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Early Black Friday And Cyber Monday Deals!

November 21, 2018
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Well today you need to take advantage of these early Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals by gifting the following Brandon Richey Fitness programs and other products here to your family and friends.

4 Common Misconceptions About Push-ups

November 19, 2018
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Do you include push-ups into your training on a regular basis?
Do spend the time to develop muscular proficiency with your bodyweight by incorporating different push-up variations?
Do you often hear people knock push-ups by implying that you can’t build serious strength with such a bodyweight exercise?

Today I’m going to explain why the almighty push-up is one of the best bodyweight exercises you can perform. Contrary to this belief is where a false belief exists with some that will say you can’t develop a strong, lean, muscular body with push-ups. This is complete BS and today I’m going to set the record straight.

An Explanation Of Sets, Reps, And Intensity For Strength Training

November 15, 2018
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So are you confused about sets, reps, and intensity when it comes to your strength training?
Are you looking to find a better understanding of how to achieve strength goals in your training program?
Are you training with the appropriate volume and intensity with your workouts?

So today I wanted to shed some light and help to explain to you about what type of training results you can expect with certain sets, reps, and intensity concerning your training. You may get slightly different recommendations on this from some people, but the following breakdown of rep ranges is widely accepted in the strength and conditioning field for repetition protocols as they apply to the strength spectrum.

What Are The Top 10 Best Strength Exercises

November 12, 2018
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Question: Coach what do you think are the best strength exercises to get optimally fit?

Well, I just recently got this email question from a reader and strength student on the blog. I’ve written about this before, but I thought it was worth covering here again. I suppose if you held a gun to my head and forced me to pick the best exercises to build optimal fitness I would go with this list.

What Are The Most Underrated Exercises For Getting Into Optimal Shape?

November 8, 2018
Brandon
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Email Question: Coach what do you think are some of the most underrated exercises for getting into optimal shape?

My response to the reader was a bit more brief, but I decided to elaborate on my answer here with today’s post.

This is an excellent question. Even though the answer is going to involve some rather simple movements the fact remains most people don’t apply these in their pursuit of fitness.