Chris Gates Fitness · 35. The Best Strength Training Program For Runners By: Chris Gates In this article, I’m going to outline for you the best strength training program for runners. Running is an endurance sport, so strength training might not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about your training program. […]
By: Chris Gates Designing a program for yourself is tricky. There’s so much research out there, so much advice swapped back and forth, and so many returns on each Google search about “how to get stronger” and “how to build more muscle.” Nevermind the fact that what works for one individual may not work well […]
By: Chris Gates Welcome back for another installment of the Q&A! This week, we’re diving into three reader questions that I think are really interesting: Should you weigh food cooked or frozen? How can you target different areas of the chest? Can breakfast jump start your metabolism? As always, if you have a question please […]
By: Chris Gates It’s hard to train in the morning. If you’re one of those superhuman folks who can roll out of bed and right into a workout, congrats! You’ve done it. You’ve achieved something the rest of us want to stay far, far away from. Because facts are facts, and the overwhelming majority of […]
By: Chris Gates The concepts of training for size (building muscle) and training for strength (lifting heavier) are often lumped together. I’ll occasionally hear someone say, “I want to get stronger,” when in reality they don’t care about how much weight they can add to their squat, bench press, deadlift, or any other exercise. They […]
By: Chris Gates Let me start off by saying that this is just a super cool topic that I’ve been meaning to write about for a while. Today, we’re gonna dive into some research on how music can impact exercise performance. If you’re anything like me, you have a favorite genre or style of music […]
By: Chris Gates Hi, everybody! Welcome back to another edition of the Q&A series. This week, we’ve got an awesome topic to dive in to: lifting for weight loss. Most weight-loss programs have a fitness element to them, and many fitness programs make claims that they’re the “optimal” way to burn fat and lose weight. […]
By: Chris Gates In Q&A No. 6, we’re changing things up a bit. Normally, we tackle multiple questions at a time in each Q&A, but recently I’ve received some questions that require a really deep dive into a particular subject. So for this week, we’re diving deep into the topic of coming back to the […]
Chris Gates Fitness · 24. How Long Should You Rest Between Sets? By: Chris Gates An aspect of lifting weights that often gets overlooked is the time you take to rest and recover in between sets. Typically, the focus is on how much weight you’re lifting, how many reps you’re doing, how many total sets […]
I can confidently say this diet worked. In case you missed any of the background information on the 3-Phase Diet Plan, how it was structured, what my training looked like, and how my nutrition strategy came together, check out the following links: 3-Phase Diet Plan overview 3-Phase Diet Plan fitness routine 3-Phase Diet Plan nutritional […]