Touching on the question – do the same exercises work for building muscle and strength? The fitness industry loves to categorize exercises and approaches to movement as if they are specific to a given result. Rarely does it work that way. A single exercise doesn’t create a training stimulus. All factors – intensity, load, volume, […]

There has been a debate for years among strength coaches and personal trainers about whether or not “extra” or defined core work is necessary for both aesthetics and performance. To core, or not to core? Today we’re discussing three variations and progressions of possibly the most used core exercise outside of sit ups. The plank. […]

From 2013 to 2021, finding and linking high quality, simple exercise demo videos in my programs was a TASK. Having them be a female vs male? Even more impossible. If we’re being honest, Marcus Filly’s exercise library has completely carried the fitness industry on it’s back for over a decade. This was a frustration I […]

If you want “toned” shoulders or “strong deltoids,” then doing some sort of single arm press is something that will likely benefit your training. You have three areas that make up the deltoid muscle. All lay superficially on the shoulder (closest muscle to the skin). These include your anterior (front), medial (middle or lateral) and […]

Most people in fitness around the globe recognize that push ups from the toes are harder. But WHY? In short, two things – the upper body is less “elevated” from the toes than from the knees, and more of the body weight is being moved from the toes than the knees (the load is heavier). […]

In the same boat as “I want to be toned but not bulky,” we have “I want to build ‘lean’ muscle.” First off – I get what this person desires: I believe it is to have the appearance of muscles at rest without carrying “too much” muscle (whatever that means to this human). But let […]