How Fitness and Overall Wellness Helps Your Anger Management

Anger can be a destructive emotion. When you’re angry, adrenaline glands fill your body with stress hormones, like cortisol and adrenaline, and your sense of reasoning decreases. Anger usually causes your heart rate, respiration and body temperature to increase.

Topics: Think Deeper, Mental Health

How Stronglifts 5x5 works

 

Stronglifts  5x5 works with a progressive overload to get you stronger. This means you increase the weight lifted in little increments from workout to workout. This article explains the principle in more detail and shows alternatives. 

Topics: Lift stronger, Stronglifts 5x5, Fitness, Strength

Deadlift and squat shoes

 

Both have their place. If you are a powerlifter get both. Weightlifters only need squat shoes. Weekend warriors might want to consider a pair of Crossfit shoes or Adidas powerlifter to save money and space. 

Topics: Lift stronger, Deadlift, Squat, Strength

GVT back and biceps

 

German Volume training is a good protocol to make your back and biceps grow. 10 sets by 10 repetitions are tough but get results. Make sure that your diet matches up with your plans. This will be one of the main deciding factors. The back is usually quite hard to train while the biceps is easier but yields lesser strength gains. 

Topics: Lift stronger, German Volume Training, Fitness, Strength

 

How Fitness Helps Build Strong Parent-Child Relationships

 

No matter what the reason for exercising — whether training for a marathon or just generally trying to remain in shape — physical fitness has plenty of health benefits. It increases a person’s metabolism, endurance, energy, muscle strength and works off calories and fat.

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How Stronglifts changed my life

Stronglifts changed my life because it made me believe that I can write decent copy. This might be an unexpected outcome from a beginner lifting program. Learn more in this article write to me via pascal@marathon-Crossfit.com if you are interested.

Topics: Lift stronger, Think Deeper, Stronglifts 5x5, Fitness, Strength

 

 

Deadlift: How heavy should you go?

Most people will go between 60 - 75% of their body weight when they start. Once you become more advanced this will increase to 1.5 of your body weight. The most elite lifters will perform their training 60 - 75% from 2 times their bodyweight upward.

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Topics: Deadlift, Fitness, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding

GVT vs 5x5 for mass

Diet is the main factor in building mass. If you have no meal plan yet cover this first. After that GVT will yield better results to build muscle than 5x5.

Topics: Lift stronger, Stronglifts 5x5, German Volume Training, Fitness, Strength, Diet

How Fitness and Physical Health Can Save Your Marriage

Individuals can experience many benefits from having a fitness routine. Aside from staying in good physical health, living an active lifestyle also improves mental health. People often report feeling better after exercising due to the release of the feel-good chemicals known as endorphins.

Topics: Think Deeper, Mental Health

Stronglifts: How to Squat

This article covers the five most important points for squatting on Stronglifts. You will learn basic techniques and find material to deepen your knowledge. To start learn a proper walk out, how to build tension and to squat to depth. Learn these techniques one step at a time. For more detail you can always contact me via pascal@marathon-crossfit.com.

Topics: Lift stronger, Stronglifts 5x5, Squat, Fitness, Strength