How a Light Switch, and other Household Items, Can Help You Lose Weight
When I was 19, I could eat whatever I wanted and not worry about the intake of calories. Fast-forward a couple decades and those “glory days” are long over. However, losing weight isn’t as difficult as it may seem. Even common household items you have in your house right now can help you burn calories and lose weight without ever hearing the dreaded word “diet.” Below are a few of my favorite...
Hydration Strategies
The key to exercising whether in hot weather, outside, inside, sport or just weightlifting you need to be vigilant of your fluid intake and ensure you’re staying hydrated. A failure to do so can result in dehydration, poor performance, overheating and health effects. Drink Before Your Workout Drink fluids ten minutes prior to your exercise. Gradual sips are superior to large volume gulping. Drink During Your Workout During your...
SolidEats: Thanksgiving Dinner Dos and Don’ts
Thanksgiving dinner may be the ultimate cheat meal for some, but if you’re looking to continue pushing towards fitness goals, there’s no reason to fall off the wagon. If you’re on a bulking cycle or looking to mass gain, here are a few tips on how to approach your Thanksgiving meal: Eat heavy but do not gorge yourself. Maxing out the digestive system could lead to digestive and gastrointestinal...
Body-Solid means SWEAT!
Body-Solid means S.W.E.A.T.: Systematic Workouts and Energetic Aerobic Training. That is not official, I just made it up, but the Body-Solid products such as the free weights, the home and commercial weight machines, the treadmills, elliptical, and spin bikes are all made for one basic purpose — to make you sweat. I’m not talking about the nervous sweat that might be the result of a business meeting gone badly, or the...
Lei Liu of China Sets Bench Press Record
Hard to have an excuse after you see this incredible video. Lei Liu, who contracted polio as a young child, benches 498 lbs. beating the old record by over 58 lbs. Powerlifting for athletes with disability made its first appearance in 1964 at the second Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Only men with spinal injuries participated in this first event. Soon thereafter, ‘Weightlifting’ changed to...