Concurrent Training: Lifting and Cardio in the Same Week
Cardio does not cancel your lifting. Here is what the interference effect actually costs, which qualities it hits, and how to schedule both in one week.
Chris Pruitt
Chris Pruitt is a certified ASFA personal trainer and the founder of WorkoutHealthy, a fitness equipment retailer serving customers since 2007. He has more than 16 years in the fitness business, and he writes and fact checks everything published on Insider.
Is a Boot Camp Class Worth It? How to Judge One Before You Commit
A group boot camp class is worth it if showing up alone is your problem and the coach can scale the work. What a session contains, what the adherence research actually shows, where one program for twenty people breaks down, and a checklist for your trial class.
Circuit Training: What It Actually Delivers
Circuit training gives you a real cardio stimulus and a modest strength stimulus inside one short session. That efficiency is the actual selling point. It is also a compromise. Neither adaptation is as large as it would be if you…
Inner Thigh Exercises: What Adductor Training Actually Does
You cannot choose where fat comes off. Here is what inner thigh exercises really do, what the adductors are for, and how to train them well.
Quiet Home Cardio: No Equipment, No Jumping, Small Space
Cardio at home with no equipment, in a small room, without annoying the people downstairs. Low impact swaps, a talk test intensity guide, and a quiet 20 minute session.
What to Do After a 90-Day Workout Program Ends
Your fixed length program is over and nothing is scheduled. Here are the three honest options, how to keep the habit, and why program hopping stalls you.
How to Keep Your Strength While Traveling
Maintaining strength takes far less work than building it. Here is the minimum effective dose for hotel gyms, bare rooms, and the week you get back.
Do Men and Women Need Different Workouts?
Men and women do not need different training programs. Here is what the evidence actually shows about fatigue, strength gains, rep ranges and cycle claims.
How to Keep a Training Log That Changes What You Do
A training log only earns its place when it changes the next session. What to record, what to skip, how to read it, and what RPE and reps in reserve really mean.
Is CrossFit for You? An Honest Look at the Tradeoffs
What a CrossFit class actually involves, what the injury research does and does not show, why coaching quality is the biggest variable, and who should train somewhere else.