Chris Gates Fitness · 36. Fat Loss, Personal Growth, & Navigating Fitness With Jeffrey Pachtman On this week’s episode of the podcast, Jeffrey Pachtman sat down with me and we dove into so many incredibly helpful topics in the health and fitness world. We discuss: • The toxic nature of diet culture• Common hurdles you […]
By: Chris Gates Step counts have become a pretty common tool to promote physical activity, and the gold standard seems to be right around 10,000. “Did you hit your 10,000 steps?” It’s like a daily badge of honor. In this article, I’m going to break down the latest in terms of what we know regarding […]
Chris Gates Fitness · 34. Fit At Any Age With Susan Niebergall I am just so unbelievably excited for you to listen to this episode of the podcast! This week, the one and only Susan Niebergall joins me, and we dive into a ton of really helpful topics. Primarily, we talk about how you can […]
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. […]