One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that people seem a lot more interested in how long it will take to reach a certain fitness goal than actually DOING what’s needed to reach that goal in the first place. That’s probably why I get asked how long it takes to lose weight, or build muscle, or get a six…
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Regardless of your specific goal, one of the easiest and most common ways of tracking your progress is by weighing yourself regularly. Simple and obvious enough, right? But like anything else, there are still important questions that need to be answered. For example, how often should you weigh yourself? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? And when you…
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One of the MANY never ending arguments taking place on various training forums revolves around the subject of weight lifting straps. Should they be used on all exercises or just certain exercises? Should they be used every set or just during certain sets? Do they help or hurt? Should you even use them in the first place…
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QUESTION: I just recently started putting your weight training advice into action and using your recommended workout routines. However, it’s all a lot less than I’m used to doing. There’s less total workouts, and less sets and exercises for each muscle group in each workout. By the time I’m done, it just doesn’t feel like…
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Since AWorkoutRoutine.com has existed, I’ve gotten TONS of amazing feedback from readers who have found this website helpful. Some just want to thank me for the information I’ve provided or tell me how useful it has been for them. Others go a step further and give me the full details of the progress they’ve made or…
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You gotta love beginners. Their combination of enthusiasm and lack of knowledge/experience often leads to some of the dumbest diet and training related questions you’ll ever see. It’s cool though, we were all there once asking the same silly noob things. But one of the least dumb questions I get from beginners all the time…
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So a new year is upon us again, and that can only mean one thing: millions of New Year’s resolutions are being made as we speak. Do you know what the most common New Year’s resolutions happen to be? Yup, stuff like losing weight, building muscle, eating healthier, getting in better overall shape and really…
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Let’s say you want to build muscle, or lose fat, or increase strength and performance, or just improve your overall health and fitness level in any way. What do you do next? Well, if you’re smart, you put together a workout routine (and diet plan) that will best allow you to reach that goal. That…
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(Off-Topic Note: Wouldn’t this also make a great title for some really strange children’s book?) The concept of fasting has been around forever in various forms and for various reasons (weight loss, health, religion, etc.), and the concept of intermittent fasting (IF) for the purpose of improving body composition (more muscle, less fat) has also…
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How many times have you read an article about weight loss that contained a list of “fat burning tips” or any kind of advice aimed at helping you lose fat better, faster or easier? And how many of those times did you come across the suggestion that weight training is super important, because it will…
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