
Tips for Weight Lifting and Carb Cycling
Hey everyone, even though there is no new Arrow or Flash this week, I'm having a great time, so I'm feeling pretty ambitious. I'm gonna tackle not one, but two questions today :) The first one up is from my friend Jess, who asks:
"I do T25 4-5 days a week & want to incorporate going to the gym to do weights (toning arms, legs, etc). Since I'm a beginner, how many days a week should I shoot for? Also, for how long?" Alright, so I'm not 100% familiar with T25, meaning I have

Lifting Weights vs. Bodyweight Training
Hey friends! I was recently asked by my Facebook friend Nathalie if I have a preference between weight lifting or bodyweight exercise training and if one is better than the other. These techniques are both forms of resistance training, which simply means you are exerting a muscle against an opposing force (your own body weight, a dumbbell, etc.) and they both can be instrumental in helping you achieve the body you want. As far as which I like more, I generally prefer to use b

Should You Use Machines or Free Weights at the Gym?
Picture this: you're a brand new gymgoer with no workout experience under your belt. Before you step into the gym, you have an air of confidence about you, probably thinking something along the lines of, "Yeah, I've never been here before, but I saw that fitness page on Instagram, so lifting weights can't be that hard to figure out." Once you're inside, however, you peer over to the corner of the building where a large man grunts loudly as he aggressively curls some heavy-loo

The Truth About Toning
Everyone knows that if you want to bulk up and get big muscles, you grab heavy weights and do low reps, but if you just want to tone up and get lean, you pick up some light weight and go to town with high reps. It's common knowledge. That just makes sense, right? Mm, we'll think about that later, but first, what do people even mean by "bulking" or "toning" or "leaning out?" When people use terms like these, they usually have some role model in mind (maybe Arnold Schwarzenegge

Am I Cutting Calories Properly?
Most people know that, in general, if you want to lose weight, you're going to have to eat less - and at that, eat less junk food and more whole foods. If weight loss is a function of how many calories you consume versus how many calories you expend, it makes sense to simply eat less and exercise more, right? The big problem with all this is, as humans who don't have built-in calorie calculators, we have a tendency to underestimate how much we eat and overestimate how much we
The Importance of Self-Image
How you think of yourself matters. Period. If you can get this concept into your head, there will be NOTHING to stop you from accomplishing anything you want. Probably :) #exercise #fitness #motivation #workout #video #selfesteem