One of the biggest scams ever told to any natural is that they should be lifting heavy. Natty brahs have been misled into believing the lie that heavy weights equal insane hypertrophy. They do not. All my lifts, aside from my deadlift, have never been impressive and never will be. But w...
It may be wise at this point to dispel a common strength-training myth among many women: Lifting heavy weights willnotmake you bulky. I often hear women say they’ll lift, but only with light weights and high reps, because they don’t want to get too big. The fact is,many women are...
Does more weight mean more punching power? There is a common misconception that lifting heavy weights results in increased punching power. Weight training can help you build strong muscles, but it doesn't necessarily equate to powerfulpunches. How many pounds can a human punch? The average human...
Yeah. But it’s amazing how little it helps. [laughs] You can be a long-time meditator, but if someone says the wrong thing in the wrong way, you go back to your ego-driven self. It’s almost like you’re lifting one-pound weights, but then somebody drops a huge barbell with a...
Intense workouts, like lifting weights, cause damage to your muscles, which is often termed microtrauma. While this may sound disturbing, it’s actually a critical part of the muscle-building process. After a damage-inducing workout, your body gets busy repairing these microtears using the amino...
The best activity for your brain is aerobic exercise. However, weightlifting can slowly build better connections between nerves and muscles. In fact, much of the improvement that sedentary people experience during the first eight weeks of lifting weights is due to this improved neuromuscular coordinati...
A slightly different approach is to make the deficit smaller while still keeping exercise as frequent as you can. So, that might look like intake of 1400-1600 (for instance) and keeping your step count up, lifting weights at least 2x/week and making sure you’re getting decent sleep. ...
Creatine is a naturally occurring compound in your muscles, helping to supply energy during high-intensity activities like sprinting or lifting weights. Supplementing with creatine increases the amount of creatine phosphate in your muscles, allowing you to produce more energy during intense workouts, whi...
Just as lifting a two-pound weight will stop challenging you, so will repetitive exercises such as crosswords or Sudoku. Once you master easy exercises, you must move on to harder ones in order to push your brain-like your muscles-to a new level. The science behind brain training ...
With the quick movements, the bar prevents the rubberized weights from falling off the bar. For any weight-lifters out there wanting to ask the immortal weight-lifting question: “Dude, do you even lift?” My confident answer to this question is: “No.” Judging from Wendy’s bar, I ...