Many practitioners of body-building and fitness prefer crunches or the gainage to work the muscles of their abdominal strap. The russian twist exercise is an interesting alternative to these two basic movements insofar as it makes it possible to make abs by privileging the contraction of the oblique muscles. But be careful,...
Apple cider vinegar is one of the flagship foods of the ketogenic diet. If you follow my YouTube channel, you've already seen it featured in several videos. Recently revived, the benefits of cider vinegar have actually been known for a long time. Today, it is mainly used by those who are not familiar with cider vinegar...
Whether they are beginners or experienced, many athletes use weight lifting gloves during their workouts. This fitness accessory is particularly useful for protecting your hands when performing weight training or Crossfit exercises such as bench press, deadlift, squat or pull-ups. If you want to protect your hands from...
If you go to a gym or a crossfit gym, you have probably already seen people jumping on a big wooden box. This is a jump box! This accessory is now a must for many athletes, as it allows them to perform plyometric training and gain explosiveness...
For many French people, the COVID-19 health crisis has been an opportunity to acquire home gym equipment. Just like a weight bench, elastics, a pull-up bar or a gym ball, dumbbells are indispensable accessories for effective training at home....
The diet of an athlete is fundamental. Whether it is for a gain of mass or for a loss of weight, your diet will allow you to reach or not your objective. Thinking they are doing the right thing, many bodybuilding enthusiasts eat fitness cereals for breakfast. But do you really know what they contain? Why are cereals not healthy?
Known as the "Master Blaster", Josef Weider, aka Joe, has made fitness a way of life around the world. Visionary entrepreneur, pioneering sports coach, co-founder of the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness and creator of the Mr. Olympia contest, there is no shortage of successes for Joe.
It's the new trendy sports accessory, and chances are you've already heard of it. The Theragun is a massage gun used daily by many physiotherapists and professional or amateur athletes. But do you really know what it is used for? It offers physical activity enthusiasts the opportunity to...
Well known to Pilates and fitness practitioners, the swiss ball is an accessory not to be neglected in bodybuilding. Used in the gym or at home, it can indeed strengthen the deep and stabilizing muscles by challenging your balance. It can thus be judicious to integrate some of the...
Boxing training requires intense physical preparation at a high level. The boxer must improve his punch and build up his power to develop his muscles and his speed of execution. The exercises that we find are push-ups, abs, but also a solicitation of the pectoral and triceps. For that, it can use dumbbells...
Many practitioners of bodybuilding regularly use voluntary contraction. This technique of execution aims at carrying out exercises in the fitness room in full consciousness so as to trigger muscle hypertrophy. But is this relationship between the muscle and the brain really beneficial in the context of mass gain? What is the...
When we are regular bodybuilders, we ask ourselves thousands of questions about our diet. Depending on when you decide to do your session, you will need to optimize your workout with the foods you are going to eat. So before or after? We're going to discuss what to eat before your workout. Few...
To gain volume, many bodybuilding and fitness enthusiasts choose to train to muscle failure. Conversely, others argue that this intensification technique actually slows down hypertrophy and increases the risk of injury. But then, what is it really? Discover in this article the advantages and disadvantages of the training with...
A quotation is an excerpt from a quoted speech of a famous or not so famous person that we remember and that marks our mind. It comes from an experience, a life experience in order to explain briefly the events of life in general. Why read inspirational quotes? When you have a lack of motivation, reading some quotes and stories from...
Whether they are beginners or experienced, many athletes include cardio sessions in their training plan. Working on your cardio has many benefits, both in terms of weight loss and general fitness. However, an endurance session is not necessarily synonymous with a long run or a long ride...
You practice bodybuilding several times a week and observe a phase of stagnation in your performance? Maybe it's time to change your training program and vary your exercises to optimize your muscle development. But does it really make sense to switch to a new full body weight training program? Why should you...
While the movie Thor: Love and Thunder is currently shooting for a release in 2022, its lead actor, Christopher Hemsworth, continues to follow a complete weight training program to get a superhero physique. Of course, this is not the first time the Australian has done this, as he is now accustomed to...
