Win a MONTH of Coaching! (and save cats)

The pandemic is throwing a wrench, at the very least, in almost everyone’s life. Non-profit organizations, who are always strapped for resources, are especially hurting right now. Feral cats aren’t going to stop giving birth to kittens on the streets because of the coronavirus and Kitty Bungalow cannot stop saving the most at risk population of “domestic” animals. As a result, they’ve rolled out an amazing raffle to help raise funds to keep saving lives. We’ve teamed up with them to offer a training package that hasn’t been available for a long time. Find out more information by watching me talk about it HERE ON YOUTUBE.

Then, once you’re done with the video (or when you’ve heard enough). you can ENTER HERE and be a total hero for cats!

Apr142020

Buying Exercise Equipment for Home (During Quarantine)

We’ve been getting tons of questions about this lately. People who work out every day at the gym are stuck at home without equipment and don’t want to lose their progress. With no end in sight for the quarantine, especially in order to combat poor eating habits at home, people are trying to put together home gyms in order to maintain their progress, or prevent gaining fat/losing muscle mass. There are a few challenges though…

They don’t know what equipment to buy.
They don’t know what brand/model to buy.
They don’t know where to buy it.
Many companies are backordered.
Local markets (Facebook Marketplace, Offer Up, Let Go, Craigslist) are all home to price gouging.

This video on YouTube will help you with some recommendations/tips for cardio equipment at home. To summarize part of it, look for less commercial pieces that don’t have a ton of moving parts or electronic components, such as a Schwinn Airdyne or Indoor Cycling Bike, such as the ones we have (below) in our home gym.

Mar312020

5 People to Follow for Quarantine Workouts

We know that it has probably been really challenging for you to adapt to major changes since this pandemic really took off. Some of us are more impacted than others, but most of our readers from major cities don’t have access to gyms because of mandated closures. That is, however, no excuse to let you goals and level of fitness fail. There are countless trainers out there, who can’t work right now, making amazing content for both their followers and the rest of the public. Here are a few that have been putting out amazing workouts with little to no equipment, for even longer than the quarantine.

Mar182020

MMA Fitness: 7 Key Reasons to Try MMA for Fitness

MMA training is more than just a total body workout. Keep reading for MMA fitness: 7 key reasons to try MMA for fitness.

There are all sorts of ways to improve one’s physical fitness. You can lift weights; you can run; you can ride a bike.

But if you’re looking for a form of training that improves every aspect of your being, you needn’t look any further than MMA training.

MMA fitness is a different level of fitness, one which brings out a variety of benefits. Wondering why you should participate in MMA workouts? Here are 7 reasons to do so.

Nov302019

Important Tips to Help You Avoid Injuries during Your Fitness Exercises

Introduction

Regular exercising is one of the essential activities that you can do for your health. But how you approach your physical tasks determines whether it causes problems or improves your well being. Using the wrong types of equipment or pushing yourself too hard or even wearing the wrong shoes can cause injuries.

Therefore, ensure that you remain safe and avoid injuries while exercising. Because when the exercise is safe and painless, you will enjoy doing it all the time, which will benefit you emotionally and physically. Here are some tips to help you stay safe during your exercise.

Sep212019

4 Reasons Every Person Can Practice Yoga

Yoga is the oldest form of a workout and it has remained relevant even in the modern day world. Unlike other forms of exercise that limit people by age, yoga can be practiced by both the young and old. On the other hand, practicing yoga poses seems easy when you watch someone else do the magic. But then it gets harder when you are the one doing the posses. In fact, you can’t practice yoga out of the blue and achieve commendable results. People actually enroll in yoga classes so that they can learn from those that have already mastered the art. Without someone to teach you the ropes, you can easily throw in the towel within a few weeks or months. As a matter of fact, practicing yoga is not difficult like we are made to believe. You only need to start from the bottom and advance gradually. It only gets harder when you want from the top instead of the other way round. Here is a list of reasons why everyone can practice yoga like a pro.

Apr142019

Old School, Hardcore Training

Aleksandr Karelin is one of the greatest athletes of all time. He dominated the world of wrestling for a long time. Even though most people have either forgotten him, or never knew who he was, I often go back to his training videos for inspiration. Sure, a lot of us will YouTube the Rocky montages. I’m guilty of that as well. Karelin, however, brought a truly unique mixture of size, strength, flexibility and overall athleticism. It led to his dominance. We aren’t born with all of that. We develop it over time, through constant training. Old school, hardcore training.

Apr102019

The Best Workout Headphones

If you’re here looking for answers, you might want to look elsewhere. Despite working out in the gym, every single day for the past 12 years, I still haven’t discovered the best ones. Some people don’t like training with music, but I struggle when I’m training without music. Sure, there are some activities that don’t mix well with wearing headphones, but for gym sessions (especially lifting weights) I benefit from the motivation and constant intensity boost that comes with good tunes!

Mar142019

Our Body Scans & Future Plans

Every three months (each quarter), Hungry and Fit go get a BodySpec DXA scan. This measures their weight, body fat percentage, muscle mass, bone density and more. They’ve been doing it for years now (first one in March 2016) and find it to be the most legitimate way of tracking that type of fitness. They recently got scans in December and March, read below to hear what they have to say.

Jan072019

How Much is Diet and How Much is Exercise?

Yesterday at the gym, in the middle of a set, a woman walked up to me and asked me if she could ask me a question… even though she already did. I nodded up and down, finished my set and took my headphones out so that I could hear her. I’ll get interrupted nearly every workout, no matter where I’m training, so it doesn’t bother me. If it did, I would use my gym at home or just ignore people. Since I designed this particular fitness center, I’m even more friendly than normal, so I decided to help her out.