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How to Build and Maintain Muscle Mass at Home

March 29, 2020
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| At Home Workouts, Podcast, Training
How to get started with a fitness routine

If you’ve made any type of progress building muscle, it’s tough to deal with the concept of not training. Right now, more than ever, we’re faced with this challenge. COVID-19 has forced most of us indoors. It has eliminated your ability to go to the gym and train with equipment you’re accustomed to. In turn, […]

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Posted in At Home Workouts, Podcast, Training Tagged At Home Workouts, Building Muscle, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Muscle Loss

5 Tips For Exercising While Working at Home

March 22, 2020
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| At Home Workouts, Podcast, Training

I’m writing this article in the midst of social distancing, self-quarantine, and a massive switch to remote working conditions while people around the world deal with the ramifications of COVID-19 and the Coronavirus. I, like most of you, am trying to figure this all out on the fly. After an extended period of time working […]

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Posted in At Home Workouts, Podcast, Training Tagged At Home Workouts, Bedtime Routine, Discipline, FITNESS, Morning Routine, Nutrition, Resistance Training, Working From Home

At-Home Workout: Banded Pull Routine

March 19, 2020
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| At Home Workouts, My Training Log, Training

This at-home routine is going to focus on the back and biceps. Despite not using any heavy weights or equipment, you can still get a lot of good work in with just your body weight + a band. Pull ups kick things off and focus on the upper back. There are two different variations of […]

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Posted in At Home Workouts, My Training Log, Training Tagged At Home Workouts, Back, Biceps, Pull Ups, Pull Workout, Resistance Bands, Resistance Training, Rows, Supermans

Home Workout: Scaled Leg Workout

March 18, 2020
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| At Home Workouts, My Training Log, Training

This is a lower-body workout you can scale based on your fitness level and available equipment to have an insanely productive workout at home! In this workout, we hit all of the major lower-body muscle groups. Squats will target the quads, RDL’s will target the hamstrings and glutes, and the standing calf raise takes care […]

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Posted in At Home Workouts, My Training Log, Training Tagged At Home Workouts, Calf Raise, Dumbbell, Leg Workout, Lower Body, RDL, Resistance Bands, Squats

Home Workout: Banded Push Routine

March 17, 2020
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| At Home Workouts, My Training Log, Training

This routine is easy to do with just your body weight or a resistance band. It’s five consecutive exercises, 10 reps each, followed by a 60-second rest, for five rounds. This workout shouldn’t take you long to complete, no matter your experience level, and you’ll get your heart rate up while challenging your upper body. […]

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Posted in At Home Workouts, My Training Log, Training Tagged At Home Workouts, Body Weight Exercises, Chest, Push Routine, Push Workout, Resistance Bands, Shoulders, Triceps

“Deck of Death” Workout Routine

March 15, 2020
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| At Home Workouts, My Training Log, Training

Here’s a workout you can do easily from the comfort of your own home with minimal equipment. It’s called the “deck of death.” I challenge you to give this a shot and let me know what you think! I tested this out and think you’ll really enjoy it. Read through the instructions below on the […]

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Posted in At Home Workouts, My Training Log, Training Tagged At Home Workouts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Deck of Death, FITNESS

At-Home Workout Tips During the Coronavirus Outbreak

March 13, 2020
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This is a challenging time for all of us, and for the foreseeable future more and more people will be working from home with the Coronavirus impacting our society. With that in mind, I put together an episode on exactly how we can put together quality at-home workouts with little to no equipment. I hope […]

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Posted in At Home Workouts, Podcast, Training Tagged At Home Workouts, Banded Exercises, Banded Workouts, Body Weight Exercises, Bodyweight Exercises, Coronavirus, COVID19, Resistance Bands

Exercise & Illness: How an Active Lifestyle Improves Health

March 10, 2020
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| General, Nutrition, Training

Hello, my friends! Chris and Anthony here with something new we’ve never done on the site before. Today we’re doing a hybrid chat-article in response to the current worldwide hysteria regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Anthony and I had a lively discussion via email that we wanted to publish for you to read through. It turned […]

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Posted in General, Nutrition, Training Tagged Cardio, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disease, Illness, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Sleep, Strength Training, Virus 1 Comment

Q&A3: Eating Late at Night, The Benefits of Creatine, and Proper Footwear for Squatting

March 8, 2020
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| Mindset, Training

In Q&A No. 3, we’re tackling a new round of topics based on: How late is “too late” to eat food for fat loss? Should you be taking creatine? Is it dangerous to squat in shoes? As always, if you have any questions you’d like answered in a future Q&A feel free to contact me […]

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Posted in Mindset, Training Tagged Creatine, Fat Loss, Footwear, MEAL TIMING, Metabolism, Preworkout, Shoes, Squats, SUPPLEMENTS, Weight Loss

Planning for Recovery in Your Fitness Routine: The De-Load Week

March 1, 2020
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Push Ups

The typical narrative around achieving a health or fitness goal goes something like this… “Be prepared to bust your ass!” “You’re gonna live in the gym.” “It’s gonna take blood, sweat, tears, and suffering until you reach your goal!” It’s not often you walk into a gym and see the following motivational sayings. And by […]

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Posted in Training Tagged De-Load Week, Hydration, Mental Fatigue, Muscular Fatigue, Nutrition, Program Design, Programming, Recovery, Rest Week, Training Volume

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