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Compound Movements and an Efficient Workout

One way to build muscle and make your work out more efficient is to use compound movements. What’s a compound movement? A compound movement is an exercise that utilizes two or more joints in performing the movement. Squats are a compound movement because they utilize your ankles, your knees and your hips. Bench presses utilize your wrists, your elbows and your shoulders. Chin ups are the same way, wrists, elbows and shoulders. Muscles & Joints Compound movements are efficient in your exercise routine because when they involved more than one joint, they often involve more than one set of muscles. … Continue reading →

Excuses For Not Exercising: #6 I Have No Time

This is another common excuse in the list of excuses why you are not being good to your body. You need to exercise and eat right in order to stay healthy. Not having enough time during the day is not an excuse. Your body needs water, so you drink water. Your body needs food, so you eat food. You do not have a problem making time for that. Maybe you do not make a dinner every night, but instead pick up something already cooked at the supermarket, but you are making time for eating. And why? It is because you … Continue reading →

Excuses For Not Exercising: #5 It Hurts

Using the muscles that you have not used for a while takes some getting used to. The muscles have pretty much been dormant and the stretching that you encounter when working out a new exercise program will cause some discomfort until the muscle has been worked on regularly. This is known as DOMS or delayed-onset muscle soreness. You are putting your muscle through a new range of movement. This occurs not only when trying a new exercise or just beginning to exercise, but also if you increase an exercise in repetitions. There could also be some muscle fiber tearing and … Continue reading →

Post-Op Exercise

I’ve had a lot of opportunities to practice post-operation exercises this year and no matter how hard they knock me down, I am not giving up until my workout programs return to where they were previous to my surgeries in February and August. With that in mind, here are some tips for exercising after surgery. Ankle You just slowly push your foot up and down. You can do this lying flat on your back or sitting in a chair. You aren’t extending your leg or any other part of your body, just your foot and your ankle. You do this … Continue reading →