The calf muscle is one of the most stubborn muscle to develop do to the fact that they’re always active. Think about it, you’re always using your calf muscle. You use the calf muscle when you stand, walk, twist, bend, run, etc. With all that use the calf muscle gets very good at adapting to [...]

Want legs and glutes that are compliment-magnet? Add the lunge to your arsenal of exercises. Since the lunge is a unilateral movement, it stretches the anterior and posterior muscles at the same time, thus encouraging their activation as well as preserving functional range of motion (joint health). Try several variations of it to ensure progressive [...]

“Dear God, give me the willpower to refrain from those foods that are killing me” -Jack Lalanne   Hope you like the quote. Perfect insertion to my love for lists.   Here’s a list of 20 fitness tips I put together for you.   You might even want to print this out and pin it [...]

Not happy with the way your body looks and feels? I found an extensive guide to fitness to help you live in the body you’ve always wanted.This is by far the most extensive and detailed infographic I have come across when it comes to working out, eating right and exercising effectively. The guide, in the [...]

This is so amazing it defeats logic!!! A British teenager raised awareness for flood victims in London’s Lake District by riding his bicycle on a lake 75-feet deep. Matt Whitehurst, 17, boast the pictures are real but won’t reveal how he managed to perch his bicycle atop the waters of England’s Lake Buttermere. He performed [...]

Most Personal trainers lack the knowledge to help an individual achieve and surpass physical excellence. If you can find a great one like the ones I’m affiliated with at FIU then you can expect measurable results. A great trainer is not easy to find.  Anyone can be a trainer.  All you have to do is [...]

  ’ll be straight with you…REAL quality leg training is TOUGH. It hurts and it’s uncomfortable. And if you want great legs, you MUST put in the time using challenging exercises such as squats, lunges and variations of the two (leg press is ok and optional). The following is a “killer” leg routine by fitness [...]

Think Co-ed exercising is boring? Well think again as Trainer Scott Parker shows host Niecy Nash a workout routine that keeps couples healthy both physically in sexually! Great video to compliment lovers month

Valentines Day . . . a time for flowers, chocolates, romance, and . . . a physical display of affection. Hormones rage leading to seduction and passion. Victoria’s Secret has a huge run on negligees. Married men who haven’t a romantic bone left in their bodies agonize over cards trying to send out the right [...]

My friend and personal trainer Rita Demetriou and I went through a squat workout this morning. During the course of the workout, Rita had mentioned that another trainer she respected was a big advocate of teaching squats, rather than lunges. He said that squats were better than lunges. She thought I would agree. I don’t. [...]