The Absolute Minimum You Can Work Out While Still Seeing Results
Any kind of movement or exercise is better than doing nothing! There is basically no lower limit when it comes to getting results from exercise. It takes more effort to build strength and other qualities, and less effort to maintain them. This means that even as returns diminish, or if you have to do abbreviated routines, you can still have efficient workouts. Programs that use short, intense, and infrequent workouts can provide reasonable, long term results. As long as the program is followed consistently and progressed smartly, there will be improvements.
Every Pushup
Pushups are a versatile bodyweight exercise to strengthen the chest, arms, and shoulders that can be easily scaled to suit the level of anyone from beginner to advanced. Different positions can be utilized to change difficulty. Elevating the upper body, like doing countertop pushups, allows for lighter than bodyweight pushups. Elevating the feet, changing position, or attempting single arm pushups increases difficulty.
My Home Gym Equipment Recommendations 2021
Covid has changed the reality of the process of assembling a home gym. I go over my recommendations for acquiring equipment, as well as the training solutions that have worked best for me and my clients over the year.
What A Swedish Tradition Can Teach Us About American Sugarphobia
A surprising Swedish tradition of eating a metric crap-ton of candy seems at odds with the American belief that sugar is uniquely damaging to our health. Interestingly, many countries have high sugar consumption, yet have better life expectancy than the US. I dig into some of the reasons why sugar alone is likely not the sole culprit for negative health outcomes.
All The Ways The Scale Lies To You
The scale - it’s a hated enemy, and one that’s always lying to us. Here are all the ways that you can trick the scale, or the scale can trick you, so that you can make informed decisions about what to do with the data that the scale presents to you.