Truth about Exercise: In 60 seconds
Is More Exercise Better?
Strength training has a potent effect on a number of health outcomes, whether it be muscular size and strength, or reduction in chronic disease risk. In recent years many articles have suggested that strength training IS medicine. Schedule a Free...
Efficient Exercise
How much time do you need to be allocating to your exercise? Have you been caught in the trap of feeling like you need to exercise every day? There is a more efficient approach, you can save time and receive better results. Schedule a Free Introductory...
Strength Training for the Low Back
Back pain can be debilitating. When experiencing this pain, the last thing you want to do are exercises for your low back... right? You may be thinking, "Aren't I going to injure my back even more if I return to the gym?" Ultimately, the best thing that we can do when...
The Truth About Flexibility
We have all heard about flexibility before, but do we know why (or if) it is important? James Nuzzo, suggests we retire flexibility as a component of exercise. First, you can improve your flexibility during full range of motion strength training and cardiovascular...
Strength Train Efficiently
Have you ever wondered how much time you need to allocate to your strength training? Research shows us that you can illicit the same benefits training 2x per week that you can training 5+ times. If that is the case, why would you train more than 2 times per week? In...
There is No Such Thing as Functional Training
The textbook example of functional training is someone using a weighted bat hoping to increase their bat speed. The truth is that tadding weight to your bat detrimental for your bat speed. Research has shown the bat speed actually got slower in these instances. The...
The Difference between Free Weights and Machines
Why do I get sore? Is soreness an indication of a quality workout? The truth is no. One of the primary causes of soreness is novelty of the exercise. Stated otherwise, any time you change up the mode of resistance (you switch from a dumbbell bench press to a machine...
Why do I get sore?
From a muscle strength and size perspective, you can get the same results from a free weight and a machine. At Discover Strength, we use machines for the majority of our exercise. The benefits of machines are: 1. Efficiency- you can change weights quickly and can add...
Truth About Body Composition
We have a lot of clients who have a goal of losing body weight. It is important to understand that losing body weight can be helpful for certain health markers, but can also be detrimental to your body's ability to combat chronic disease (if the weight you are losing...
The Benefits of Strength Training
The problem with strength training is that you can only get the benefits from strength training, by strength training. You can't do another form of exercise and expect to receive the benefits in regards to muscle size or muscle strength, or in terms of longevity. Take...