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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...

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...

Here’s a breakdown of what you need to know about bulking and cutting: the process of strategic weight gain and loss for big returns. First, the basics. Bulking means intentionally eating more calories than you burn, with the goal of putting on mass, particularly muscle mass. Cutting (also...

Although steady state cardio can be great for your overall health, it probably isn't the most effective way to lose weight. Here are four reasons why you should start your weight loss journey through diet and lifting weights instead of slaving away on a treadmill. Reason #1: Doing Cardio...

The goblet squat revolutionized the way squats are being performed and taught worldwide after the great Dan John came up with it. If you don’t know what a Goblet squat is, I’m getting Dan John to come over to your house and personally put you through his goblet squat workout—but it’s probably...

Using Carb Cycling to Lose Weight and Cut Fat Fast Make no mistake that calorie control is the main determining factor when you need to lose weight, or more specifically for losing fat, but macronutrient manipulation (e.g. carb cycling) is the next step for accelerating that process. It’s...

Cardiorespiratory exercise, known simply as cardio, is used to describe exercise that works your heart, since your heart is a (smooth) muscle after all. Simply put, cardio is movement that makes your circulatory system work harder. Performing exercises like brisk walking, running, swimming, and...

The endogenous growth hormone secretagogue Ghrelin may play a paramount role in your quest for muscle growth. This gastric hormone stimulates hunger in mice and in humans by binding to the ghrelin receptors located in the hypothalamus and the hippocampus. Reasons why people feel the urge to eat...

I receive an abundance of messages from folks looking to cut fat off and alter their lifestyle for the better. A good friend of mine sent me the proceeding message and I hope my thoughts and tips to his questions can be extended to the plethora of individuals that are in a similar predicament...

No matter what you’ve been told, you can totally throw down on Thanksgiving. Seriously, eat whatever you want (if you want, of course). You don’t even have to do a “Thanksgiving workout,” again, if you don’t want to. It’s one of those rare days in which you’re entitled to enjoy with your loved...

For fitness enthusiasts and bodybuilders alike, tracking your progress is arguably the most important task on a weekly basis. If you’re not consistently keeping tabs on quantitative and qualitative changes in your physique, then you’ll never know what’s working and what isn’t. Therefore, we put...

Many lifters discount bodyweight training because are few ways to progress bodyweight training besides adding more sets and reps, reducing stability, and increasing complexity. Plus, it’s challenging to train your upper and lower back without a chin-up bar. Progress is the name of the gym game...

If you are seriously involved with weight training, bodybuilding, or any athletic endeavor involving muscle mass and strength, then you surely have pondered the question “How do I gain the most size in the least amount of time”? Well, there are a few different approaches that are widely used by...

In accordance with a previous post I wrote about how to Build Muscle and Lose Fat Without Tracking Calorie Intake, this guide will take it even a step further and show you how to lose weight without “dieting”. Dieting (for weight loss) is something most people dread; they'd rather mindlessly...

All right. Facebook Q and A. Troy Guillory asked a very good question. He was asking, doing steady state cardio around your weight training session if the adenosine monophosphate kinase the amp K promotion would defeat the mTOR response from your weight training or mechanical force resistance...

For decades now, artificial sweeteners have been used in food products (particularly “lite” and “diet” foods) as a means of cutting sugar intake without losing the sweet taste it provides. For better or for worse, mainstream media and certain nutritional zealots have really given artificial...

The almighty didn’t etch these ten unofficial commandments in stone and send them down through the clouds to me. So, naturally, they’ll always be open for debate. But having been in gyms for over 30 years and coaching clients in the beauty of strength training for the past 13 years, I’ve picked...

By Adam Bisek The Assessment Phase: How to Adjust Assessing how you respond to the numbers we calculated is equally, if not more important. Remember, at this point, we have assessed the number of calories you need to consume to maintain your current weight, this is important to remember for...

By Adam Bisek Let’s Calculate your Metabolism! Well, actually what we are about to calculate is your “maintenance calories,” that is the number of calories you would need to consume to maintain weight. There will be 2 steps in this process: 1) calculating BMR, and 2) calculating activity...

By Adam Bisek With the holidays in full swing, many hopes of maintaining a semblance of diet and exercise rigidity have been differed to the “new year new me” category. And while I’m completely on board with some dietary laxity in this period I do think it’s worthwhile to proactively start...