How To Lose Muscle In Your Legs
Boxers call it roadwork, lazy people call it torture, athletes call it training, and I call it necessary – if you wan’t to reduce the size of your legs. What am I talking about? Running. I’m one of...
View ArticleThe Shrink Wrap Effect: Why Use It?
What Is the Shrink Wrap Effect? There has been some buzz around the bodybuilding industry lately about a “new” technique that has come to light. It’s called the “Shrink Wrap Effect” and has been made...
View ArticleShould You Do Cardio Before or After Weights?
This can be an area of confusion for many people, and understandably so. If you go into your average gym, you will have a wave of muscleheads coming at you with a story about how doing cardio before...
View ArticleHow to Lose Weight in Your Thighs
If you go online and google how to lose weight in your thighs, you’re gonna get flooded with a whole lot of sites made by people who don’t really know what they’re talking about. They’ll tell you to do...
View ArticleTabata Workouts: Not for the Faint of Heart
Some things stick out in my mind as being more effective and hardcore than others when it comes to burning fat, and Tabata is probably the best example of one of these intense but worthwhile endeavors....
View ArticleHow to Lose Weight in Your Face
Admittedly, this is a bit of an odd topic to write about. However, it is a very real concern for some people and I’ve gotten the question more than a few times, so I thought I’d dedicate a whole post...
View ArticleThe Complete Guide To Interval Training [Infographic]
*Note from Josh – Out of the three variations of HIIT laid out in this infographic, my favorites would be tabata training and turbulence training. If you’re looking for more of a complete HIIT...
View Article101 Tips to Lose Weight Fast
Losing weight isn’t complicated. There’s no big secret that you’re missing out on. Despite this, many people have no idea how to lose weight fast. It all boils down to controlling your daily calorie...
View ArticleCan You Lose Weight Without Exercise?
A quick note to my loyal readers: To all of those who have emailed or messaged me over the past few months inquiring about the status of Outlaw Fitness, fear not – we are still here! You can expect...
View ArticleHow to Get an Hourglass Figure
Sophia Loren. Salma Hayek. Betty Brosmer. Kelly Brook. Marilyn Monroe. Scarlett Johansson. Brigitte Bardot. Halle Berry. Lynda Carter. Christina Hendricks. Kim Kardashian. What do they all have in...
View ArticleSo, You Made a New Years Resolution to Get in Shape…
According to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, around 45 percent of Americans will be making a New Years Resolution tonight. Of those, a whopping 38% of them are weight...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Ryan Gosling Workout
Ryan Gosling has never really been known for having a lean, ripped body. He’s never had a stomach that was swooned over by women or envied by men. That is, not until his latest movie was released. What...
View ArticleHow Much Protein Do You Need Per Day?
When it comes to losing fat, building muscle, or manipulating your body composition in any way, there is no greater nutritional tool in your arsenal than protein. Dietary protein heavily influences...
View ArticleHow to Get Smaller Calves: The Definitive Guide to Slim Calves
Say Goodbye to Cankles Calves are arguably the most stubborn body part to manipulate through diet and exercise. If you’re unhappy with the size or shape of your calves then I’m sure this isn’t news to...
View ArticleWhy You Should Throw Out the Scale
Many people, and in my experience this is particularly true with women, get completely hung up on their weight on the scale when trying to get in shape. Some will even check their weight multiple times...
View ArticleHow Much Exercise is Too Much? What Research Says in 2015
Sometimes more exercise really is better. Like when you get on the floor and try to push out 10 sit-ups, and you only do 2 and call it a day. Or when you walk outside with the intention of going for a...
View ArticleWarm-Ups and Cool-Downs: Are They Really Necessary?
Delayed onset muscle soreness, otherwise known as DOMS, is simply a fact of life. The older you get, the more you know this to be true. No longer can you run around the field playing a game of tag...
View ArticleAre Ab Exercises the Key to Great Abs?
A frequently made and innocent enough assumption is that by working out a certain area of your body, you will increase the muscle definition of said area. In this case, people assume that if you do...
View ArticleMythBusting: No Pain, No Gain, Down the Drain
Origin The “no pain no gain” motto was popularized in 1982 by Jane Fonda who used the saying in a number of her popular aerobic dance workout videos. It’s of course applicable to many things in...
View ArticleCan You Target Fat Loss? Spot Reduction Reexamined
For those of you not familiar with spot reduction, it is the idea that one can remove subcutaneous body fat in one particular area of the body by exercising that area. For example, repeatedly doing...
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