by Luke Carlson | Sep 11, 2021 | Fit Tips
Life Stress Impacts Our Recovery From Strength Training When we’re experiencing periods of psychological stress, perhaps the best remedy is a great workout. Exercise reduces stress hormones and stimulates the production of chemicals that promote relaxation. After a...
by Luke Carlson | Sep 11, 2021 | Fit Tips
We were wrong about metabolism In a groundbreaking study published last week, researchers from Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University introduced a new paradigm for metabolism and aging. For decades, we’ve assumed that as we age, our...
by Luke Carlson | Sep 11, 2021 | Fit Tips
Live Life in Crescendo The maxim of Dr. Stephen Covey, “Live life in crescendo, not in diminuendo” means our most important work still lies ahead of us. Covey felt that there was always more to learn, more to do, more to contribute. According to Covey, in order to...
by hannah | Sep 11, 2021 | Fit Tips
Double Progression Double Progression is one of the foundational tenets of strength training. Double Progression means that during every workout and on each exercise, we should strive to either (1) lift more weight than we did during the last workout or (2) perform...