Hi, Here are a couple of more ways to use negative rep training when you are training by yourself. The first one you can only use if you are using dumbbells. You have to have one hand free and you simply use your free hand to help on the positive part of the exercise. Then [...]

Hi, How can you do negative rep training by yourself? Last post we talked about negative rep training with a partner. While that will help you to use heavier weights, sometimes it can create a safety issue. You can avoid the safety issues and still get the benefits of negative reps. Remember that part of [...]

Hi, Yesterday’s post talked about how negative rep training can help you build more strength and burn body fat at the same time. However, this is a very stressful type of training and should not be used all the time. Once every few workouts is plenty. There are several ways to do negative training. One [...]

Should you use negative rep training? Negative rep training is great for building strength and keeping the metabolic forces in high gear. That means more fat burning. What is a negative rep. It is the return to the starting position. For example, with biceps curls, when you lift the weight that is the positive part [...]

Hi, Should women lift heavy weights? Or should they try to tone their muscles with lighter weights? According to the national Strength and Conditioning Assoc., lifting light weights will not do to much for either your strength or your muscle tone. This has been mentioned before on this blog. Toning a muscle – if there [...]

Want a few good thigh exercises? Check out the video below. If your thighs aren’t firm enough, then these are some good exercises to change that. You don’t even need any weights! Just spend a few minutes a day specializing on these thigh exercises and they will firm up quickly.

Hi, I just saw an article – on another blog – that indicated you could burn fat with 1 exercise. That exercise was the deadlift. You can see the full article here: Getting Rid of Fat Through Dead Lift Before I give my opinion of this article, I want to let you know where I [...]

Hi, Women are different than men. And turns out women’s heart rates are also different than men’s. Nothing new here. So why have men and women always measured their stress heart rate (when you are exercising) the same? They have done so because no one ever studied the differences and came up with a formula [...]

Hi, The last two posts have talked about cortisol and muscle gain and how to manipulate the cortisol wave with the type of exercise you do. Today we will look at how diet plays a role in this. But, first a quick clarification. I mentioned that you shouldn’t exercise for more than 45 minutes – [...]

Hi, Check out the last post on cortisol and muscle gain at: cortisol and muscle gain In order to take advantage of the cortisol wave, you need to prime your body to best utilize the rise in androgen hormones (anabolic phase) with the ups and downs of cortisol while exercising. You first do a warm [...]