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Do Warm-Up Sets Count?
A few days ago, my friend Max was visiting the gym and asked me to update an old program for him. I’ve written a number of programs for Max over the past two years, and it’s nice to watch his progress in the weight room while I work to write better programs. As I finalized…
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“There Are No Barbells On The Beach”
Several weeks prior to the New Year, I was on a nomadic journey through several of the local gyms, on the search for the perfect squat rack and bench. My go-to gym, which I was working at, was flooded during the storm, and they’re still in the process of repairing. You can’t really train for…
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Do Lateral Squatz
Squats? Check. Deadlifts? Check. Reverse lunges? Check. Lateral lunge? What in all hell?! That’s how I felt the first time I came across a lateral variation of lower body exercises, and I struggled. The lateral lunge can be tricky business due to the hip mobility demands, and the fact that we’d rather not fall on…
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Let’s get Complex!
You’re ready to make this year count, so you’ve grabbed a friend, you’ve planned your warm-up and what your main movement for the day is. You’re ready to get long, then get strong. What comes next? Fat loss is a massively popular New Years Resolution, and with seemingly infinite strategies to sell products and indoctrinate…
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What is your Main Movement
It’s 2013, and you’re going to make it count. You’ve locked down a friend to train with, and you know how to R.A.M.P. it up when you get to the gym. So what comes after the warm-up? Today I’d like to talk about the idea of a Main Movement in your training, which comes from…
Harold Gibbons | MovementGPS 