Training Tips – Tips to Speed Your Progress Towards Fitness & Health

A collection of blog posts chock-full of tips that will make your exercise more effective for increasing your health and fitness. Check out the How to Exercise for Fitness & Health Resource Page.

Don’t Just Sit There

May 9, 2012

A reminder: Get up! In March I saw quite a few news articles about sitting increasing your risk for dying irrespective of exercise. As a writer, an office worker, and a citizen of the laziest country on earth! I know that I sit too much. Well—I would sit too much if I didn’t do something [...]

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March Stats: 7 Workouts – 4.43 hours total workout time

April 1, 2012

If you’re someone who has frequently used the time excuse to keep yourself from getting a workout, take a look at the stats above. That’s 7 workouts in the month of March and only four and a half hours. Some people spend that much time in a week exercising. Or maybe they’re exorcising… In case [...]

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Simple Keys to Fitness: Fresh Air

February 25, 2012

Indoor air is sometimes more polluted than outdoor air. Bad news for people who spend the majority of their lives indoors. In The Way to Live by George Hackenschmidt, he says “the principle food for man is air.” Air is life. Hold your breath and find out how important it is. Our indoor lifestyles need [...]

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Posture Exercises for Computer Users (practically everyone)

February 16, 2012

Many people sit around all day with their heads forward and their chests sunken. It’s not us—it’s our occupations! The fact is, when you’re occupied with driving, working at a computer, or texting your lover—unless you’re vigilant—it’s easy to fall into the head forward, sunken chest trap. ¿Ask Yourself a Question? What is your current [...]

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Exorcise Vs. Exercise

February 12, 2012

Hey, I’ve wrestled with addiction. That’s why I can spot addiction a mile away. Let me tell you a secret: Many people are addicted to exercise. Just like someone might be addicted to drinking, many people have to get in their exercise fix, or else. For these people I’ve reserved a special term: exorcise. Exorcise [...]

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What’s the Rush? Eliminate Fake Progress from Your Training

January 23, 2012

In a New York times article several years ago, I read about a parking structure that collapsed during construction. The reporter interviewed the workers and one of the memorable quotes was, “Everything about this job was rush, rush, rush.” The man they interviewed went on to explain that the concrete was too green, and they [...]

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How to Avoid Overtraining

January 13, 2012

I know several fitness people who are frequently sick or run down because they exercise too much (i.e. they overtrain). These are people who want to be fit, yet the activity they’ve chosen to make them fit, exercise, is actually making them sick. There are limits to what your body can recover from. If you [...]

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The Virtue of Doing the Same Thing, Over and Over (Muscle confusion is bunk!)

October 28, 2011

I have written (and never published) a post titled: “The Blacksmith Never Heard of Muscle Confusion and Could Kick Your P90x Ass!” I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this. Bear with me. The secret behind the P90X workout system is an advanced training technique called Muscle Confusion™, which accelerates the results process [...]

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The Art of Self Study

October 26, 2011

Get up. Go to the bathroom. Brew coffee. Shower. Hygiene stuff. Drive to work. Do your work. Drive home. Do more stuff with family or spouse. Bed. Each day is composed of choices at nearly every juncture. To eliminate certain choices and make life easier, we fall into habits with organic naturalness. We rarely even [...]

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Hint: The Training Week Doesn’t Really Have to Be a Week

October 17, 2011

Most people schedule their exercise on a weekly schedule. While this is more convenient from a scheduling perspective, it’s less effective from a health perspective. Americans are accustomed to sacrificing anything for convenience, but sensibility suggests we should stop! Let’s look at an example of how a literal training week can fail you. You tell [...]

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