“Celebrity Trainers”, Fitness Mags and Bad Technique

We should be thankful for the cornucopia of fitness magazines that come out each month. http://www.fitsugar.com When the zombie apocalypse comes at least we'll have an ample supply of toilet paper for eternity. While some of them don't completely suck ballzzzz and every now and then even the crappy ones actually have some good experts and columnists, for the most part the vast,vast majority of these ....ehhhhh....."publications", are riddled with misinformation and Pure Jackassery passed off as Correct Technique. How this happens? The only thing I can guess is that the "Fitness Experts" and the editors have NO CLUE what's going on. See, here's the thing. Many … [Read more...]

Workout ADD, Why you Workout all the Time but Make no Progress….

Pintrest: Multiple pins on the same persons board of: This persons leg workout, that persons butt workout, how such and such gets body X,Y,Z Magazines: Every month a new workout. TV Shows: How celebrity X,Y,Z does this or that and this doctors or personalities favorite workout of the minute. Bootcamps: "We get in a group and do something different each time" Exercise Classes: Taught to the mid range user in the group, which is usually someone of a low fitness level. Fact: Most group exercise classes are based on entertainment, not fitness training. In and of themselves all these things can be fine, can be done right (but it's VERY rare) and … [Read more...]