Yesterday I made mention of the fact that I don’t think that upright rows are necessarily a bad exercise for everyone’s shoulders. Rather, I think that they are a bad exercise for SOME people’s shoulders and those people specifically should not do them. As a rule of thumb, I like to think of exercises in.. Read more →
Two gym observations. If you get one rep on an exercise WITH the help of a spotter, logic would suggest it’s silly to add more and more weight each successive set. You’ve already got too much weight on the bar. Poor spotter was power upright rowing while this clown was incline benching … But was.. Read more →
The fitness industry has done a wonderful job of creating a whole niche market out of postural assessment and corrective exercises. The truth is, however, that pretty much anyone you’ll ever meet will have poor posture and that this is largely not indicative of their risk for injury. If I were to assess anyone with.. Read more →
I’m sure most of us don’t take skipping a warm up this far, but just in case, please don’t start your working sets without ‘warming up’ to your working weights. I’ve actually seen this before; guy walks in, loaded up the incline to his working weight and started benching, struggling, but benching. One it’s an.. Read more →
Many people with these days make a huge deal out of “metabolic workouts” as a major key to successful fat loss. While these can be fun (if you’re a masochist) and productive workouts which are often used as a ‘cardio replacement’, metabolic workouts are still only an ‘adjunct therapy’ at best when it comes to.. Read more →
Soreness is not an indication of the effectiveness of a workout. Neither is lack of soreness an indication that a workout was not effective.