Category: Training
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Training for adults
One of the differences between children and adults is responsibilities. Part of growing up is learning that your actions bears consequences and that you are accountable for them. This can be a difficult realization and once in a while we probably all wish for it not to be true. But apart from keeping us from…
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The main benefit of walking
Walking is the one thing that we should all do more of. We can discuss optimal training programs for elite athletes, weight loss for overweight individuals or conditioning for people doing endurance sport. But the one thing that should be common denominator across all is more focus on walking.
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Minimal Viable Workout
Once you get properly into working out you will get trapped in over-optimization. You will research hour after hour to find that extra little secret to the chiseled sixpack, the extra tenths on your 5 km run or the last 5 kg to your squat.
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Sprinting workouts for fitness
Sprinting is something we were born to do. It was a way to either obtain food or avoid becoming so. Most of us sprinted when we were kids, not because our parents signed us up for track and field but because it was part of playing. Growing older conditioned (pun intended) us to play less,…
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Weight loss for high stress individuals
Losing weight is simple. Simple doesn’t equal easy. Simple if you subscribe to “calories in vs. calories out”. You eat a number of calories and you burn a number of calories for energy – if calories burned is larger than calories eaten, then you have weight loss – simple. It is just like your monthly…
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Wave loading – a different rep-scheme for strength
If you’re a beginner just starting or started with strength training, then rep-schemes should be the least of your concerns. Stick to 5×5. Universally across most domains this just works best. Get good at the specific movements and get strong! Your progress will be way faster and way more unpredictable than any rep-scheme could predict.…
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Does foam rolling work? Mobility, warm-up and science.
There has been a lot of different opinions when it comes to foam rolling. Some people swear by it while others says it is a total waste of time and highlights the foam-roller as the most over-hyped accessory in the fitness industry. But now finally there has been some scientific research that looked into the…
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Competition preparation do’s and dont’s
Preparing for a competition in most sports should be so simple, yet so many people get it wrong – even experienced athletes. This great quote says it all: You can’t win a competition in the last week of preparation – but you CAN lose it! People suddenly get worried that they haven’t done everything right,…
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Best bodyweight exercises for abs
Oh the famous abs… So many hopeful aspirees, so many teachers and so few victorious in their quest. What I’ll share of course is the easy, no work all magic pill that transforms your sexy curvy stomach into a flat, tight 6-pack. You’ll only have to work once a year for 3 seconds, so that…
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Downsides of bodyweight routines: back muscles
I originally planned to write a single post on some of the downsides of bodyweight routines, but as I started collecting notes and writing I realised that it was probably better to write individual posts, each focusing on areas where bodyweight routines seems to be inferior or at least needs some attention to compete with…
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