Pintrest: Multiple pins on the same persons board of: This persons leg workout, that persons butt workout, how such and such gets body X,Y,Z Magazines: Every month a new workout. TV Shows: How celebrity X,Y,Z does this or that and this doctors or personalities favorite workout of the minute. Bootcamps: "We get in a group and do something different each time" Exercise Classes: Taught to the mid range user in the group, which is usually someone of a low fitness level. Fact: Most group exercise classes are based on entertainment, not fitness training. In and of themselves all these things can be fine, can be done right (but it's VERY rare) and … [Read more...]
The Desk Jockey’s Guide to Fixing Yourself
January 22, 2013 by
We evolved to stand upright. But with the posture a lot of people have these days, you might not believe it. We spend so many hours hunched over a computer screen and slumped on a couch that we develop what I call... Desk Jockey Syndrome.. Really its Janda's Upper Crossed Syndrome and Lower Crossed Syndrome: The result is the really, really poor posture that it seems everyone has these days. Why you should care: You look like Quasimodo..... If you fix this you'll FEEL a million times better. Most of the aches and pains you have will "magically" disappear. Headaches will disappear. You'll MOVE a million times … [Read more...]
Sh@t My Trainer Says…..
January 17, 2013 by
"Fitness Professionals" usually aren't all that professional... I mean, you can buy a Living Social coupon to save on getting certified... That's certainly not the case all of the time but there are far too many people in this business who really don't know what's going on. But they pretend toooo.... And this time of year LOTS of people are trying to get into shape and have hired trainers or got As Seen on TV products or started going to Bootcamps or whatever. They don't know what the hell is going on, it's not their job, they're paying the fitness Yoda for that. So they only know what the jackass Yoda in front of them says which usually is about as … [Read more...]
10 Best Exercises for Hockey
January 15, 2013 by
This list is stupid because there are NO 10 best exercises for any sport... But I put out two of these articles a week, sometimes I run out of ideas. it's not like I'm asking for sharks with laser beams on their freaking heads.... After a long lockout I figured it's OK to be a total tool bag and do one of these stupid lists. #10: Running Sprints Most Hockey players spend too much time in this position... During practice and games it's necessary but what happens is they go to home/ work and... Everything flexed or "closed down"....and they often opt to train on the bike, cause it makes the quads burn, which does more of the same. This doesn't mean the … [Read more...]
The Epic Hip Hinge/ RDL Post
January 10, 2013 by
"I don't do those cause they hurt my back..." http://youtu.be/9X3g8-v3iOw And because of that I stopped putting the Romanian Deadlifts into most programs because inevitably I got that or, "I don't know how to do that" I know, you're thinking? WTF? You don't know how to bend over? To which I respond: It's NOT about "bending over" and that's the problem. People think it's just bending over.... It's about: "hinging the hips". http://youtu.be/Gh5lyIbMe8c Bending over happens when the torso (shoulders) is projected forward over the toes with little to no backwards counter-movement of the hips and is usually accompanied by a flexing or "unlocking" … [Read more...]
The Dangers of Blowouts
January 8, 2013 by
Blowouts are bad... When they happen to trucks: http://youtu.be/_cW9twzLbi0 When it happens to your hair: When you lift (heavy) weights: To quote a fitness professional, "You have good form but you hold your breath. I prefer the BlOWOUT method. Breathe in as you lower the weight and blow it out as you press it. "- Stuck in the 80's gym guy in track suit. And for LOTS of people that is the conventional wisdom..... The only problem is, You (probably) increase your chance of getting injured. Yes, the common gym broscience of "breathing the weight up" is, in the vast majority of cases.... Incredibly Stupid. However there are caveats: Are … [Read more...]
5 (More) Pretty Common Ways to Jack Yourself Up in the Gym Part 2
January 3, 2013 by
A New Year means... Newbies and LOTs of really, really bad things going on. http://youtu.be/hFmTP1ZIuZw Read the last 5 gym atrocities I went over here...... Here's a few more things that are not good, and by that I mean completely suck...like, a lot.: Jacked Up Thing 6: The 2-Minute Stretch the Calves and Hamstrings Warmup If the totality of your warm-up is 3 minutes of these: You Suck..... It takes waaaay more than that to get the body ready to move, and be loaded after a day of keyboard pounding. If you're not taking the time to warm-up … [Read more...]
How Not to Be a Fat Ass in 2013
January 1, 2013 by
"I'll Eat better after the New Year" "My new years resolution is to eat better" "I really need to lose some weight next year" "I'll start my diet after the new year" Year after year after year the same people tell themselves the same lie story, always with the same ending.... and it's not this: or this: It's more like this: Oh hey, I couldn't find Tomorrow on my calendar, when is that exactly? But when you do decide to get your sh@t together and clean up your diet he's some quick and easy guidelines to follow. Step One: Stop Making Excuses: Take ACTION...make things happen. Things don't change by thinking about them, they … [Read more...]
