Feeling run down from intense training or looking for a way to prevent fatigue? A deload workout program may be exactly what your body needs. A deload is a well-planned training method that helps the ...

A deload week is a planned period of time (typically a week) during which you reduce the intensity or volume of your workouts and focus on active recovery and lower-intensity workouts instead. Lower ...

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You’ve been crushing your health and fitness goals recently: Eating protein at every meal, getting seven to nine hours of sleep, and hitting the heavy weights at the gym. But in the past few days, you ...

When you find a consistent fitness schedule, it can be difficult to take a break for fears it will turn into a full stop. You may also worry you’ll lose the gains you have already built. However, ...

We've all been there: we've been in the gym for months and want to know how to build muscle, but we feel stagnant and we don't break our personal records. If this is the case for you, maybe you should ...

If you want to get strong and save time in the gym, there are three numbers to know: 5, 3, 1.

A paradox of good habits is that a break is sometimes exactly what's needed to sustain them. Elite sportspeople know this. We can borrow strategies from athletes to, like them, perform at a higher ...