I experiment a lot with different training protocols. But, I always catch myself coming back to the same workout template: Ultimate Athleticism. To me, this is the gold standard of training and time management. 90% of the recreational trainees should follow this. The template looks like this: Warm-up (10 minutes) Loaded yoga and/or simple joint mobility drills Strength Block … Read more →
Try this move if you don’t have access to a heavy barbell or if your lower back doesn’t tolerate a lot of load. Let me present to you: The Single-leg Romanian Deadlift (SLDL). I love to deadlift. Whenever I have access to a heavy barbell, I feel the urge to pull some heavy weights off … Read more →
Split-stance kettlebell deadlifts are the ultimate solution for training heavy deadlifts at home. I’ll show you how to do them properly. I added a little deadlift workout at the end that really challenges your posterior chain. In the last article, I talked about single-leg deadlifts (SLDLs). You can do them bodyweight-only. You can also load them pretty heavy … Read more →
Whilst browsing the internet, you’ll find hundreds of exercise programs. Many are random list of exercises. If you’re lucky, the author organized the list by body part. Let’s forget about the minutiae and create system-based routines. It helps if you think of strength routines as dinner menus … When I see programs like “Getting Jacked Like … Read more →
Here is some bro-science for you that gets tossed around in the gym on a regular basis: Women should train with less resistance, more repetitions and do cardio or yoga to “tone” their body. The reasoning behind this is that from doing heavy lifting (meaning heavier weights or greater resistance and fewer reps), everybody will … Read more →
Because my readers totally rock, I got more interesting questions since the last Q&A. Email me through the contact form or subscribe to the Neat Newsletter to get in touch with me, too. This time, we dive into things like combining bodyweight training with equipment like the barbell or a TRX suspension trainer. I also give hints as to how … Read more →
In this article, I’m going to answer some exciting reader questions. We’ll talk about entry points for bodyweight progressions, pistol squat alternatives for tall guys, increasing pull-up reps and how to effectively train calves. I’ve been busy with work and life lately. Therefore, my writing for Neat Strength wasn’t as frequent as I would’ve liked … Read more →
Most of the articles you will find on Neat Strength will target how to acquire certain feats of strength such as muscle-ups, L-sits, pistols or one-arm push-ups. While it’s also possible to gain significant muscle mass with just calisthenics, this is not my main concern. Most of the time, I want to get better at calisthenics moves, which … Read more →
So this week, the Weekly Neat Workouts series is on hiatus. But I prepared another little intermezzo for y’all. There are some common and understandable misconceptions about building muscle mass (or bulking, as some may call it) by solely using bodyweight exercises. There is lots of confusion when it comes to the choice of exercises, program design and … Read more →
Nowadays, everybody is on a specific diet. Thanks to the internet, the average fitness and health enthusiast is exposed to all kinds of different diet information. When you order your burger without the bun, you get asked if you do paleo. For many people, vegetarian or even vegan is the hip thing to do. The mediteranian diet is emerging … Read more →