A lot of people we coach talk about the mental transformation that came with lifting being as important as any physical changes. Interestingly, few people say their goals include mental or emotional changes when they start. Regular strength training is...
We talked a couple weeks ago about what strength training is for, and when we lift, we train a few fundamental movement patterns. Training all of the fundamental movements ensures that you’re training all of your main muscle groups, and...
What even is strength training? How does it work? This week, I wanted to take it back to the fundamentals. When we talk about strength training, we mean exercise that is intended to make you stronger. Sometimes people picture Arnold,...
At Power Plant Gym, we regularly do Goal Reviews with our LIFT, personal training, and programming clients. A goal review is an opportunity to look at what you’ve achieved in your fitness journey, talk about where you want to go...
The week before Christmas is always busy, whether you celebrate or not. In my family, it’s been a whirlwind of holiday concerts, gatherings, shopping, and work that doesn’t slow down—on top of cold and flu season. Sound familiar? This time...
Everyone knows that you should do a warmup before your workout, but sometimes it’s hard to know what to do. A lot of folks think that jumping on the treadmill for 5-10 minutes is a good warmup for lifting. Ideally...
Have you ever felt confused or overwhelmed by talk of resistance training and what is the best way to get stronger? Resistance training just means working out with something that your muscles have to exert force against – something that...
It is the week of Thanksgiving, and hopefully, you’re gathering with some people you like and eating some delicious food. I will be starting my day at the gym, doing some coaching, a bit of lifting, hanging out with my...
Body composition is a way to define what your body is made up of. Sometimes you might see this referred to in terms of lean tissue and body fat. Your body is composed of a skeleton (we hope, anyway, unless...
I know we all like to joke that the only cardio a lifter needs is working sets of more than five reps. The reality is that working on your cardio is good for your health, your lifting, and if you’re...
Let’s talk about bars! Here at PPG, we have a bunch of different types of bars, and if you’ve been lifting in a commercial gym, you might be used to just one type of bar. We have a number of...
At Power Plant Gym, we generally take a weight neutral approach. That means we don’t assume things about you based on your body size, and we avoid pushing weight loss. That being said, we coach athletes in sports that have...
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