We are back with the follow up blog on the very popular exercise, the deadlift! If you didn’t get a chance to read part 1 I will link it here, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to read that post before this one! Today I am going to go over a few different variations of the deadlift and why we use them with certain clients that we train at our gym. Now, after going over and understanding what a hip hinge is and how that is the movement pattern of a deadlift, this doesn’t mean everybody has the same…
Bench pressing can get boring so here are some new variations of chest pressing to spice up your workout! Chest pressing can get very boring with the typical bench press, whether it be a flat, incline and decline and all sorts of inclines in between. The weekly grind for chest gains can get dull and routine, and if you hit that plateau it can get very frustrating as well. Here at R3 Fitness, there are several exercises we like to use to blast those pectorals in different ways to keep exercise fresh and challenge yourself in your path towards sculpting…
You’ve been working hard on your fitness game and it paid off. The pounds started to drop! And then one day your results stopped. You keep putting in the same effort without any sign of improvement. You’ve hit a frustrating plateau. Or have you? Before you blame a fitness plateau for your lack of results let’s critically consider the following: 1. Your Diet: It’s human nature to begin to slip on your nutrition after a few weeks of stringent diligence. A small treat here, and a bite of something there, and before you know it you’ve fallen back into old…
Hot dogs and cheeseburgers are just some of the distractions you may find at a BBQ. Plan ahead, do not count on their being healthy choices at the event, BRING YOUR OWN. Something easy would be putting some of your favorite vegetables, in a folded piece of tinfoil, along side some of the steak or chicken at the event.(EX: Green beans, bell peppers, onion, zucchini and squash. Prepare them as you please, drizzle with olive oil and pack it up.) No one would mind placing your bag of veggies on the grill. 5. Sweet Shredded Carrots (Pulled Pork) – “Matchstick”…
Ingredients: * 1 head cauliflower * 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese shredded * 1/2 cup parmesan cheese shaved * 1 large egg * 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic * 1/2 tablespoon fresh basil chopped * 1/2 tablespoon fresh italian flat-leaf parsley chopped * 1 teaspoon salt * 1/2 teaspoon black pepper * 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese shredded Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to *425 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 2. Rice the cauliflower by coring it and breaking it into florets. Then place it in the bowl of a food processor and pulse it until it is the texture of…