Fitness Solutions for You blog

If you have any questions about what these exercises are and how to do them (some people refer to them by other names), feel free to e-mail me for further explanation.

1.) Squats in the Smith Machine

While anyone who knows what they are doing will heavily endorse the inclusion of squats in a workout regimen, performing them in the Smith Machine is not safe.  Squats provide myriad benefits as they stimulate the largest muscles in your body all at once, which releases large amounts of growth hormones into your body, stimulating muscles that aren’t even stimulated during the execution of the squat, while taxing and stimulating your core and duplicating a real world applicable movement.  However, (more…)

Exercises everyone should do

1.) Deadlifts

The deadlift is arguably the single best movement you can do; some professional bodybuilders have said that if you could only do one exercise, it should be the deadlift. It is the most compound movement you can do and is great for building mass and overall strength. The deadlift directly works (more…)

1.) “Tone can be acquired by lifting a lower weight at high repetitions.”

This statement has been the bane of trainers for years. Simply stated, you cannot “tone” or “bulk” muscles depending on your lifting scheme. Muscles either grow or they don’t. Muscle “tone” or “definition” is acquired by having some level of muscle mass while simultaneously having low body fat. There are only 3 goals related to fitness. One can either… (more…)