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A few months back I hurt my shoulder performing bench press. I put on a little too much weight and let my form go and ended up with a sharp pain in my shoulder and the inability to sleep on my side or bench more than about 95 pounds without
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Who doesn’t love a delicious sloppy joe? I know I do. This recipe for spicy sloppy joes kicks it up a notch with sautéed poblano peppers and avocado which makes for a protein and flavor-packed, adult-friendly upgrade to standard sloppy joes. Don’t worry, you still get the sweet
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Ever seen that guy at the gym who has gone for years but looks pretty much the same as day one? Maybe it’s you. I know I’ve seen it. Guys that go to the gym three or more times a week every week, who do the same old
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Once you wade through the multitude of information out there about optimal protein intake the next stumbling block is what type of protein you should be using. For the most part, widely available protein supplements contain whey protein, but there are other proteins out there, specifically casein. So what are
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First and foremost, if you go to a gym to work out, the answer is never. It is never ok to drag your sniffling ass in there and infect every machine, bar and bench in the place. If you’re going for a run, or you have a home gym,
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Push-ups are a deceptively easy movement. Everyone know thinks they know how to do one, but when asked to perform most people display sloppy form which can reduce the effectiveness of the exercise and in the long run cause injury. The classic example is the ROTC kid who can bust
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This video brings me back to seeing dudes at the powerlifting gym I used to go to in college, they would smoke either crack or meth (not sure, not really an expert on the smell, but the glass pipe was a dead giveaway) before hitting the weights. They sweated a
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When’s The Best Time For Cardio? The question that’s been asked for ages, should I do cardio before or after lifting? There are two camps; do it before because it acts as a warm-up and do it after and use your good energy for lifting. So, who’s
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Should you or should you not be eating the yolk along with the whites of your egg? The debate has been going on for ages. There’s a lot to like about egg yolks. Compared to egg whites, the yolk contains most of an egg’s good stuff, including the
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Do you get through the workouts, eat the right foods and take all the supplements, but still not see your muscles growing the way you had hoped? The video above does a great job of illustrating just how important sleep is for your body when you’re trying to build
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The standard push-up is a very effective movement for building muscle and strength that is often overlooked by intermediate and advanced lifters. Past the beginner stage, conventional push-ups by themselves just aren’t difficult enough to really help build strength or muscle, which is too bad because mechanically speaking, it’
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Drop that bottle of Herbalife, it’s not the ticket to ab-city. As this video from PictureFit explains, there’s one way to get that flat stomach and it’s — wait for it — diet and exercise. Who’d of thought. You can’t remove the fat from your abs alone,