Tag: muscle hypertrophy

4 REASONS WHY YOU NEED A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR BETTER RESULTS

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: October 7, 2022 Comments: 0

What is a training program?  A training program is a plan to help you improve your health or physical characteristic. Physical characteristics include muscle hypertrophy, speed, vertical jump, more explosive, better endurance, and more. Your goal could be finally getting a pull-up, and your training program will help.  The training program provides you with goal-driven results. This means your program should be personalized based on your wants and needs. You…

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WHY YOU SHOULD BE SPRINTING FOR BETTER HEALTH

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: August 24, 2022 Comments: 1

Sprinting is a fundamental component of being human, a locomotive movement. It’s a natural movement that we all do, especially as kids. As adults, sprinting is not as standard unless you are in sports this should not be the case sprinting is a natural movement you learn as a kid. At first, it was awkward, but the more you ran, the better it felt.  Movement is a skill.  Sprinting is…

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HOW YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR BENCH PRESS FOR BETTER GAINS

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: August 11, 2022 Comments: 0

The barbell bench press is one of those exercises that every boy in high school wants to do. In the gym, it’s all about increasing your bench press. I am not certain why every teen boy obsesses with the bench press; I believe ego is part of it.  I am sure most teen boys who continue bench pressing have run into the same issue, shoulder pain. If you barbell bench…

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A personal trainer demonstrating a Palloff Press, a anti-rotational core exercise.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR CORE BETTER: PART 3 ANTI-ROTATION

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: July 15, 2022 Comments: 0

    Welcome back to Part 3 on how you can train your core better.  With today’s article, I will talk about how you can get started with anti-rotation core exercises.  The last two articles were about anti-extension, in the supine and prone position. If you have not read those yet, go and read them here: go and read them here:  PART 1 & PART 2  If you are all caught…

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WHAT IS POWER DEVELOPMENT AND WHY EVERYONE NEEDS IT

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: April 25, 2022 Comments: 0

Power development is not just for the athletes, everybody in some capacity displays power. To keep it simple, power is strength and speed, or to put in a physics equation, Force x Velocity. It is the ability to recruit a lot of motor units into movement, and being able to do it quickly. A great example of the display of power in everyday life is when you trip and instead…

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WHAT IS A SQUAT SAFETY BAR

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: March 28, 2022 Comments: 0

What is a squat safety bar (SSB)? Very simply, it is a bar that has two handles sticking out in the front and surrounded with padding for the upper back/ neck region and shoulders. The bar is also cambered, meaning the bar on the ends is lower than the middle. This helps move the center of gravity more forward compared to a straight barbell squat. You might be wondering why…

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A personal trainer showing how to do a trapbar deadlift.

WHY YOU SHOULD LEARN TO HIP HINGE

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: March 14, 2022 Comments: 1

Hinging at the hip in another movement pattern that is essential to your health. Like the squat, it is a movement that we learned as little kids and overtime we lose the skill due to lack of practice and movement. The hip hinge is a movement in the hip while maintaining a neutral spine. This is an important skill to have because it can spare the low back from extra…

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SQUATS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR HEALTH 

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: February 28, 2022 Comments: 0

The ability to squat is a fundamental human movement that you have been capable of doing since you were toddler. It is much more than just an exercise, it is a skill that is necessary to perform certain activities. Losing the skill to squat will make life harder as you age.  So what is a squat?  Essentially, a squat is a movement where you sit down and stand back up.…

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What is Mobility and Why Everyone Should Train It

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: December 13, 2021 Comments: 1

Mobility training is easily confused with flexibility, but there’s a difference, and I would say mobility should be more focused. So, let’s define what mobility is and how it is different from flexibility. Mobility, best described as the active range of motion and flexibility is the passive range of motion. Mobility of a joint requires flexibility of the muscle surrounding that joint, and strength or active control during movement through…

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HOW TO BUILD MUSCLE

Posted by: Cory Caruthers Posted on: November 16, 2021 Comments: 0

So your goal is to build muscle? The first step is you need to start resistance training. Resistance training is the only form of exercise that builds muscles. Another term for muscle growth that you might have heard of is hypertrophy. If your goal is to build muscle, then you will benefit from being in a caloric surplus. This is because tissue building is expensive and needs the nutrients and…

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