Metro Weekly

Health

  • 30 Minute Upper Body Workout

    With the average person working more hours, long commutes, and social commitments that seem to overrun your calendar, it can be difficult, if not seemingly...

  • Get A Life

    Over the last few months, I’ve been getting the same question from a few people. “Can you help get me back in shape? I want...

  • Fit to Be Linked 11/18/13

    The V-Sit is a gymnastic movement that is a goal of many body weight exercise enthusiasts. Here is a wonderful tutorial video that contains the...

  • 4 reasons for avoiding squats — and how to solve them

    The squat is the most mistrusted, complicated exercise you will see in a gym this side of CrossFit. You hinge at just about every possible...

  • Gym Jitters

    I know the drill. I’ve gone through it. You wonder how many people are going to be there. You wonder how big the people are...

  • Fit to Be Linked – Oct. 28, 2013

    I find it pretty interesting that the gym, part of a small local chain, in the expensive part of town has both nicer equipment and...

  • BulkBites Takes a Bite Out of Meal Plans

    BulkBites.com is looking to revolutionize the way meal planning works. For the life of me, during my fitness journey, I have never been able to...

  • Modern Snake Oil

    According to the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association, the fitness industry generated an amazing $21.8 billion dollars in revenue in 2012. That’s $1.5 billion...

  • FitWeb: Weekly Links

    My cut off date has finally arrived. I’ve ended my bulk and started my cut, jumping in with a Protein Sparing Modified Fast for a...

  • One Simple Rule

    It’s no secret: The fitness industry is an industry for a reason. It’s there to make money. Recent years, thanks to the “obesity epidemic” and...

  • FitWeb: Weekly Links

    The jury is still out on the different types of muscle fibers and what exactly they accomplish in the body. However, it doesn’t hurt to...

  • One Less Distraction: Cutting the Cord

    As I’m gathering my stuff to walk from my car to the gym, the first thing I do is run my headphone cable down the...

  • Fit To Be Linked

    I’ve always had a personal struggle in the gym, specifically when moving up in weight during an exercise. After reading an article over at T-Nation...

  • Getting CrossFit

    “CrossFit.” Almost everyone has heard of it, though many don’t quite know what it’s all about. CrossFit gyms – or “boxes,” as they’ve been dubbed...

  • Fit Web: Weekly Links

    Another week falls off the calendar as everyone’s fitness is improving (at least I hope so!). We’ve decided to move the weekly links to Mondays...