So we're going to assume you're a masochist and you actually perform your HIIT intervals at 80%+ of your max. HIIT can be a really time efficient to achieve fairly substantial health and fitness gains. Or it can kill the gains you've made and make you weaker and smaller. It just depends. HIIT: The Good When compared to MOD (moderate intensity continuous exercise) High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) appears to be the bees knees. It's been shown time and again to Time Commitment? You can get a lot of fitness done in not a lot of time, "As little as 3 HIIT sessions per week, involving≤10 min of intense exercise within a time commitment of ≤30 min per … [Read more...]
If You Can’t Recover, You Can’t Improve
September 13, 2017 by
"At Some Point in the Training Process it is Necessary for Recovery to Become a Training Modality"- Buddy Morris Recovery, what is it? According to Google: "a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength." Google, Recovery or for the nerds: "One definition of recovery is as follows: “Mostly, recovery is defined as the compensation of deficit states of an organism (e.g., failure or decrease in performance and, according to the homeostatic principle, a reestablishment of the initial state.” - William Sands Recovery = a "return to normal" , a "reestablishment of the initial state" But wait, what? Isn't the point of this whole training thing to improve? To … [Read more...]
F.A.Q’s
November 20, 2012 by
Quick answers to some of the most common questions I get asked. Q. Weights or Cardio first? A. If you must do both in the same session....Weights (most of the time) Q. Do Squats Hurt your knees? A. Performed correctly, NO. Q. Are Deadlifts bad for your back? A. Performed correctly NO. Like this...... http://youtu.be/P0ySblouCKs you know the answer...... Q. Squats or Deadlifts? A. Why Choose? Q. Are bench presses bad for your shoulders?. A. Performed correctly, No. See a trend here? Q. Should I overhead press? A. Probably not. B.A. (Better Answer): You probably don't have the scapular stability, and … [Read more...]
