Gym Partner Makes a Difference!!

 

10 Reasons to Get a Workout Buddy (and What to Look For)

Because Everyone Needs Motivation!!

What's your motivation??

“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion.”

- Arnold Schwarzenegger, seven-time Mr. Olympia

This gets me going every single day to get to the gym and do what I need to do.

What's your Crazy/Funny Gym stories?!?

Decided to ask this question today after I got this story from a a person who stopped by the gym for his first session today. Check it out and let me know what's your funny/crazy story.

BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS

The benefits of physical fitness are numerous and include better health, greater strength, more flexibility, increased energy, improved appearance, and a more positive attitude and mood. Regular exercise can lead to both immediate and long-term benefits. Regular physical activity has been shown to reduce the morbidity and mortality from many chronic diseases.

The benefits of fitness far outweigh the inconveniences of regular exercise. To reap the maximum benefits of physical fitness, remember that your program should include all the main five components of physical fitness. These are the health related fitness components like cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance and muscle strength. There are in fact other components of physical fitness but they are skill related and less important.

Physical fitness is considered a measure of the body’s ability to function efficiently and effectively in work and leisure activities, to be healthy, to resist hypo kinetic diseases, and to meet emergency situations.

Physical fitness is generally achieved through

• physical activity and exercise,

• correct nutrition,

• enough rest (good quality sleep),

• Stress management and relaxation.

The benefit of the physical fitness is endless. Explore some of the benefits of fitness leading to healthy lifestyle and learn how you will get benefited from them: 

Gym Fails!!

When you need to laugh and still think about the gym.
These are really funny check it out for some Saturday night fun.

Is Diet or Exercise More Important for Weight Loss & Health?

How to Avoid Injury in the Gym

Going to the gym and exercising regularly is one of the best ways to protect your body as you age. As you build your muscles and strengthen your bones, you will be much better equipped to deal with accidents and injuries, should they occur. However, the potential to injure yourself in the gym also of course exists!

7 Ways to avoid Germs at the gym!

Most gym-goers know to wipe down the treadmill after using it, but that's not the only spot germs lurk. Here are seven ways to lower your risk of picking up germs during your gym visit.

Follow these tips and it will help protect you from most germs generally.

Weighted Abs!

I try to strengthen my core with every exercise I do in order to fully reach my potential. I find weighted abs for me are a must as my core tightens and contracts for an optimum training experience.
This is what I do most days:
 

• Exercise 1: Sit-Ups.
• Exercise 2: Leg Raises.
• Exercise 3: Lying Leg Raise+Crunch.
• Exercise 4: Knee-Ins.
• Exercise 5: Toe Touches.
• Exercise 6: Crunches.
• Exercise 7: Reverse Crunch

Great for men and women to try of course switching it occasionally would help a lot.  

We Are Team Guns and Buns!!!!

Long Biceps! Short Biceps! It doesn't matter we out here to grow some muscles.
you can be male or female, big or small! targeting as specific muscles like the Bicep requires focus and repetition allowing it to shape up and firm up.

Whats your favorite work out to do?
I like 21s with the long bar..
 

Chest Progress! Should I Continue to push?

The journey was hard and I still haven't been able to push heavy without someone spotting me. I see the importance of taking care of your body more and more everyday as I pass certain age markers.

How do you take care of your body?
What stretches do you do before a workout?
Below I have listed a few warm up exercises I do before I hit the weights check them out.

Big Back Workout!!

One of my favorite workouts to follow is Ronnie Coleman's back work out. The man as shown what he can do over and over, and this workout for me gives me the edge on my back workout.

Give it a try and let me know.
Also check out the video and tell me if you do any of these exercises

How often do you try something new at the gym?

I like trying new exercises. It helps me add to my routine, by doing this I keep my body guessing. Whats your tactic? What do you try? below is one of my shoulder routines give it a try and let me know if it works for you.

Legs Day Quads! Hamstrings! Calf's! O My!!!!

Legs are my favorite body part to do and here are 11 reasons why I stay motivated every week in and out to do my legs twice a week! (Sorry for the poor quality I'm trying different editors)

Does it Matter Where you Train?

This is where I train!
This is where my therapy session occurs every time I step through the doors!
This is where the only thing that matters is loud music and heavy weight!
This is where is matters everywhere to me is garbage!
This is my iron playground!!

Show me where you train, where your fit zone is.
Tell me why you have chosen this place for your iron jungle.