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The key to getting results from your workout is progressive overload . If you’re not increasing the demands being placed on your body in some form over time, your body won’t be improving. With weight training, the most basic and common way of increasing those demands is by increasing the amount of weight we lift. So once we are capable of lifting 100lbs on some exercise, we go up to 105lbs. At some point after that, 110lbs. This then continues as often as we can ( while keeping good form intact ) and for as long as we can. Or at least for as long as we need to for our desired results to be achieved. If you’ve been a reader of mine long enough, this was already obvious information to you (and that alone instantly makes you smarter than half the people in your gym). But Wait… There’s One Big Catch However, you may have noticed my use of the phrase “ while keeping good form intact .” This is crucial. You do not want to end up sacrificing your f...

No matter what your specific fitness goal is (building muscle, losing fat, etc.), there’s one thing EVERYONE has in common: we all want to know what the best workout routine is to reach that goal. It makes sense, of course. We all want to get the best results as fast as possible, so if we used to best workout routine, we’d obviously get the best results. Right? Yeah, no argument there. I agree completely. The thing is, even though this is a question everyone keeps on asking, it’s a question no one has been able to definitively answer. Just spend some time on any fitness related forum/message board and ask for yourself. One person will always say Workout A is the best. Another will explain why Workout B is way better. A third person will call them both idiots and claim Workout C is the greatest workout in the history of the planet. Within minutes 100 other people will join the conversation and tell you 100 different workouts are better than them all. So, who’s ri...

As I explained last time ( Changing Your Workout Routine Too Often ), one of the worst things you can do is change your workout routine too often. You do not need to “shock your muscles” or “keep your body guessing” or do silly muscle confusion workouts or anything equally dumb. It’s a myth. You also should not be jumping from one program to the next in search of some ultimate magical routine that is going to work unrealistically well/fast. It does not exist. Truth is, just about every workout routine that is not completely terrible will work to some degree as long as you provide the time and consistency needed for it to work. If you keep changing things, that just can not happen. Now, does that mean you should NEVER change your workout routine? Of course not. You most certainly should change things, but only when it truly makes sense to. Making a change before that point is just counterproductive. In order to understand what I mean, we are going to need ...

The old Seinfeld bit comparing a date to a job interview hasn’t changed. dates are weird, awkward endeavours, and we are mostly over them. You used to meet a girl and then you’d perhaps go on a date or get a drink and get to know her. Now the first date happens on social media. As such, here is a handy guide to navigating this steaming pile of texts, Facebook messages, tweets, Instagram likes and the like. Texts Nobody has summed up communicating with women via text message better than comedian Aziz Ansari: We drive ourselves completely crazy trying to decode these messages. So much so that there are entire websites dedicated to doing so . So pop quiz hot shot: You get a girl’s phone number. What do you do? You text her, right? You probably throw out a "feeler." Something like: "Hey! I had fun last night." "Yeah, me too!" "LOLZ" "We should hang out sometime and get a drink or whatever." Now, I’m not going to tell you that tex...

You know when you meet a girl and she's awesome, then one day you wake up and realize months have gone by and you haven't seen your friends, and you totally forgot about angling for that promotion at work? Congratulations, you’ve found someone special! But at some point you will have to tear yourself away and devote time to other parts of your life.  You know when you want to put more time into work and see friends but your girlfriend keeps making you do a bunch of stuff with her? Either you’re blaming someone else for your problems or you’re just in a bad relationship. Either way, don’t worry! If you think you're in one of these situations, we’re here to help. 1) You Value Comfort Over Risk If you’ve found someone you love, it’s hard to do extra work when you could be at home with the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. But if you want to progress in your career, you will occasionally have to pull yourself away and focus o...

When it comes to dating, girls are not always, shall we say, consistent with what we say we want and what we actually go for. (Shocker, I know.) And yes, we can get caught up in the whole bad boy allure. B ut that aside, once we do smarten up, it does become quite apparent that in life -- or at least in love -- it’s the so called “nice guys who end up being the right guys. And there is a distinct reason for that. OK, sure -- part of it has to do with getting burned by the bad boy(s) more times than we can count, but the other part (drumroll) is because the nice guy ticks off every box on both lists: a ll of the big deals -- trust, loyalty, security, confidence, commitment, etc. -- and all of the little ones too. Believe it or not, it's those little ones that seal the deal a lot of the time. OK, the big ones are technically the deal breakers, but the little ones are what we get all smiley-faced and gushy-eyed over with our girls. So if you’re finding yourself wondering where...

When it comes to being good with words, there are lots of obvious pros. You know exactly what to say during tense situations, and how to turn conversations around whenever things start to get awkward. You're a master at coming up with witty tweets, and all your text messages get responded to with top tier emojis. And of course, you know just what to say to get yourself laid. If this guy sounds nothing like you, we can at least help you with that last one. We asked a few ladies to tell us the lines that have won them over and got them under the sheets. Looking to get lucky? Try these ten lines tonight. 1. Tell Her What You Love About Her "An Italian man told me, 'Tina, I love you eyes, your nose, your mouth. I love all of you." -Tina 2. Netflix And Chill (But With A Show You Can't Get On Netflix) "He told me, 'if you come over, we can watch Arrested Development. I have the entire series on DVD.' It was impressive, as this was before the show was stream...