Kettle bells are back! It is nearly impossible to enter any gym without tripping over them or getting hit by someone doing swings. The question is: are they a superior training tool than dumbbells and barbells? The main selling points are: Great for core strength Increased fat loss Let’s take a little […]
Supplements – dreams in a bottle. The supplement industry in this great country of ours puts most GDPs to shame; the figures I found are around $40 billion in 2014 (my gym being responsible for half of that). While supplements do have their place within a well thought out diet and training regimen, there are […]
Once or twice a year, I ll go back home to my small hometown in the lovely South of Germany and throw in a few workouts in the gym where I started out. And every time, I feel like I am in a time capsule: The same people doing the same workouts, looking the same […]
Today’s topic is a hotly fought debate in gyms: should you do your reps over the full range or motion or are partial reps ok? As with everything in the fitness world, the two fronts here are belligerent and absolutely convinced that they are right. In the blue corner, you have the ” ass to […]
Reverse dieting- what is it and how does it work? Reverse dieting is getting a lot of attention in our days, so it is worth a closer look. The usual sales pitch goes something like this “eat more and still lose weight”. Now, any headline like that must fall victim to my red pen, so […]
Hello again, since we are in the midst of summer , it may be a good idea to take another look at the ever fascinating topic of arm training (sun’s out, guns out) More precisely, the theme du jour is triceps pressing As everyone is well aware, the tris are making up about two thirds […]
Welcome back to my wold!If this title did not get your attention, nothing will. So let’s dive into the materiel and find out if could there really be a point where it makes more sense to eat sugar than not? For years we have been told to keep our carbs either low or at the […]
Welcome back and happy summer!I have discussed the topic of trainees getting no results ever in most gyms over and over, so I ll save the ranting part for once and shall deliver some actual substance instead. So class, listen up here is today’s topic: Staying too long on a cutting or bulking diet will […]
Since it it is that time of the year, one of the questions I get a lot these days is a cry for help along the lines ” Hey Maik, I am having a pool party tomorrow/in three hours/next week and I need to look great.” There I wrote this outline which should be helpful […]
Today’s topic is rather dear to me: how science got eradicated from the fitness world (and to an extent in America as such, thanks Tea party and religious right!) Case in point: the connection between red meat and heart disease. Basically, we were told since the 50s that the consumption of red meat will lead […]