by Luke Carlson | Jul 22, 2022 | Fit Tips
Internal or External: Where to Focus During Your Strength Training Set You are completing your sixth rep of leg extension and discomfort is starting to set it. You complete three more perfect reps and now, every part of you wants to stop and set the weight down. These...
by Luke Carlson | Jul 15, 2022 | Fit Tips
Strength Training and Fall Prevention in Older Adults Falling is the third most common cause of chronic disability worldwide. Falling is negatively correlated with functionality and independence and positively correlated with morbidity and mortality. With the 65-plus...
by Luke Carlson | Jul 8, 2022 | Fit Tips
The Best Workouts I’ve Ever Had Shared these Common Factors I went on a walk last night with friend and colleague of Discover Strength, United Kingdom researcher Dr. James Fisher (he’s in town for a few weeks working on a new project with us) and we got to talking...
by Luke Carlson | Jul 1, 2022 | Fit Tips
Exercise-related goals have changed to "improve mental health" For the First Time, American Exercisers Report “Improve Mental Health” as their Most Important Exercise Related Goal Four of my Discover Strength colleagues and I spent most of last week at the annual...
by Luke Carlson | Apr 16, 2022 | Fit Tips
Muscle Failure: It’s not dichotomous (and what that means for your next workout) For twenty-three years, I’ve taught the importance of training to momentary muscle failure; the point in which another rep can no longer be completed with perfect form. The benefits...
