How To: Ab Wheel Rollout

You’ve heard the saying that abs are made in the kitchen, right?

What that means is that their visibility boils down to proper dieting in order to strip the layers of fat covering them.

Well, as true as the underlying message is not to focus solely on exercise for a chiseled stomach, the abs are also a muscle — and because the abdominals are a muscle, they should be trained for hypertrophy like any other muscle. For direct ab work, there probably isn’t a better movement or device than the ab wheel. It’s the perfect tool for not only creating killer abs but also the sort of killer abs that’d attract a legion of murder groupies to them. We’re talking hybristophilia here!¹High-profile criminals, such as serial killers and rapists, often receive fan mail from admirers who profess their love for them. Sometimes, these admirers even get married to the incarcerated object of their desire. This is known as “hybristophilia”, a perverse sexual attraction to people who commit gruesome crimes. In other words, there are people in prison getting more play than you right now! Continue reading How To: Ab Wheel Rollout

Does Exercise Help With Migraines?

Do you suffer frequent headache attacks?⁣

Like, more than one headache or migraine a week?⁣

You’re not alone then!⁣

According to the World Health Organization, headache disorders affect more than 1.7 to 4 percent of the world’s adult population, which amounts to a shitload of people.⁣

That being the case that you’re among the many who experience frequent headache bouts, guess what might help?⁣⁣ Continue reading Does Exercise Help With Migraines?

Aaaaaaah, the Labor Day weekend is approaching.

You know what that means, right?

Yup, time to celebrate workers and the hard-fought rights won by labor unions that many now take for granted and are complicit in their being slowly stripped away by corporate interests!

YAY!!!

But even more than that, Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, as it’s the last gasp of good weather in most parts of the country before fall season arrives and the weekend becomes the exclusive preserve of ignoring your friends and family to instead watch college and professional football all fucking day.

YAY!!!

Anywho, with the closing picnic, barbecue, cookout, or pool party replete with burgers, hot dogs, ribs, wings, potato salad, soda, beer, cupcakes, ice cream, and other goodies until next year just a few days away, here you are wondering how you can have a healthy Labor Day without sidetracking the progress you’ve made by incorporating proper nutrition into your life.

Well, let’s keep this simple.

The one thing you’re gonna do to have a healthy Labor Day is… Continue reading Healthy Labor Day Tips

5 Benefits Of Working Out With A Partner

I know you’d rather work out alone because you’re too antisocial — or at least that’s what you comfort yourself with because you’re a loser who no one wants to be around — but you should really consider getting a training partner.

Like, do a hated activity with another human being, one you more than likely hate?!

Whaaaa…whaaaa…why would you do that to yourself?!

I think the better question is why would someone want to do that to themselves and be around yoooooooouuuuuuuuuuu?!?!

But okay…let’s count the benefits of working out with a partner! Continue reading 5 Benefits Of Working Out With A Partner

Activity Tracker

Looking every bit like a watch or bracelet depending on the model, an activity tracker is worn on the wrist by the pulse to measure the heart rate, keep track of movement, and calculate calorie burn with those two data points.¹Some even provide GPS navigation so your spouse doesn’t have to keep picking you up a block away from home every time you call to tell them you got lost on your run. Ahhhhhh, modern technology!

When worn while working out, an activity tracker helps to assess intensity level better than the rate of perceived exertion (RPE) scale and more accurately than the monitor on a piece of cardio equipment…

…or maybe not. Continue reading Activity Tracker