Whammy! You’ve decided to start recording your efforts at the gym with a workout log. The next step now is to make the most of this powerful tool. If this is your first time using a workout journal, and you are panicking a little bit because you don’t know how much to write in it, […]
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Are You Still Icing to Reduce Soreness or Speed-Up Recovery? If So – Don’t.
It’s a familiar image; an athlete who is tired, sore and hurting from a string of road games limps out of his uniform and reluctantly plunges into an ice bath. The pain, discomfort and sudden shock to the system is barely disguised on the athlete’s face, and for good reason. Jumping into 5 degree Celsius […]
How to Set Fitness Goals That Don’t Stink
How many times have you rolled over after a big night at the bar, or a big night at Denny’s, or after pulling your head out of a bag of buttered up movie popcorn and said to yourself, “That’s it! That’s enough! I’m mad as hell and I cannot take it anymore!” In a post-binge […]
6 Reasons to Keep a Workout Log
Forget the latest vascularity-exploding micronized supplement. Or the expensive compression clothing. If you really want to see better results from the gym, there is a tool much simpler, much cheaper and way more beneficial than the latest-and-greatest creatine or performance gear. What is this magic tool of wonder? A workout log. Yup. A bunch of […]
7 Dwayne Johnson Motivational Quotes
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is the big action star of this generation. Between his schedule of performing with the WWE, to filming upcoming blockbusters Hercules: The Throacian Wars and Fast Furious 7, he is also heavily involved in his charitable foundation, the Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation. SEE ALSO: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Diet for Hercules […]
Are You Living a Sedentary Lifestyle?
In this morning’s PT Intel personal trainer Kathleen Trotter discusses the need to fight the sedentary lifestyle. In the below article she outlines a challenge to get you up on your feet and moving. Besides being a personal trainer, Kathleen lives her advice, having completed 10 (count ’em!) marathons, an Ironman (well, Ironwoman to be […]