What Works (And Doesn’t) for Relieving Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
“This is going to hurt tomorrow.” We’ve all said it after a particularly grueling workout or return to the gym…
“This is going to hurt tomorrow.” We’ve all said it after a particularly grueling workout or return to the gym…
We’ve all taken a few weeks — even months — off from the gym. But what if it has been…
Here’s a harsh reality for you: Without proper recovery, your workouts go largely wasted. Sure, you’ll still burn calories and get your heart pumping in the gym, but you’ll miss out on building health-promoting lean muscle mass, your exercise performance will lag, and you even risk chronically too-high levels of stress hormones, which can lead to everything from injury to muscle wasting and weight gain.
The pattern of sets and reps you use to structure your strength workout can make the difference between wasted gym time and awesome progress.
Some exercises, we just hate. It doesn’t matter how much muscle they build, how many calories they burn, or how…
Cardio used to be king. That is, until researchers and gym rats alike found that strength workouts come with greater…
While planks are awesome for building core strength and stability, if you do them right, you shouldn’t need to hang out in them for minutes or hours on end.
Climb a set of stairs. Bend down and tie your shoe. Sit your butt down on the toilet. Chances are…