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How to Get Ripped in 90 Days (Is It Possible?)

April 26, 2021 By Jess Billitz

In the digital “right here, right now” era, impatience runs deep within our veins. We want to lose 30 pounds a month, pack on five pounds of muscle this week, and all with as little effort as possible.

Of course, those plans can work magic if you’re starting (literally) from square one.

But if you’re a self-proclaimed gym rat and still disappointed in your progress, “how to get ripped in 90 days” sounds like just another gimmick.

If it was possible, wouldn’t you already look like Chris Pratt by now (circa Guardians of the Galaxy, not Parks & Recreation)?

If you don’t, it’s time to rethink your approach.

In this guide, we’ll reveal how to get ripped in 90 days because, yes, it’s possible!

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Are Millennials Fitness Freaks? (Statistics, Facts, & Trends)

April 20, 2021 By Jess Billitz

Millennials are always in the limelight, but never for a good reason.

We’re always copping the blame for absurd things, like destroying casual dining, not buying enough diamonds, skipping out on golf, and — worst of all — leaving cereal in the 2000s!

Business Insider even dedicated an entire article to discussing the 19 industries and products we’re single-handedly ruining as a generation.

But for us Millennials (also known as Gen Y), we finally have something to brag about:

We’re fitness freaks!

Step aside Boomers, Gen Z, and Gen X. Here are 16 statistics, facts, and trends that prove once and for all that Millennials are the healthiest and fittest generation.

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Why Home Is The New Gym (Fitness Facts & Statistics)

April 20, 2021 By Jess Billitz

It’s no substitute for a Gold’s Gym or LA Fitness membership.

There’s no satisfying clinking of weights (music to your ears), nobody’s jumping to be your spotter, and the buzzing garage refrigerator next to the squat rack is taunting you with ice cream & beer.

But whether it’s a resistance band set rolled up and shoved under the coffee table or a full-fledged home gym in the basement, the fact of the matter is this:

Home is the new gym.

And, these home gym fitness facts and statistics may just convince you to cancel your membership (ha, good luck) and clear out the garage.

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Resistance Band Pullover: Muscles Worked & How To Do It

April 20, 2021 By Jess Billitz

When 20s-era weightlifter Alan Calvert described the pullover as the “very best exercise for increasing the size of the rib-box,” he wasn’t lying.

Then again, it was the early-1900s, the same era where we held this absurd belief that radioactive chemicals like uranium and radium had “healing” benefits (… learned that one the hard way).

As all things do, the pullover eventually fell out of style and into the old-school weightlifting history books. In its place entered a pullover machine that could simulate the exercise with solid form.

But the pullover and its upper-body benefits never completely faded.

If you’re tight on time, space, and equipment and want to beef up your back and chest while reveling in the nostalgia, we have the answer: the resistance band pullover.

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Banded Push-Ups: Benefits, Muscles Worked & How-To

April 17, 2021 By Jess Billitz

You don’t need a drill sergeant shouting, “Drop down and give me 20!” just inches from your ear to know that push-ups are the king of bodyweight exercises.

But when you can muster through 40 regular push-ups without pausing or shaking, you’re edging more into endurance territory and quickly escaping the fitness buff’s holy grail: mass and strength.

You need resistance and to step up your push-up game.

Sure, you can load a sandbag or plate on your back, or even jimmy a dip belt around your waist.

Or, you can add some customizable resistance that (a) doesn’t crash to the floor whenever you shake out a numb wrist and (b) require a gym partner’s assistance at the top of every set.

We’re talking about the banded push-up, and we have to warn you, this is one of those “don’t knock it until you try it” types of deals.

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