get yourself in shape before the end of the year, or to simply give yourself a bit of a head start against everybody else looking to get in shape for 2015 then before you go any further you need to know that the entire process is not going to be easy. There will be hard...

Regardless of what we try to accomplish in life, be it a career move, securing a sports or supplement contract, starting a business, or building a better physique, one of the underlying consistencies permeating virtually endeavor, is the tendency we have as humans to both over inflate the value...

Swimming is a low-impact sport that engages a wide range of muscle groups. This activity is more than a sport, it works different muscles in the body in different ways, and the exciting part is that most people take swimming as their favorite pastime. So the benefits of swimming are not limited...

In order to gain muscle mass we must eat more than we burn off. This means different things for different body types. Let me explain... If you are a person who has great propensity to acquire body fat easily, then you must be more precise and calculated with your macronutrients. Meaning, you...

Not all multivitamin products are the same. Dosages are often formulated for non-athletes, and the bioavailability of contained micronutrients is typically extremely low. Athletes and hard-training fitness fanatics are not like sedentary persons. Our needs for both macro and micro-nutrients are...

Christian Green first caught our culinary attention in 2014 on Season 5 of Fox’s “MasterChef.” Incredibly, the 29-year-old from New Orleans impressed judges so much during the series that on his exit, Gordon Ramsey offered to invest in Green’s future plans for a food truck. Fast-forward to 2022...

Not all multivitamin products are the same. Dosages are often formulated for non-athletes, and the bioavailability of contained micronutrients is typically extremely low. Athletes and hard-training fitness fanatics are not like sedentary persons. Our needs for both macro and micro-nutrients are...

From post-workout meals to food prep, meat plays a vast role in the lives of fitness enthusiasts. An essential part of a healthy diet, meat is a vital source of protein, vitamins, and nutrients, which are crucial for muscle repair and overall wellbeing. Although it’s widely known that consuming...

by Matt Weik Frequencies are just extra-long versions of numbers. It’s a crazy way to handle things, but it’s what we do here in the world of math. Frequency healing is the same kind of thing. There’s a lot of buzz about frequency healing techniques being used for everything from pain relief to...

Ive never trained to compete in any type of show and i do not intend to. I workout and am involved in this lifesfyle simply for self satisfaction. That said, i listen to alot of different podcasts and other media about bodybuilding, training, competing, etc. Often times in conversation it will...

Most people who have never taken up bodybuilding as a serious sport think that all that to it is lifting a couple of weights and increasing the intensity to get bulging. There should be no pain involved in gaining muscles. There is so much misinformation about weightlifting that can be quite...

Regardless of what we try to accomplish in life, be it a career move, securing a sports or supplement contract, starting a business, or building a better physique, one of the underlying consistencies permeating virtually endeavor, is the tendency we have as humans to both over inflate the value...

If you’re looking to get yourself in shape before the end of the year, or to simply give yourself a bit of a head start against everybody else looking to get in shape for 2015 then before you go any further you need to know that the entire process is not going to be easy. There will be hard...

I find that different oils from different labs have different amounts of leakage post injection. Not sure of it is that some labs oil is thicker or thinner than others, but once I pull the needle out of the muscle, sometimes it is spotless, and sometimes if I watch it for a few seconds I'll...

At 35 years of age, and having won more medals than anyone else in his illustrious Olympic career, you could be forgiven for thinking that family life has slowed down Michael Phelps. Instead, working out at home has created a new wave of positive fitness gains. Now a happily married father of...

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The beauty of fitness programs is that very few are identical. Depending on a person’s goals, you’ll find basically everyone at your gym has different exercises, rep counts, set numbers, and strategies that they do day-in, day-out. Some will even have completely different gym methodologies—there...