How to Set a Personal Record Every Workout Nick Smoot- Owner of Smoot Fitness Smootifitness.com A core belief of mine is that a personal record should be set in every training session. Not each week, month, or year; every single workout. Now many people are going to fall prey to the “I can’t” mindset, […]
The Importance of Training for Strength
The Importance of Training for Strength Nick Smoot- Owner of Smoot Fitness Smootfitness.com Do you take more pride in being brutally strong, or having the ability to take “selfies” of your abdominal veins on a daily basis? Now I am not knocking anyone for having good aesthetics. If you are not an […]
Increased Training Frequency for Increased Gains
Increased Training Frequency for Increased Gains Nick Smoot- Owner of Smoot Fitness Twitter- @Smootyn Facebook- Smoot Fitness A common question from novice lifters is “how many times should I train a muscle group per week?” Many people are under the belief that if they don’t give a muscle 168 hours to recover, it will get […]
IIFYM: The Controversy Never Ends!
Nick Smoot Owner of Smoot Fitness, www.Smootfitness.com IIFYM (If It Fits Your Macros) has been an area of controversy for a long time, but I thought that the war would have ended by now. I thought people would have come to the realization that it is not a diet, that everyone who tracks nutrient intake […]
Simplicty and Consistency in Training and Nutrition
I think it is a pretty safe assumption that 99% of people have an ideal physique pictured in their mind that they would like to achieve, and a certain amount of weight that they would love to man handle on a regular basis. How does one go about turning these dreams in to reality? Through […]