As Summer draws to a close, my goal is to finish strong with an intense 3 week workout.  I’m researching the best way to go about it right now but I have an idea on how I want to structure it.  Here is my rough plan:
Each day contains 2 workouts, a morning and an evening workout.
Morning is 1:10 only weight lifting.  Evening is 50:00 running and cardio drills with 20:00 of ab work.
So the workouts combine to 2 hours and 20 minutes and will keep my metabolism running on high.  The idea is to keep it as high intensity as …read more

If you’re trying to accomplish something as fast as possible (like me right now), training to exhaustion is the fastest way to get there.  In this stage, you want to leave yourself with nothing left after your workout(s) at the end of the day.  It is impossible to keep this up for ever (nor would you want to) but every once in a while it’s good to put your body up against the grind for two weeks.  However, you shouldn’t do it if you know you might easily be discouraged from working out.
Today’s workout:

incline treadmill 12 minutes, 1.3 miles + …read more

When you’re lifting weights, it’s definitely not all about the weight. Where your concentration lies and your range of motion can add a degree of difficulty entirely separate from the amount of resistance you’re up against. For example, one person curling 35 lb dumbells may not achieve the level of workout that another person curling 25 lbs reaches.
Range of motion is one aspect of this. When you are curling weight, once you reach a certain point your bicep is no longer worked. Take the moment you touch the dumbell to your shoulder. This is unnecessary …read more