Fitness
Fitness Archives
Radical Strength’s Fitness Archives will provide you with top-notch advice from certified personal trainer Rachel MacPherson. With over a decade’s experience in lifting weights, designing exercise programs, prenatal and postnatal fitness, these articles will provide you with real, solid advice to up your fitness game.
Find workouts, how-tos, advice, practical know-how and more. Check out the one-rep-max calculator for help in designing a strength training plan.
You won’t want to miss the article The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a New Workout Routine which is a massive post written to help guide you through making a decision about which workout routine to choose based on your goals, lifestyle, and preferences.
Inside this article is a variety of workouts for you to try at all fitness levels. There is information on dealing with stress, lack of time, and lack of money to work out. Feel free to use the links to jump to any section in the post that appeals to you. Make sure you bookmark it or Pin it to refer to later as it is full of advice for any point in your fitness journey.
Whether you are a newbie or a hardcore lifter, you will love this post. It is the cornerstone article on fitness here on RadicalStrength.ca.
In the What I Ate Wednesday series, there are often workouts linked from Instagram or directly inside the post. Have a look there for some workouts Rachel did during those weeks.
Also be sure to check out Core Strength Exercises that Actually Work to find full core strengthening exercises and a workout circuit to help you function at your best and look great too!
Kettlebell swings benefits your cardiovascular and strength. They burn a ton of calories and are a full body muscle building exercise. Learn all of the kettlebell swings benefits plus other exercises you can do with a kettlebell.
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View Post Build your back with lat pulldowns at home with the perfect tool— resistance band lat pulldowns. Performing various types of resistance band lat pulldowns will help you get that coveted V-taper look with ease. Try these variations during your next back workout.
View Post A list of the 25 best bodybuilding quotes about the gym from famous bodybuilders, personal trainers, and wise gym goers.
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