Fit and Fertile: 10 At-Home Workouts to Build Muscle in Under 20 Minutes
Between late hours at work, a lack of access to traditional weight training equipment or just personal preference, some guys just can’t get to a gym. This is perfectly OK because the body will adapt in size and strength as long as the stress of the exercise is intense enough. Training with minimal equipment or bodyweight builds lean muscle, especially if exercises are performed in a slow, controlled manner.
Designed by Los Angeles based personal trainers Ben Bruno and Anthony Yeung for getting fit from home fast, these time crunch workouts use bodyweight and dumbbells to get you ripped in your room. Build muscle in under 20 minutes with these 10 effective at-home workouts.
Fit and Fertile: 10 At-Home Workouts to Build Muscle in Under 20 Minutes
Does Your Workout Pass the Flow Test?
What do the Dalai Lama, Eminem, and Happy Gilmore all have in common? They’ve preached the power of “flow,” or “the state people get into when they’re so engaged in what they’re doing they forget themselves, time, and everyday problems,” says famed psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D., author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.
Does Your Workout Pass the Flow Test?
Never Miss Another Workout
Nearly two out of three gym memberships go unused. Don’t let yours be one of them. Stick to your fitness plan with these five easy ways to boost motivation.
Never Miss Another Workout
Fighting Depression with Exercise
“A brisk 30-minute walk or jog around the track three times a week may be just as effective in relieving the symptoms of major depression as the standard treatment of anti-depressant medications, according to the results of a Duke University Medical Center study.”
Quite the exciting headline, no? This news will probably be all over the front pages of newspapers and magazines. Only it won’t. And it wasn’t.
This bit of news on fighting depression comes from a study done in 1999. 1999! 15 years ago!
Fighting Depression with Exercise
Healthy Men: 19 Reasons to Start Running
You can probably come up with countless reasons for why you just can’t run. You don’t have enough time or enough energy or the right neighborhood or the right sports gear. You don’t have the body or sturdy enough joints or the desire to compete in a race. You’re just not crazy enough to be a runner.
To all of those reasons and more, we say: How do you know until you’ve tried?
The beauty of running is that just about everyone can play — and succeed — in a sport that has the power to change lives.
Here are just a few convincing reasons to start running and join the other healthy men out there. Let us know if you agree.
Healthy Men: 19 Reasons to Start Running
Living Fertile: Workout Advice From Experts
Mike Boyle, strength coach to the 2013 world-champion Boston Red Sox, was told early in his career, “You can never exercise enough to overcome a bad diet.” Today, this knowledge still underpins his food choices while training. “I enjoy my indulgences, but I don’t make them a daily habit,” he says. “Instead, I fuel my body properly so I can go harder and longer.”
Great advice like that can stick with you forever. So we decided to turn to Boyle—and other fitness advisers who have risen to the top of the industry—to find out what they preach now that they’ve made it. Here’s what they had to say. Even if you are an amateur gym-goer, these tips will inspire you to stay in shape and live a fertile lifestyle.
Living Fertile: Workout Advice From Experts
9 Ways to Boost Fitness Fast
Get in shape fast with these simple cardio workouts and tips.
9 Ways to Boost Fitness Fast
Fitness Motivation for Fertile Men
Restore your desire to workout and stay fit and fertile with these tips from exercise psychologist Dr Jim Amnesi.
Fitness Motivation for Fertile Men
Don’t Pedal Away Your Fertility: Cycling and Fertility
Professional cyclists call it riding ‘on the rivet’ – bent into an aerodynamic position over the handlebars with the body balanced on the tip of the saddle. But could doing so for long periods lead to a decrease in a man’s fertility and sexual health?
Don’t Pedal Away Your Fertility: Cycling and Fertility
Exercise and Fertility
Exercise and Fertility
Why Men Need to Exercise With Caution: 3 Fertility Concerns
Exercise is a healthy habit for men and women—improving health, energy level, weight, sleep, and sex life. Plus it reduces stress. These factors make regular physical activity a must for you and your guy when you’re trying to conceive or adopt.It’s not just women that need to think about fertility in their exercise routine, men also need to exercise with caution when trying to father a child to avoid fertility concerns. Without precautions, exercise itself can introduce male fertility and potency problems. The three biggest concerns? Heat, pressure, and trauma.