TRAINING

  Written by Tim Rigby   With the hope of gyms being open again and people intending to flock back to make up for lost training time, you may have ...

Written by Tim Rigby, M.A., NSCA-CPT In the business world during this seemingly never-ending pandemic, companies are relying heavily on their abil...

Written by Tim Rigby, M.A., NSCA-CPT It’s the world’s oldest and most commonly performed physical exercise: walking; it’s widely known as being a b...

By: Tim Rigby (courtesy of Inside Fitness) Sometimes when you’re training, you have to think beyond your fingertips and realize that there’s a lot ...

By: Tim Rigby (courtesy of Inside Fitness) The term “selfies” has been ubiquitous since the explosive rise of social media, and like everyone knows...

By: Tim Rigby (courtesy of Inside Fitness) Although people perform the lat pulldown to grow the muscles in their back, usually in the hope of getti...

By: Tim Rigby (Courtesy of Inside Fitness) If you’re under the age of 30, you may be scratching your head and wondering, “what exactly is the pre-e...

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Recently, the American Council on Exercise (ACE) surveyed 1,000 of their certified personal trainers on what they perceive to be the most effective techniques for getting fit.  Their top three answers were, in order of indication:

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Many fitness athletes, even at an advanced level, are unfamiliar with the DeLorme and Oxford Methods of training.  These two programs are referred to as progressive resistance exercises (PREs) as the amount of weight used changes within sets, but the number of repetitions per set remains the same.  In both cases specifically, sets of 10 reps are performed.  Over the last few decades, each mode has been examined scrupulously and the results have shown consistently that both are effective for increases in strength, though research does show one is slightly more effective than the other. We’ll get to that shortly.

By Tim Rigby (copyright IFM Media) Here’s where you finally get reminded of just how much fun weight training can be.  You’ve progressed through a...

By Tim Rigby (Copyright IFM Media) Now that a foundation for transitional training has been established, it’s time to progress to the Phase 2 work...

By Tim Rigby (copyright IFM Media) This “primer” Phase 1 workout will wake up your muscles which have been at a low intensity level for several mo...