Stay Hydrated Throughout The Day
It’s important to be hydrated throughout the day because your muscles are actually about 70 percent water! Good hydration also helps you to recover faster...
Pro Tips
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Prioritize Active Recovery Days
When it comes to building muscle, it’s the time you spend outside the gym when the magic actually happens. When you work out, you create...
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Commit To Getting Enough Sleep
Sleep is hugely important for many reasons, your fitness goals included. Exercise is a physical stress applied to the body, and muscles get stronger in...
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Do Workouts That You Enjoy
Finding a workout you actually like is key to staying consistent with your fitness routine. Plain and simple, if you don’t love your workout and...
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Be Specific About Your Goals
If you have a specific fitness goal, consider following a specific program created for that goal. If you want to run a 5K race, for...
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Use A Heart-Rate Monitor
Wearing a heart-rate monitor can give you an idea of your intensity level by measuring how fast your heart is beating. This can help you...
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Try High-Intensity Interval Training
High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, refers to short bursts of very hard work followed by periods of recovery. The work periods are typically 20 to...
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Track The Details Of Each Workout
Tracking your workouts is a great way to make sure you’re always challenging yourself. Using a physical notebook or an app, when you go to...
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Think About Your Muscles During Each Exercise
One way to make each and every exercise more effective is to think about the muscles you’re trying to engage, rather than mindlessly going through...
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Choose The Right Weight
One of the biggest questions that beginners have in the gym is, “Which weight should I use?” Choosing a weight that’s heavy enough (but not...
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Supercharge Bodyweight Exercises By Adding Weights
While you can get a heart-pumping workout using only bodyweight exercises, adding in weights gives your muscles an extra challenge. If you feel like you’ve...
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Incorporate Compound Exercises
Compound exercises recruit multiple muscle groups and two or more joints at once. That is opposed to isolation exercises, which target one muscle group (like...
