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Injury Prevention How to Warm Up The process of warming up before a weight training session involves 3 different phases: Mild cardio – 5 to 10 minutes of non-taxing cardio. Stretching – Several minutes of full body and workout specific stretching. Working warm up sets – Prepare your body and...

Structuring a Workout When structuring a strength building workout it is best to throw aside the muscle building notion of training bodyparts. While you will be placing some focus on strengthening important bodyparts, in general strength training focuses on training movements and not bodyparts...

Common Strength Training Workouts and Systems Though strength training approaches can be very diverse, there are several extremely poplar and notable workout systems that every lifter should know something about. These programs are effective, time tested and produce results. Starting Strength...

Strength Training Basics Defining Your Goals Before you pick a program and set up a solid eating plan, it’s important to define your goals. Take a minute to think about your long term goals, and write them down. Try to make goals realistic but challenging. A 400 pound bench press might be...

This Guide Teaches You: What the differences are for beginners between training for muscle and training for strength. What natural strength standards and expectations are. Which 7 lifts are the cornerstones for building strength. The fastest way for a novice to build strength. How often to test...

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...