Push-ups from the ground can be super empowering! Especially as women, many of us have been conditioned to believe that we should be doing knee push-ups and that full push-ups are out of reach. It doesn’t have to be this way! Using simple drills and strategies, your first push-up is closer than you might think. Getting your first push-up is an amazing goal to strive for, and it may not… Read More »How to Get Your First Push-up!
For the last decade, calorie and macro counting have been the go-to weight loss strategy. Counting calories and getting more specific with macronutrient targets can be a really effective fat loss strategy and a great way to manage your nutrition for many other goals. This is because in order to lose weight, you need to be in a calorie deficit. That means you need to be burning more calories through… Read More »The Best Tools for Fat Loss without Calorie Counting
Tracking calories or macros can be a great strategy for reaching your fitness goals. When eating at home, keeping track is relatively simple. Measuring cups and food scales make it relatively easy to keep track of portions. Apps like MyFitnessPal do the math for you. The biggest hiccup in tracking your food? Meals out. It’s difficult to know what ingredients are in your dish, how much oil was used to… Read More »Calorie Counting at Restaurants Made Easy
Picking a workout split can be challenging and confusing. There are seemingly endless options, and every trainer and trainee claims that their chosen training split is the “best.” It can be difficult to comb through all of that information and figure out what is truly best for YOU. And that’s the key: figuring out which split is truly best for you, your goals, and your lifestyle. No training split is… Read More »The Best Workout Split for You
We’ve all said it: “The diet starts on Monday.” “I’ll get back to the gym on Monday” “Monday will be my fresh start.” Then Monday comes along and nothing has changed. It’s an exhausting cycle to be in, and often results in unnecessary guilt and shame. But it’s a cycle that you have the power to break! You really can get started on Monday. The key is to start the… Read More »How to Actually Get Back to the Gym on Monday
It has been a very weird year for fitness. (And everything else!) Many gyms closed and reopened multiple times. We saw at home equipment go completely out of stock. Most of us have lost motivation largely due to our homes becoming the place where we work, eat, sleep, socialize, and exercise. If you have consistently stuck to your fitness routine for the last 365 days, you are in the minority.… Read More »How to Ease Back into Your Fitness Routine
So you set a resolution this year. Maybe it’s fitness related, maybe it’s not. (It’s probably fitness related.) And you probably set a similar resolution last year. And the year before that. I’m guessing that they didn’t stick. Partially because you’re reading this article, and partially because most people forget about their resolutions well before December. Heck, most people forget about their resolutions in January. But that’s not because resolutions… Read More »Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Stick
You do not need any fancy tricks to build muscle. In fact, until you have mastered the basics, adding complicated techniques to your workouts can do more harm than good. Most of your strength gains will come from mastering foundational movements such as the squat, deadlift, bench press, overhead press, and row. Practicing good form and getting stronger at straight sets of these exercises will do wonders for your physique… Read More »The Best Training Techniques to Boost Your Workouts
There is none. The truth is that there is no perfect workout routine. The routine that works best for you might make someone else miserable. There are many factors to consider when planning out an exercise routine. Starting a fitness routine can be overwhelming. There is a lot of information out there, and sometimes it can be hard to decipher what matters and what doesn’t. Should you lift weights or… Read More »The Best Exercise Routine