Following close on the heels of the Body Browser, Google comes up with another toy, which, on the surface, seemingly has no relation to matters health and fitness, but can actually provide some interesting results: the Google Books Ngram Viewer. What People Wrote About What it does is put into a chart with what frequency […]
“You need to train to failure or the set doesn’t count” is something you often get to hear from bodybuilders, weightlifters and “fitness experts” at gyms and on the internet. Do you really? The truth is somewhere in the middle:
You can only lose weight on low carb diets, say low carb diet fans. And go on to tell us that athletic performance from running marathons to lifting weights is just as good when you say no to carbohydrates.
I’m often criticized for being overly conscious about safety with my weightlifting at home advice, because my general word is that squats, deadlifts and benchpresses with a barbell require safety measures and professional supervision. Jake Pezon Unfortunately, this has been proven right. Jake Pezon, sixteen-year-old teenager from Wisconsin attempted a 185 lbs benchpress in his […]
Overtraining is a term many people into fitness have heard. But what is overtraining, how can you tell if you’re doing it and how can you get rid of it?
