Trust Me I'm a Personal Trainer

We all know that guy or maybe even those couple of guys that can't go 10 seconds in the gym without  throwing out random and useless advice at others. As you read the last sentence you know that you instantly though of "that guy". He will stare you don't watching your every move as you complete your set in whatever exercise you're doing. Then, as soon as your done he makes his way over to tell you that if you turn your feet out 45 degrees on your deadliest or look at the ceiling when you squat you are guaranteed to push more weight and make more gains bro. But the most important characteristic of this person is 9 times out of 10 they are the smallest guy in the gym.

Not Eating Fats Makes Me Healthier?

This is false! Many people are quick to assume that by cutting fats out of their diet it makes them healthier. Just because you skipped out on your pizza, brownies, and cupcakes doesn't make you all that much healthier. Well the truth is cutting all fat from your diet is doing you more harm than good. By doing this you are actually back tracking your diet. Cutting fats from your diet is costing you fat-soluble vitamins and nutrients. Healthy fats from foods such as avocados and nuts actually help your body absorb vitamins A, D, E, K and other healthy nutrients.

Athletes and Alcohol

Being in college for some people is like being in a non stop party and most of these students don't know how alcohol is really affecting their bodies. Athletes that are trying to do big and important things in their college career can potentially be throwing away their chances with excessive amounts of drinking. Alcohol can significantly affect the focus, performance, recovery, and rebuilding of athletes. As alcohol can linger around for up to a few days this means an athlete with not be at their top performance for days. Decreased strength, reaction time, and hand/eye coordination can be affected up to 48 hours after the consumption of alcohol. The affects of alcohol go much further than these few key points but for an athlete these few points can make a huge difference in their performance.

I have always wondered why someone would work so hard all week, pushing themselves to the absolute limits, to better themselves would throw all that hard work away when the weekend comes along. In my opinion I would question why an athlete would even bother training all week if they were going to just drink away their accomplishments come the weekend. Life is all about doing what you love and having fun by why ruin what you have worked so hard for by over consuming alcohol.

Glaceau Vitamin Water

It is becoming more and more common to seed flavored water drinks being available to purchase in store now. But not all of these flavored waters are a suitable replacement for normal unflavored water.    In particular Glaceau's Vitamin Water is a prime example of why these flavored waters are anything but healthy for you. You might think that you are choosing a healthy drink because of the name "vitamin water" and the fancy list of all the vitamins that are included in it but if you look closely at the nutrition facts you'll find other wise. Each bottle of this Vitamin Water has around 30g of sugar in it! At this rate you might as well grab yourself a candy bar to eat. This does not only occur in Vitamin Water and other flavored water drinks but lots of other drinks like artificial juices and sports drinks have the same problem. So be warned these drinks labeled as healthy and vitamin-rich may not be all that healthy for you.

Hyphy Mud

Hyhpy Mud is a new phenomenon hitting the supplement industry. I myself wouldn't necessarily consider it a "supplement" but the creator Kali Muscle is currently working on making it into an already made pre packaged "supplement" for consumers to buy. If you want to use it for your pre workout I can reassure you it will get you goin'! Hyphy Mud is a simple mixture of Pepsi Cola and instant coffee. You can go ahead and guess why it gets you up and moving. Thats right the caffeine. I know you are probably sitting there thinking of how disgusting this sounds to consume but in all honesty it doesn't taste all that bad. The majority of the taste is really only the Pepsi. The only think I did not like about Hyphy Mud was the coffee taste that was left in my shaker bottle for a bout 3 days. Overall its a pretty decent pre workout if you don't mind caffeine and the taste of coffee.

IIFYM

IIFYM or "if it fits your macros" dieting has brought a new concept to the way that you can diet. IIFYM states that you can eat what every you want as long as it fits your daily macronutrients. I can never decide if I actually agree with this or not. Eating whatever I want as long as it fits my macros seems a tittle too good to be true but after all it does make sense. I just can't bring myself to think if I am low on my carbs and fats for the day that I can just go demolish what ever fits those macros and everything will be okay. I try to incorporate both and IIFYM diet and a strict diet into my life. For the most part I like to eat as clean as possible but if there is an instance where my macronutrients are low that day I may take a bit less healthy alternative and consume it but as ling as it fits my macros. In the end I don't think there will be a clear winner on which form of dieting is correct and more beneficial but I encourage you to try both and see which one works for you better.

Preacher Curls

Everyone wants big biceps...right? My personal favorite bicep workout is the preacher curl. The isolation of this movement maximizes the use of your bicep allowing optimal growth. After a long arm work out I always like to finish of my biceps with numerous sets of these bicep killers. Preacher curls are a very simple movement done by placing your arm against the pad as show above and slowly letting the weight fall. Before your arm reaches its full extension, stop and contract your bicep bringing the weight back up. Make sure to squeeze your bicep during the whole motion. To make it a little harder don't allow your arm to rest at the bottom fully extended or at the top fully contracted. Keep the range of motion in-between the two resting points to really put some strain on those biceps! And if you have every seen any CT Fletcher (pictured above) videos you know what I mean when I say you look at your biceps and tell them "I COMMAND YOU TO GROW!!"

If you've never seen this video I recommend you watch it in the link below. (be warned there is explicit language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHiKDa4ip_Q