weights – StrongFast Fitness https://strongfastfitness.com Buffalo NY Personal Training Tue, 25 Jul 2017 01:17:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.8 98122217 RPE For Resistance Training https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2017/07/rpe-resistance-training/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 01:17:09 +0000 https://strongfastfitness.com/?p=2973 Determining the intensity of a workout can help make it more effective and easier to scale. For example, asking someone to run for five minutes is physically different than asking them to run hard for five minutes. The same concept applies to strength training. But while there are some straightforward ways to … Continue reading

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]]> 2973 Study on Lifting Lighter Weights: What It Means https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2016/08/study-on-lifting-lighter-weights-what-it-means/ Thu, 04 Aug 2016 18:34:10 +0000 https://strongfastfitness.com/?p=2428 Results of a new study (Neither load nor systemic hormones determine resistance training-mediated hypertrophy or strength gains in resistance-trained young men) were released recently leading to plenty of media coverage with headlines like these: Lifting Lighter Weights Can Be Just as Effective as Heavy Ones Lifting Lighter Weights Is Just As … Continue reading

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]]> 2428 Does Muscle Burn More Calories Than Fat? https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2016/07/does-muscle-burn-more-calories-than-fat-at-rest-2/ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:17:22 +0000 https://strongfastfitness.com/?p=2348 Specifically, does muscle burn more calories at rest. This is one of those questions that everyone seems to know the answer to (dangling preposition alert!), and they're mostly right. Sort of. What got me thinking about this (again) was an article entitled 12 Workout Myths That Just Need To Die. It's … Continue reading

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]]> 2348 Weight Training with Lower Reps https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2016/04/low-rep-weight-training/ Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:54:29 +0000 http://strongfastfitness.com/?p=2151 A while back, there was a post here in which Sensei Hutch described his preferred weight workouts with higher reps. Today's post describes my preferred lifting workouts with lower reps (and heavier weights). Neither approach is "right." Different people with different objectives need different approaches. And there are many more variables to … Continue reading

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]]> 2151 Stand Up For Strength https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2015/08/stand-up-for-strength/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 01:41:49 +0000 http://strongfastfitness.com/?p=1979 People sit too much. They sit at work, in their cars, at home watching TV, while waiting, while flying (like I'm doing now), and plenty of other times. It's become the default position in the lives of modern humans. This is bad for lots of reasons, some of which I've … Continue reading

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