Strength Training Without Weights: Can You Really Build Lean Muscle?
Have you ever noticed that when most people picture strength training, they picture barbells, squat racks, and someone deadlifting a ridiculous amount of weight?
They probably aren't picturing someone moving painfully slow on a spring-loaded machine while their legs shake uncontrollably.
Yet both people might be building muscle.
One of the biggest misconceptions in fitness is that you have to lift heavy weights to get stronger. In reality, your muscles don't know whether resistance comes from a dumbbell, a cable, a resistance band, or a spring.
They simply respond to challenge.
What Pregnancy Does to Your Core (And How to Rebuild It)
When you are pregnant, everyone always asks the new mom-to be “how they are feeling”, but that care can sometimes feel like an abrupt departure when our new bundle of joy enters the world, leaving a lot of women wondering….what did pregnancy do to my core and how can I restrengthen it?