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If you try these tomorrow at the gym just make sure you book in with your dentist.

Motor control at its finest.

To your push ups.

Dev Chengkalath

Do you find you are always trying to find a comfortable position for your head?

Do your shoulders feel tight and stiff? Does your back ache on a regular basis?

Are you always sore?

The culprit to all that ails you may be your posture!

Instead of telling you all the things that may be wrong with your posture at this point, I’ll tell you what should be happening with it.

The best posture is the one that keeps changing.

So make sure you change your position often and avoid prolonged postures. These include long periods of driving, sitting on a couch, or working at a desk.

If you have to sit, make sure your chair or workstation is adjusted for your body to minimize strain.

Neutral posture starts with your hips and pelvis. From there, your head should be held tall with your chin tucked in. Keep your shoulder blades back and down and your chest up. Basically, think long and tall when sitting or standing.

This will help you avoid slouching.

Hmm…isn’t that just like your mother used to say?

To your posture.

Dev Chengkalath

Step 1. Nutrition: If you missed my post on eating like crap, maybe you should go back a few days and take a look. What and how you eat plays one of the biggest roles in what your abs look like. If you’re eating like crap check out the ultimate nutrition system used by some of the top physiques in the world. You may have the most ripped six pack, but it does you no good if  it’s covered by a layer of fat.

Step 2. Resistance train: Push, pull, throw, jump, crawl, hold or ______ (fill in the blank with any other movement you can think of). Lift weights, throw medicine balls, swing kettlebells, do sprints, or use bands. Do it with high intensity. And no excuses. 

Your muscles won’t build themselves.

There you have it.

You can be the proud owner of these in just two steps!

Two simple (not easy) steps to build your ultimate six pack. 

Eat hard and train harder.

Dev Chengkalath

Let the debunking continue…

Myth: If I lift heavy weights I’ll end up looking like those super muscular women in bodybuilding magazines.

Fact: This is by far one of the most perpetuated gym myths around that has had a serious negative effect on female exercisers.

For most females, lifting heavy weights on a properly designed program will greatly help reduce body fat.

Females do not have the necessary levels of androgens (specific types of hormones) to cause the same response to resistance training that men have.

So rest assured: extreme musculature in women typically occurs only after the extreme use of anabolic steroids and years of specific training (notice the use of the word extreme TWICE in that sentence!)

What does occur after regular bouts of heavy resistance training is an increase in your metabolism.

Think of your metabolism as your body’s internal furnace and after a heavy workout, your body will require MORE energy to keep the furnace running properly. That means your body continues to use energy for hours after you are done your exercising, so you burn more calories while resting!

There you have it.  A four of the biggest female training myths exposed.

Make sure you check back often as I’ll be deconstructing even more of these common yet absurd female training myths.

Dev Chengkalath