Coffee is everyone’s best friend, amiright?! Well today I’d like to introduce the coffee of exercise, neural charge training. Seriously, neural charge training is like caffeine to your central nervous system (CNS), and when used correctly, can do a handful of awesome things: Wake you up Prepare you for heavy strength work Build explosiveness Teach...Read More
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks, with Summer coming to a close and all. Vacations are winding down, kids are going back to school, and families’ schedules are returning to varying degrees of normalcy. It’s the time of year where lots of new faces start popping up around the gym. People are looking to...Read More
Today’s post is a re-run of an article that BSP NOVA superstud, Todd Bumgardner, wrote in 2013 for our old website. It has continued to be shared and viewed regularly over the years, and with last week’s post, “Do I Need to Get in Shape Before Wokring Out?”, it seemed like an appropriate time to...Read More
Med ball throws are an excellent tool in the tool box for implementing power training into just about anybody’s fitness program. Check out today’s video to learn a little more: Med Ball Throws for Power [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k8Gtpv6pPE[/youtube] When: Early in the program, after warm-ups. Why: Including med ball throws is an easy way to get more...Read More
I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve sat across from someone during a consultation, and they drop the following question: “Do I need to be in shape before I start working out?” And a few years ago, I would have unequivocally said: “No! Why would you ask such a silly question??”...Read More
In this week’s video we explore a mysterious phenomena happening at Beyond Strength Performance NOVA- thunder in the gym. To be honest, it’s intermittent, but it happens. It’s like the gym has it’s own ecosystem. So we did a little research and found the root cause. Check out today’s video to see what’s up: Let’s...Read More
In this week’s video we cover four ab exercises that prepare us to perform the ab wheel rollout properly. Check it out: Let’s Review the Main Points of Building to a Great Ab Wheel Rollout: Use the quadruped cat-cow and quadruped rocking to feel the difference between movement from the spine (cat-cow) vs. movement from...Read More
When I was growing up I kind of got in trouble. A lot. Not big trouble, but I definitely pushed the envelope quite often. If something happened, there I was! For instance, in the first grade I got in trouble in class for something I don’t even remember. But, I do remember that the punishment...Read More
In this week’s video we dissect the rower. How not to do it. How to do it. We’ve got you covered. Check out the video: Let’s review how to use the rower (like a boss) Don’t: Press the rower Twerk tumble Hit the eject button Pop wheelies Do: Set the foot adjustment so that the...Read More
Whether you’re looking to lose body fat, increase your strength, pack on some muscle, or simply train for health, varying the tempo of your workouts will pay big dividends. In this week’s post we are going to look at a simple way that we build varied tempos in to every one of our members’ programs....Read More
