When you workout, what do you focus on? Are you focused on your form? Are you thinking about counting your reps? Do you let your mind drift to what you have to do later that day? If you want to give yourself the best opportunity to build strong, healthy muscles Read more…
How strong you are has a huge impact on your longevity. The stronger you become in your 30s, 40s, and 50s, the stronger you will likely remain in your 60s, 70s, and 80s. Obviously there will be a decline that we all face, but the higher you can make your Read more…
Let’s get something straight from the get go… Your body needs to compensate. Now, we know you have been told that compensation is a bad thing. We know you have seen that therapist or trainer who told you to do specific corrective exercises to get rid of compensations you have. Read more…
What do you need for your joints to be healthy? Too often, we see people easily identify what healthy joints are NOT–painful, swollen, immobile, creaky, crackly, etc.–but not be able to identify what healthy joints ARE. More importantly, people have no idea how to get healthy joints, even if Read more…
Your car’s dashboard is one of the most useful ways to know what is going on with your car. Need to know how much gas you have? Check the dashboard. Want to know how fast you are going? Check the dashboard. Interested in seeing how many miles you’ve put on Read more…
When it comes to strength training, one of the most effective strategies is to do total-body workouts. Whether you are trying to build strength, build muscle, build stronger bones, or even lose body fat, total-body workouts can be extremely efficient at helping you to reach your goals. There are Read more…
Butt-focused programs are super popular for both women and men. While the programs targeted towards women are often more focused on aesthetics, the programs targeted towards men are often about performance. But regardless of which butt program you do or glute goal you have, there is one giant mistake we Read more…
Exercise bands are one of the most convenient ways to workout at home. They are light, versatile, and can help you easily build muscle and get stronger without ever setting foot in a gym. But, many band workouts and band exercises are designed poorly. In fact, most band exercises completely Read more…
One of our four Exercise For Life Principles is to Move Slowly when you strength train. You see this principle carried out in many of the workouts within the Exercise For Life Membership and throughout much of our content on our podcast, blog, and social media accounts. But why is Read more…
One giant thing we see holding people back from exercising is not that they don’t have time or they don’t have easily accessible workouts… But rather that they haven’t given themselves permission to use their time, their energy, their resources, their attention for themselves. Whether it is a story they Read more…