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Many new lifters get and stay motivated when they make fast and significant progress. This is commonly known as “newbie gains,” and it can be the driving force to help new fitness enthusiasts go all in on training—especially when their personal missions are to get jacked. The downside to this...

Are you training or just working out? Chances are you’re not the best when it comes to assessing your own training intensity. It’s not a factor that should be brushed aside. Training intensity can be a big deal considering the most important factor for maximizing strength and lean muscle gain...

Many lifters discount bodyweight training because are few ways to progress bodyweight training besides adding more sets and reps, reducing stability, and increasing complexity. Plus, it’s challenging to train your upper and lower back without a chin-up bar. Progress is the name of the gym game...

You're 6 months into training and making no gains. Turn things around and start making progress with these 3 important muscle building tips. Getting big is not easy! No matter how many ads you may have seen from supplement companies showing how their users gained “30 pounds of rock hard mass in...

Mistakes are a part of life — it’s how you learn. Keep on making the same mistake over and over, however, is something to take notice of and make a priority to fix whatever your setback may be. You’re better than that, and when you know more and know better, better things start to happen —...

7 Truths About Strength Training - What You Really Need to Know to Get Stronger 1 – It's not really about the training program. It's about belief. Regardless of which program, template, or exercise set/rep combo you choose, the most important thing of all is to believe in what you're doing...

Let me start with a quick congratulations of the implied good news: You have been making gains in the gym! That’s great! It tells me that you have established some good habits, developed a routine, and you’ve paid at least a little bit of attention to your intake. (If you’d like to learn how to...

Bodybuilding Tips For Overcoming the Plateau By Emile Jarreau If you are interested in making continual progress in bodybuilding, the following bodybuilding tips will be worth the read. First, you must keep in mind that there is going to be a time where you aren't getting the results you...

Measure Backward, Not Forward written by JAMES CLEAR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SELF-IMPROVEMENT STRENGTH TRAINING We often measure progress by looking forward. We set goals. We plan milestones for our progress. Basically, we try to predict the future to some degree. We do this in business, in...

Four words we hope to avoid at all costs when trying to shed pounds and slim back into shape: I’ve hit a plateau. Like the image conveys, you’re climbing, climbing, climbing toward your weight-loss goal and suddenly all numerical progress comes to a screeching halt and levels off — or so it...

Breaking through a weight-loss plateau to reach your goal and ultimately shift your focus to weight maintenance can be a major challenge for anyone trying to lose weight. While you can create healthy habits to lose those last few pounds — like changing your workout routine and incorporating new...

Almost everyone who’s touched a barbell or dumbbell in recent years has looked at Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and yearned for muscles even half the size of his. While we can’t guarantee you’ll get as big as the People’s Champ, there is a way that you can emulate his workouts thanks to Spotify...

There are plenty of reasons why your fitness progress has hit the skids. Whether it has to do with poor nutritional choices, an ineffective workout strategy, not enough attention paid to recovery, or just a poor state of mind—your fitness goals can be sabotaged by mistakes you have no idea...

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