Nobody really cares if you can bench 350lbs, or run three miles in under twenty minutes, or whatever metric you might use to impress your friends They don’t want to know about your squat form, or your body fat percentage

Everybody wants bigger guns They’re called vanity muscles, and for a reason: girls notice them

Everybody talks about developing a ‘crazy core’, about wanting a six pack and developing deep power But when it comes to developing a core, one of the most overlooked and crucial muscles are your obliques

Imagine a cage fight between the two masters of extreme fitness Nobody out there right now is pushing the fitness envelope like these two men

Whether hanging from a tree branch over a yawning chasm, or simply shaking hands with an idiot who decides to squeeze your fingers as hard as he can, having a strong grip can be key Certain exercises like the deadlift require you to have strong hands simply to be able to lift the weight, and a strong grip can come in useful in a range of situations, from home repair to climbing, from throat strikes to holding on to your dog’s leash as he lunges for the neighbor’s cat

It’s all over the airwaves, blanketing every channel with those blood stirring infomercials Tony Horton and is P90X program, Tony Horton and his workout crew, all of them shredded, ripped, walking talking perfect physical specimens of fit humanity

“Wah wah wah,” everybody cries “The INSANITY workout is too tough

Best intentions can falter and fail, such that three weeks into your new workout regimen, you can suddenly find yourself without the motivation or will to keep plugging away It’s a well known fact that the vast majority of people who start working out fail to keep doing so, and for one reason or another simply fail to keep going

Now, everybody knows that garlic is delicious We throw it in virtually everything (or at least do), and one of my favorite smells ever is chopped garlic cooking in olive oil

The ability to jump high is dependant not just on your strength but also on your ability to generate power Power is the ability to exert force rapidly, and can be thought of as explosive strength, the ability to harness the maximum amount of strength in the fastest time possible

Everybody knows about Omega 3’s, or has the term being thrown around It’s the latest health buzz word, and even the big corporations are starting to promote the presence of it in their food

For millions of years, humans have gone to sleep and awoken with the setting and rising of the sun This natural circadian rhythm (from Latin: circa, meaning “around”; and dia, meaning “day”) has become ingrained in our very biology, so that it governs not only sleeping and waking patterns, but also the time of hormone release, brain wave patterns, cellular repair and regeneration