Fitness & Workouts
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5 changes to consider when your workouts start to suck
Everyone goes through a stage of not wanting to train or has experienced some level of fatigue. The following tips will get you fired back up. 1. Force your muscles to learn something new Take a break from gym/cardio routine you’ve been doing for the last 6 months and try a class for a week […]
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How to get (or keep) shredded abs when you’re out of commission
High-intensity exercise and clean eating are the answer to abs, right? Right. But what happens if you’re injured or sick and completely out of commission? Here’s the deal: When I came off a SLAP tear repair surgery it meant no use of the shoulder for months, not even any running or lower-body work. Luckily for […]
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Achieve skin-tearing muscle definition with these six isolation routines
You’re not the only one that gets bored to hell with the same routine. Your muscles do too. (Oh, look, there’s that mind-muscle connection thing again). After months, or even years of the same exercises day-in and day-out you’ve done an outstanding job at holding your body back from it’s potential for next-level definition and hardness. You and […]
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Supplemental exercises for enduring an ocean’s angry thrashing
The ocean can be mesmerizingly beautiful—gentle offshore winds, groomed lines, and perfect green-blue tubes. That’s when it’s as good as it gets for any wave rider. But behind it’s beauty, is a potentially dangerous beast. And, on the other hand, there are times the beast isn’t hiding, and it can be downright scary just looking […]
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The Saturday Sweats: 5 Diversified Fat-Burning Workouts
There’s nothing like polishing off a strength routine with a blood-pumping finisher or recouping from an extended evening with a metabolism-stoking circuit. However you utilize the Saturday Sweats, we promise you this: you’ll work. Watch the inspirational demo videos featuring trainer Keita Minakovichsky from FOCUS NYC. Saturday Sweat #1 Superman Push Up x 10 Power Skip […]
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The Power Hour Mini-Plans: 5 Easy-to-Follow Workout Routines
If you’re the “get in, get out” type when it comes to the gym—these are the programs for you. We call these the “mini-plans” because they are condensed or simplified versions of what you may see in a traditional plan. Instead of a “split” or something new every day, just one or two of these […]
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The Contender’s Plan for Viciously-Competitive Athletes
You surf? Ski? Sights set on pro ball one day? Maybe you just want to be the ringer of your flag football league. Regardless of your sport, age, or athletic talents, if you’re serious enhancing your performance, then your gym-time should be designed around that goal. We partnered up with FOCUS NYC’s certified personal trainer […]
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The Compound Plan: Workouts Built Around the Big Lifts
Aka: the model body workout plan Everyone has snapped a few shots only later to go back and delete a bunch of them. “My eyes are closed.” “I’m not standing up straight.” “Do my arms really look like that?” “Does my stomach really look like that, too?!” And sure, learning your angles is one way […]
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The Detox Workout Plan v2.0
ONE, TWO, THREE too many. We’ve all been there. Truth is: Alcohol is a diuretic, and diuretics cause dehydration. Dehydration reduces protein synthesis which hampers the body’s ability to build and rebuild muscle. Dehydration will also reduce performance in the gym itself. In fact, alcohol consumption (especially on a regular basis) can actually lead to […]
