Fitness Tips

Michael wanted to quantify the differences between pushup variations, so he turned his workout space into a lab. Here's what he learned:

Most of us associate doing "cardio" with promoting heart health and lowering blood pressure. But what about lifting weights? Does it do the same thing?

The short answer is maybe. Before we talk about how, we need a little background info. Let's start with muscle fatigue.

Progressive Overload is the most important principle in strength training. In short, it means that in order to get bigger and/or stronger, you’ve got to make your muscles work harder over time.

For those of us training at home with very limited equipment, loss of strength is a very real concern. And the reality is, without the ability to lift at least 80% of our 1RM, we will lose strength. However, there are things we can do to minimize loss. 

"Strong" can mean different things to different people. In the world of sports, we measure strength is two ways: absolute and relative strength.