Tim Hendren
Uncovering the Truth about the Shape of Earth, ...

We as a human race are gullible.  Even with modern technology, satellite photos, history books, the internet, etc., there exists a contingent of human beings (click here) who are convinced that Earth is flat.  While I don’t possess the expertise to get into an astronomy debate with anyone with even a rudimentary education of the solar system, I can look at a globe and see it’s round. 

Uncovering the Truth about the Shape of Earth, The Dangers of Protein, Treadmills, and Muscle Toning.
Exercise tips
Tim Hendren
Working Out at Home: Creating Tension

Recently, I have been getting a fair amount of questions about in-home workouts.  I have been reluctant to answer because my honest response is usually “join a gym”.  Depending on where you live, there is a gym in what seems like every square mile or so.  Gyms are good, even crappy ones are still pretty good because they have weights.  The science says weights make you sexy and strong.  My advice is usually go to where they keep weights and work-out there.

Working Out at Home: Creating Tension
Motivation
Tim Hendren
Why Moderation is Bull$&#t

99% of the time, I’m an easy-going kind of guy.  I try not to let much rattle me and have adopted a “never too high on my highs or too low on my lows” type of outlook.  Every so often however, something unhinges me a bit, and most often it’s fitness or nutrition related.

Why Moderation is Bull$&#t
Tim Hendren
6 Fat-Loss Hacks You Can Add Daily

The basics of fat loss are simple.  There is nothing “quick and easy” about maintaining a caloric deficit for any length of time to drop unwanted fat, but that’s what is necessary to get it done.  Any blog post or infomercial claiming the next great fast fat loss system is usually trying to sell you something.  Or they don’t know shit, probably both.

6 Fat-Loss Hacks You Can Add Daily
Tim Hendren
Welcome to My Fitness Blog

If you've found this website deep in the nether regions of the internet, it's either because you know me personally and I sent you the link or you stumbled upon an article I have written in the past and wanted to see what's up.  As you can tell, I'm not a website designer. This modest site took me almost 8 months to put together.  In my own defense, during those 8 months I have been trying to maintain a quickly growing client load at my gym and raising a 3-year-old and an infant.  While WordPress is certainly user friendly, it's not something I recommend trying to learn in between cleaning up a diaper blowout from your daughter and playing trains with your son.  To say it's been a humbling experience would be an understatement.  

Welcome to My Fitness Blog

general fitness

How to Deal with New Years Resolutioners

How to Deal with New Years Resolutioners

It’s that time of year again, January 1st, a time of year where the masses resolve to improve their lives in several different areas.  When it comes to resolutions, a high percentage are going to involve exercise and nutrition.  As you peek into any fitness facility, you can be sure that poor form, worse exercise selection, horrific etiquette, and a general sense of cluelessness are commonplace.  No other time of year is it ordinary to find someone wearing a plastic suit, doing half-assed burpees with a weighted vest in the squat rack while the google results to “how to lose 30lbs in 30 minutes” are still loading on his iPhone. 

The Mind Muscle Connection: It's For More Than Just Yogis

The Mind Muscle Connection: It's For More Than Just Yogis

It’s funny, when I think of some of the concepts I use in my training and spend long portions of the day teaching to clients, it makes me laugh.  My 21-year old self would mock the hell out of my present-day self instructing a client to “feel the lats squeeze when you drive your elbows back!” or “squeeze your butt as hard as you can at the top of the movement!”

Build the Shoulders Without Sacrificing Joint Health Using This Superset

Build the Shoulders Without Sacrificing Joint Health Using This Superset

If you are following any competent strength training program, you should be performing a variety of heavy compound movements such as bench press, overhead press, rows and pulldowns/pull-ups for the upper body.  If you aren’t, it’s time to bail on your current program and start from scratch.  Those are the basic movements of which there are a million different variations but including them is required for gains in size or strength.  My holiday analogy would be to think of these movements as the turkey and mashed potatoes of your training program, everything else is a side dish. 

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Alcohol's Effects on Body Composition and 5 Ways to Minimize the Damage

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Alcohol's Effects on Body Composition and 5 Ways to Minimize the Damage

Outside of the small window of prohibition, alcohol has been a legal, socially acceptable form of altering your state of consciousness that everyone over the legal age could enjoy.  Booze is everywhere, it’s been handed out at church for centuries, you can get it on a plane ride, even some grocery store chains are encouraging getting a drink during your weekly food shopping run. 

How to Avoid Getting Hurt and Wasting Effort on the Lat Pulldown

How to Avoid Getting Hurt and Wasting Effort on the Lat Pulldown

When it comes to building the upper body, nothing beats a good set of lats.  They help stabilize other movements like deadlifts and bench press, they aid in proper posture, and generally make you look more bad ass overall.  In my opinion, when it comes to the pecking order of lat exercises, only pull-ups rank higher than lat pulldowns in terms of building size and strength. 

Don't Make This Mistake at the Gym: Define Your Goal

Don't Make This Mistake at the Gym: Define Your Goal

As trainers, we see all types of mistakes made in the gym.  Some are obvious, some aren’t.  Most people can tell you that the obese guy trying a handstand pushup on the cement floor while holding a 40lb dumbbell is a recipe for disaster.  However, other mistakes may not be so clear.  Some people may look like they are doing everything right, but are making the biggest mistake you can make in exercise, they are training without a goal. 

If you're already killing time on social media, you may as well lose body fat and increase lean muscle mass while doing it.

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