Last month I was asked to write an article for Men’s Fitness magazine about…How to Make Injury Prone Exercises the Healthy Muscle Builders They Were Meant to Be!

This was right up my alley since my very own ATHLEAN-X program was built on not only being THE most effective program at building muscle and burning fat…but doing it SAFELY!

First up…the Upright Row

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Long before becoming “Bane” in this past Summer’s Batman sequel blockbuster, Tom Hardy was busy developing a cult following from a lesser known movie (but WAY better in my opinion)….called “WARRIOR”

While his character was definitely a badass, it wasn’t what earned him the buzz. It was his physique… and more specifically his TOWERING TRAPS! Read more…

Last week I showed you that shoulder discomfort doesn’t always have to mean the END of shoulder training for you!

This week…I’m going to show you that your EXPLOSIVE Shoulder Training days are also long from over with ATHLEAN-X.  One of the best parts about this exercise is that it’s not only biomechanically SAFE when done properly (which is a prerequisite), but it also incorporates much more than just shoulder strength! Read more…

STOP THE PRESSES! No…this is not a breaking media announcement, but actually what many people recommend you do when you have shoulder pain (especially during overhead pressing) when you lift.
 
But SHOULD you? The knee jerk reaction to pain of any kind during lifting is to STOP lifting. HOWEVER…I think that could potentially be the absolute WORST thing you could be doing. Read more…

As you know by now if you’ve been following along with the videos I put up here at ATHLEAN-X…the eccentric (negative motion or lowering portion) of the exercise is considered the most important part of the lift.

So important is it that many say the whole point of the concentric motion (the positive or lifting portion in most cases) is to set yourself up for the eccentric motion!

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