Getting into better shape is tough. If you’re looking for some information to help you take the first step in your journey, check out our Basics of Fitness series!
The Best Workouts Aren’t About Physical Fitness
Picture this: you’re outside on a blistering summer day, doing a workout that you’re just sure is banned under the Geneva Convention. All of your muscles feel like they’re on fire, you can barely catch your breathe, you’re starting to get tunnel vision, and you’re fighting like hell not to puke. You have the vague…
Why Gas Prices Fluctuate So Much
As you may have noticed, gas prices tend to change a lot and change incredibly quickly. So why does that happen? The biggest reason for this is that the oil industry and the global economy moves in cycles. Just like the stock market moves in cycles (which you can read about here), the oil market…
Someone is Making More Money Than God, But It’s Not Exxon
*All of the figures in this post are adjusted for inflation for the sake of easier comparison* Democrats have been criticizing US oil companies recently for raising oil prices, an anti-price gouging bill was shot down in Congress, and President Biden railed against the oil companies and their profits, targeting Exxon specifically because they “are…
How Oil and Gas Prices Drive Inflation
The other main way to increase inflation is by increasing the cost of the components of things. For instance, if you’re Apple and the cost of most of the materials for making iPhones increase, you’re going to have to raise your prices if you want to stay in business and keep making money. There is…
Inflation: What is it and what causes it?
Inflation is defined as an increase in prices and/or a fall in the purchasing power of money. Simply put, if prices go up or the value of your money erodes, you’ve got inflation on your hands. We’ve seen this a LOT in the past few years, as the prices of virtually everything have gone up.…
Are Push-ups the Cure for Heart Attacks?
A breakdown of correlation vs causation and how it relates to popular fitness studies
HIIT vs LISS Cardio
What the hell is LISS and HIIT? LISS stands for Low-Intensity, Steady-State. Steady-state means that you’re keeping up roughly the same amount of effort throughout the entire workout. The low-intensity part is supposed to mean that you aren’t pushing yourself very hard, but that part is often ignored because LISS is generally used to describe…
When Should You Do Cardio?
The Age Old Question One of the questions that almost every gym rat I know has asked me is whether you should do cardio before or after you do your weight training. The answer? It depends on your goals. If your goals involve getting stronger/more muscular/leaner, you’ll want to do your cardio after your weight…
How Many Sets and Reps Should You Do?
So you know that you want to do some weight training. What should you do though? First off, you want to figure out what your goal is. It could be that you want to get stronger, it could be that you want to put on muscle, or it could be both. Reps (repetitions): doing the…
Pulling It All Together
So you understand that there are a few different components of fitness. But where do you start? Stretch every day. I have found that doing it in the morning works the best for me because my schedule is the most consistent in the morning and I usually am stiff when I get out of bed.…
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