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Building Your Own Gym - The Essentials: Car/RV Living Edition

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Welcome to Part 4 of the "Building Your Own Gym" Series. This series will focus on the top 5 items I believe are best for creating your own "gym" based on your individual situation. As the title indicates, part 4 in this series is focused on best equipping the fitness needs of those living their best lives on the road, in their own cars or RVs (or any other vehicular device).  1.  Kettlebells: Incredibly versatile, a kettlebell is an absolute game-changer for your fitness if you love to travel and are living out of your RV or car. Living in your car/RV necessitates that you take maximal advantage of your space.  Kettlebells take up very little space and are extremely fun for training.  Buying one kettlebell will absolutely suffice for your nomad training. A single kettlebell will allow you to do any unilateral pressing and rowing movements for building your upper body, while also allowing for kettlebell swings, goblet squats, cleans, and snatches for training your l...
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Building Your Own Gym - The Essentials: Home Owner Edition

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Welcome to Part 1 of the "Building Your Own Gym" Series. This series will focus on the top 5 items I believe are best for creating your own "gym" based on your individual situation. As the title indicates, this article is speaking to the homeowner who has a dedicated space that they can furnish a home gym in. They don't have too many space constraints, no apartment neighbors across the walls, nor any questioning landlords they might have to deal with when deciding how to best build out their gym. Maybe some jealous neighbors once their setup is complete.      For the homeowner looking to build their home gym in the most efficient way possible, the following 5 items are your best purchases for building a solid, minimalist gym that will meet just about all of your fitness needs. Depending on what you want to spend, I have given my recommendations for the top-of-the-line equipment as well as more wallet-friendly equipment that will still definitely get the job done...
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GTG: Get Stronger Through "Grease The Groove" Training

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       GTG Training. Greasing the Groove. This training technique has been popularized in recent years by the Russian Kettlebell Master, Pavel Tsatsouline . The technique is simple, effective, and - surprisingly - relatively easy. When you train with the "Grease the Groove" technique, your primary focus is to increase your neural muscular efficiency in whatever exercise you are choosing to grease the groove for.      The primary focus of GTG Training is not hypertrophy (muscle growth). The primary focus is strength adaptations. GTG helps you become stronger in the movement you are practicing by improving your "muscle memory".       When you reflect on how you have improved your skills in other aspects of your life - think shooting a basketball, playing the guitar, driving a car - it becomes very apparent that you became better at those skills through increased repetition - increased practice. And what type of practice allowed you to...
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Pause Squats: When and How To Utilize Them In Your Training

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       Pause Squats are an excellent variation of the squat. Put simply, pause squats are squats where you pause for a duration of time at a specific portion of the squat movement. Most often, when individuals are using pause squats in their training, they place the pause at the bottom position of the squat - "in the hole" - where many lifters find it most difficult to "squat" the weight back up to their original standing position. However, the pause in the pause squat can really be placed anywhere.  Where a lifter decides to pause in his or her squat should be dictated by two key factors.  1. Sticking Points -      For a pause squat, t he pause in the squat should occur at a position in the squat where the lifter finds it most difficult to move the weight - ie. his or her "sticking point" in the squat. You know the feeling. You descend into the squat, hit your bottom position, and initially begin to drive the weight back upwards quickly. How...
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