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Ask Stew - Headaches During Workouts

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Exercising and exerting yourself to the point of getting headaches during strenuous workouts is not uncommon.  However, the headaches can be typically tied to breathing incorrectly during lifts and your current state of hydration.  However, there are a few other things that can cause headaches in the gym. Check out the question from a young man seeking to serve in the military in his future but has had a few issues with headaches over the past few workouts: Mr. Smith, I am a college freshman trying to reapply to a service academy this year.  I have a question on exertion...

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Not Another New Year Resolution Article

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Not Another New Year Resolution Article

Every year around late December, early January fitness writers and trainers feel compelled to create a revolutionary idea for motivating people to train starting January 1. Why not? We have typically let ourselves go since Halloween with extra treats in the house, stressful work and school schedules, a Thanksgiving feast, football tailgaters, too much time in the man-cave, and so many parties in December that it is time to do something now or go buy new clothes that fit. This is the perpetual cycle that occurs annually with many of us, but instead of hoping to be motivated for a...

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Move More - Eat Less - Sleep Better - Less Stress!

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Move More - Eat Less - Sleep Better - Less Stress!

Moving into the New Year, many look for ways to start getting serious again with everything they either need to stop (bad habits) and everything they need to do better (good habits). Here is a quick and easy motivator and mantra you can try to help you maintain discipline to be better at exercising, eating better (and less), sleeping better, and learning ways to mitigate stress:  Move More, Eat Less, Sleep Better, Less Stress   I know most in the fitness and nutrition business HATE this quote, but read more into it before you judge an "outdated mantra".  Move More -...

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Push-up Methods - Ways to Get Better

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Push-up Methods - Ways to Get Better

Pushup improvement can come in many different shapes and sizes as we all may have different reactions to certain methods.  Some methods will work better for you than others. But it also depends on your current fitness levels, recent workout methods, workouts per week, arm / hand placement, body weight, and even arm length. These things matter when asking questions on how to improve your PT scores.  Here is a question that required some follow up questions to figure out a path for this person to see improvement in pushup training. (Note, the following methods will also work for pullups)....

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The Best of 2018 - Stew Smith Fitness Articles

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The Best of 2018 - Stew Smith Fitness Articles

Best of 2018 – Here are the articles that got 2018 moving in the right direction, made the most impact, and created some ideas for people to use in their own training plan. Check out the best articles of 2018 and see if you can take what you learned this year and apply it to 2019!  Let’s get after those goals! 1 - Crawling into 2018 – We started off the year crawling into 2018. The first article in January of 2018 was a piece about crawling as a progression from planking and other core exercises but as a fundamental...

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