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What Are Eccentric Exercises and 5 Examples You Can Use In Your Workouts

Eccentric exercises are a very effective means to help build muscles and learn skills, among many other benefits. Understanding what eccentric exercises are and how to use them in your training will help your training in the long term. Let’s look at what eccentric exercises are and provide you with 5 examples you can use in your training.

8 min read

Try These 5 Effective Resistance Band Exercises For Muscle Gain

Gaining muscle with resistance bands is possible, especially for those just starting their resistance training journey. In this article I will discuss the important factors when it comes to using resistance bands to gain muscle mass that will help guide your training decisions along with 5 exercises you can use to build muscle with resistance bands.

3 min read

Loading Strategies: What Weight Should A Beginners Use On A Bench Press

This article will discuss weight selection for beginners on the bench press, but these principles can be applied to any other exercise you choose to use in the weight room.

4 min read

The 12 Best Upper Body Dumbbell Exercises For Building Muscle

There are so many effective dumbbell movements for your upper body hypertrophy sessions that we couldn’t add them all to this list. This is condensed down to just 12 movements that can make up the bulk of your upper body training. Moving consistently through these exercises will enable results in both muscle gain and strength, so get moving and try out the tri-set provided at the bottom.

11 min read

Loading Strategies: How Much Weight For A Bulgarian Split Squat?

Understanding how to load an exercise successfully will be crucial to making long term progress in your training. If you are looking to understand how to select the weight for the Bulgarian split squat, and for the principles on how to make loading decisions for all exercises then this article is for you. Loading strategies for exercises are based on your body and you will need to learn to make good decisions that allow for both adaptation and sustainable training.

4 min read

How To Implement Full Body Strength Training for Runners (with sample sessions)

Strength training in important for both health and performance for runners of all abilities. Although it is not crucial for success, having a long term strength training practice is going to improve your running economy and help keep you in excellent health through increasing muscle mass

5 min read

Training Plan: Archer Pull Up Progression

Archer pull ups are a very advanced pull up variation, making them an excellent strength goal. In order to set this as an achievable goal you should be able to perform at least 5 strict pull ups with excellent form. Depending on the speed of your progression, it could be a 3 to 12 month process, so develop a full plan and stick too it consistently.

4 min read

6 Barbell Lunge Exercises For Strength and Hypertrophy

Finding lunge variations can be difficult if you’re not a certified strength and conditioning coach. That’s why we made this article, to help you find both varieties of the lunge movement but also novel variations that will allow you to target different responses.

7 min read

3 Reasons You Feel Goblet Squats in Your Back and Not Your Legs

Goblet squats can be a very challenging full body exercise, this can often include them challenging the muscles of the back. The back muscles are crucial to performing the goblet squat with good technique, but sometimes they can be put under strain due to poor technique. In this article I will outline three potential reasons why your back muscles are “working” more than your legs and provide potential solutions.

2 min read

How To Progressive Overload Kettlebell Training

If progressive overload is used correctly you can improve your kettlebell training drastically. Kettlebells can be used to improve multiple physical attributes, but the principle of progressive overload can be used for all these attributes. Let’s have a look at how you can use progressive overload to improve your kettlebell training.

11 min read

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