Whether you’re in the weight room to build muscle, improve mobility, look better in your “meat suit”, or build strength… Exercise selection is going to be very important to you.  Today we’re focusing on how to choose the best accessory exercises. Not load, volume, tempo, rest, etc… Your coach is going to be the one […]

This blog will be your beginners guide to the gym. We’ll be diving into equipment setup and weights and how to increase your confidence in the gym.  Even as a seasoned trainer and trainee, I have felt anxious in new gym environments.  So I can only assume that beginners feel like a fish out of […]

If there is one thing that makes a woman, in particular, feel strong, I think it is being able to pull her body weight up to a bar (AKA a pull up).  In this blog, you’ll learn how to get your first pull up.  It sounds simple, but it is a much more complex skill […]

Progressive overload is a phrase used really commonly by trainers and trainees, and yet it’s still one of the most searched topics online. This makes sense because when I googled progressive overload, there were many different answers available.  My name is Annie Miller, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and I help you learn as you […]

Welcome to my home gym garage tour! This is Coop from Garage Gym Reviews (KIDDING)!  If you have no clue who that is or what that reference was, go check out garage gym reviews, but finish reading this blog first. He’s the GOAT of equipment reviews, and we made a ton of our choices based […]

Asking how many days per week should a muscle be trained, is like asking how many days a week you can eat sweets. We need so much more information to answer that question appropriately.  What does your entire diet look like with training?  We have to consider total volume and other training factors in order […]