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3 Smart Strength And Conditioning Tactics For Your Workouts

May 1, 2018
Brandon
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Do you find yourself wondering how to organize your strength and conditioning workouts?
Are you interested in learning how to structure your strength training workouts to make you more injury proof?
Are your workouts designed to flow from one exercise to the next for efficiency?
Are your strength training workouts designed to promote muscular balance and symmetry?

So in today’s article I want to outline some basic strength and conditioning tactics that you need to take the time to implement with your strength and conditioning program in order to help you achieve fitness, function, and optimal results. These are steps you can take to start the process of crushing your physical training goals.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.–Zig Ziglar

5 Steps To Building Your Mental Toughness For Life

April 17, 2018
Brandon
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In today’s society mental toughness seems to be a trait that is becoming more and more extinct. Lack of discipline, lack of focus, and lack of commitment are all big red flags for a lack of mental toughness. When it comes to your training there’s no room for a lack of mental toughness. If you lack it then diet suffers, training suffers, and results suffer.

3 Functional Strength Drills For Fitness And Performance

April 10, 2018
Brandon
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Are you training to be functionally strong for life?
Are you using your strength and conditioning program to prepare you for your sport, job, or life?
How much emphasis do you place on being functionally strong?

These days I often find myself talking to my students about the importance of having life skills. After all, when it comes to fitness your goals should line up to what you’re doing in life. In other words, if your job demands that you be functional then why wouldn’t your fitness program mirror that? Today I’m going to discuss three functional strength drills to get you on track.

4 Guaranteed Ways To Get A Functionally Strong Body

March 27, 2018
Brandon
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1. Are you functionally strong?

2. Are you unclear on whether you’re functionally strong, or not?

3. Is your training approach designed to help you build a strong, lean, functioning body for the long haul?

4. How high of a functional value would you rate your current fitness and strength program?

If you’re unsure as to the answers to these questions then you’re in the right place. There’s only one way to pursue fitness. I don’t care if you can bench press a 1000 lbs and squat 2000 lbs.. Because at the end of the day you’ve got to be able to bend over and tie your shoes. At the same time, you’ve got to be comfortable with getting on and off the ground. This process shouldn’t be too cumbersome.

3 Powerful Push Up Variations For Building Lean Muscle Mass

June 23, 2016
Brandon
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Are you looking to learn about how to implement some push up variations to challenge you in a completely different way?
Are you looking to learn some push ups to enhance your physical function and help you to build some lean muscle?
Are you open to getting out of your comfort zone to challenge yourself with some unique push ups?

There a many push up variations for you to implement to build lean muscle and function. Push ups are one of the most powerful exercises you can have in your arsenal of strength movements. Let’s face it…push ups are cheap, convenient, challenging and when mastered the variations are almost endless. The push up takes a backseat to nobody. As far as looking for the most immediate answer to acquiring strength, lean muscle, and efficiency what better exercise is there for your go to than the tried and true push up?