Instant Calculation: Discover Your Ideal Lift A weight lifting calculator is your shortcut to finding the right training load without the risk of attempting a true max lift. By inputting the number of reps you perform with a given weight, the calculator estimates your one-rep max (1RM)—the most weight you could lift for a single…
Launchpad: Lifting the Question Immediately Ask five people whether weight lifting is a high-impact exercise, and you’ll often get varied answers—some assume that moving heavy weight must mean high impact, while others refer to it as joint-friendly resistance training. To settle this, we need to strip away assumptions and focus on the science of exercise…
Pumped Up PSA? Your Top Question Answered One of the most common questions I get from male athletes and fitness enthusiasts is: “Coach, can my training mess with my PSA test?” PSA, or Prostate-Specific Antigen, is a key biomarker for prostate health—used in screenings for conditions like benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis, and prostate cancer. Elevated…
Don’t Worry, Yes – Weight Lifting Can Cause Bruising Weight lifting, whether you’re pushing through heavy squats, grinding out deadlifts, or performing high-intensity resistance training, places significant mechanical stress on your muscles, connective tissue, and blood vessels. In some cases, that stress can cause visible bruising—discolorations you might notice as red, purple, or black-and-blue marks…
Crack the Code: Safe Lifting with Tennis Elbow Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a frustrating condition that can derail your training if not handled with precision. It involves microscopic tears and inflammation in the tendons that attach to the outside of your elbow, often aggravated by repetitive gripping and wrist extension patterns. For lifters,…