by MikeandMida | Nov 16, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle
Mike Tyson vs Paul was, as most had expected, not a great boxing match.
But the value of the entertainment is not the purpose of this article. What I want to say is that Mike Tyson impressed me, and more importantly he should inspire countless of people around the world.
Now, why did Tyson impress me?
by MikeandMida | Nov 10, 2024 | Exercise Science, Lifestyle
Intervals are far more demanding than steady-state exercise. But, read on for the why and take that knowledge with you as you program smarter fitness plans.
The human body will use way more energy moving into a higher level of physical effort than it does once a steady state has been achieved.
by MikeandMida | Nov 8, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Exercise Science, Lifestyle
This is how you train older clients for vastly better results and health.
In these studies, we see that roughly 12 sets in total per week of resistance training across two separate gym days track incredibly well.
Read on to uncover the secrets of successful strength training for the elderly. Load, rep range, rest and exercise choices, and why that is.
by MikeandMida | Nov 7, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Exercise Science, Lifestyle
Welcome to another Strength By Fitness article, today today we will talk about the crossroad of body mass, muscle fibers, strength, speed, agility and explosive power and how its all connected.
In short, this article will explore how you should train to become stronger, faster, and more explosive as an athlete and person.
This comes into play when your total mass is already too big for your relative strength to successfully power even faster, and more explosive movement.
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by MikeandMida | Sep 4, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle, Nature
Saturday is one of our weekly gym-free recovery days. This means that we prioritize ‘us’ time, chilling, relaxing, recovering, eating healthy high-protein foods supplanted with plenty of whole plant-based foods, and doing nonexhaustive activities that are done for adventure, fun, family, relationship, calm, rejuvenating and quality of life time.
by MikeandMida | Aug 5, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Exercise Science
The agonist-antagonist super set is capable of cutting your workout time in half without falling too far behind the strength progression of a traditional workout plan. But, you can also make use of the way I do, which allows you to cram more high quality workout volume and sessions per week into the same gym time envelope of your regular workouts, without compromising on progression at all.
by MikeandMida | Jul 15, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Nutritional Science
High-protein plans provide vastly better health outcomes and biological aging. Recovery & fitness progression also improves drastically. This brand new Strength By Fitness article takes a look at the important protein studies from 2023 and 2024.
by MikeandMida | Jul 10, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom
Welcome back dear readers to another fact-based article from the STYRKA team at Strength By Fitness. Today I´ll be a little philosophically provocative with many of you, after all in today’s aesthetically focused world increased hypertrophy is for many the main pillar in their fitness plans, and the oft unspoken reason they go to the gym at all. But is that really the best big pillar focus for your gym visits?
by MikeandMida | Jul 6, 2024 | Podcast
The STYRKA Podcast from Strength By Fitness, your fact-based coaching in-person & online for a healthier life and better fitness progression, nutritional choices, and habits.
In Episode 1 we talk about the many ways that Mike Mentzer was wrong about exercise volume, frequency, protein intake, and recovery.
Also available on Spotify, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/styrkapodcast .