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We all have our reasons on why we want to lose that extra fat we are carrying around. It could be for a special event or vacation, that dream summer body you’ve always wanted, or just feel better about your own body. Here are some steps on how to reach that goal and how FlexPro Meals can help...

Building muscle & strength is a relentless pursuit — one that requires consistency, dedication, and effort in the gym as well as in the kitchen. Yet, even the most diehard lifters will hit a sticking point where the gains seem to slow to a snail’s pace. At this point, you have two options...

This article is written for the man who wants to begin a strength training program but doesn’t know where to start. Men and women more often than not strength train for different reasons (this conclusion comes from my 15 years of personal training experience). Where women are mostly concerned...

Concurrent training is the inclusion of both resistance and endurance training within the same training program. For example, if you lift weights on Monday and run a few miles on Tuesday, then repeat this pattern throughout the week or on the same day, you are training concurrently. This can be...

Athletes and fitness enthusiasts usually attempt to put on more mass for two fundamental reasons: to improve physical appearance or to enhance athletic performance. For weight gain in the form of muscle mass a combination of diet, progressive resistance training, and the right type of cardio is...

Key Points If You Don’t Have Time To Read The Whole Article: Childhood obesity rates have more than doubled over the last 20 years. If a child is ready for sport activity they should be ready for some type of resistance training. Multiple studies have concluded that supervised resistance...

By itself, a high-quality protein supplement is a potent ergogenic aid that can assist with muscle growth and recovery. However, when protein is stacked with other performance enhancing ingredients, training efforts and gains may be amplified to a greater degree. Some of these ingredients work...

The best measure of absolute pressing strength is not the bench press (please don’t tell the powerlifters) but the overhead press. Although the bench press is pretty standard among lifters, the same cannot be said for the overhead press or the many overhead press accessory exercises. Why? You...

As they say, every workout counts. The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen…and the only one sure to make you cry is this insane leg day sponsored by The Curse! by JNX Sports. We like to say that The Curse! kicks like a bull at the gate and leaves you screaming for more. It’s going to...

In order to reach any health and fitness goal, you need to build a solid strength foundation. To get you there, we have all of the resources you need for workouts, nutrition guidance on how to fuel your body, and supplements to help give you that edge! Create A Game Plan Building strength...

What Is A Turkish Get Up? The Turkish getup is a full body, multiplanar movement, usually performed with a kettlebell (but can also be done with a dumbbell, sandbag, or bodyweight only). Unlike many of the other movements typically associated with kettlebell training; like swings, cleans, and...

When it comes to improving athletic performance, it requires a mix of strength, power, and endurance. Whether you’re trying to improve your performance in the gym or for a particular sport, the foundations are the same. We have all the tools and resources needed in order to achieve peak...

For most lifters, finding a 1 rep maximum (1RM) on a given lift is a regular part of training. Whether you’re training for strength, size, or power, using percentages to calculate working intensities is probably part of your process when beginning a new program. For anyone interested in seeing...

The push-up is a foundational bodyweight training exercise, and is a staple in many training programs. Whether you are a bodybuilder looking to get a bigger set of pecs, an athlete striving for improved strength and performance, a calisthenics junkie who swears by bodyweight exercises, or an...

It’s a heavily debated issue on how often you should train a muscle group. A new study published in July 2022 in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports claims that a small amount of daily activity can be more beneficial than a single high volume session of exercise. The...

Whether you’re a novice lifter or a seasoned veteran in the gym, you have likely struggled with an exercise at one point or another due to your grip failing. It’s a humbling experience - picking up a barbell that’s quickly trying to escape your grasp, or hanging onto a dumbbell for dear life...

In order to gain muscle, you MUST undergo intense resistance training. In order to gain muscle, you MUST consume protein to re-build muscle tissue. These two variables work synergistically with each other and to maximize your chances of gaining lean muscle tissue you simply must consume...

Unlike unilateral row exercises bilateral vertical and horizontal pulling exercises like chin-ups bent over barbell rows, and seated rows often get all the love and attention. Because this is where the gains are due to the fact you’ll lift more weight. It’s a shame that unilateral row exercises...

Split squats, lunges, squats, leg presses, and deadlift variations get most of the love in your leg routine because they’re responsible for most of your leg gains. But a neglected exercise often gets overlooked in many lifters’ routines in the step up exercise. It looks so simple because all you...

Our bodies are three-dimensional (3-D) movement machines, yet some gymgoers don’t tap into the potential of our 3-D movement. But what is 3-D movement and what does this have to do with lateral exercises? Let gets nerdy for a hot minute. The human body has three planes of motion: the sagittal...