Author: Kohl Johnson

You may have noticed the word efficient. I did not say realistic because I think focussing on realistic sets you up for less than what you are capable of. I did not say fast or quick because achieving a fitness/health goal in this manner tends to come with short-term and or suboptimal results. I used the word efficient because we...

Some people say workouts should never be more than an hour-long, or that it is just stupid if you train for 2 hours. Others say all you need is 15 minutes. The people who make these very general recommendations are viewing training in a very narrow sense. In this article, I will explain why and how long workouts should ACTUALLY...

So you’re starting out at the gym, and you have absolutely no clue what to do. All these exercises and ways to perform them and different equipment and machines and everything are just so confusing. Relax. We have all been there and after a couple of weeks, you will be doing just fine! In this article, I go over 5...

You may not know it, but when people workout specific areas of their body or do specific exercise types on specific days of the week, that is a workout split. Today, I’m telling you how to create your OWN workout split! First Things First: What Is The Goal? What is your goal? Our goal will change how many times we...

The treaded plateaus in fat loss. The scale is going down, and you’re doing great. All of a sudden, the numbers aren’t moving or have slowed greatly, have you plateaued? OH NO! Don’t freak out. There is a decent chance you are overthinking and overstressing this and that is because there is a very simple 3 step process we can...

It’s that time of year again. New year, fresh start to achieve our goals. This time, we are going to make our goals/resolutions stick. I say “we” because I’m no good at this either. So I’ll be making sure mine stick this year, too. In this article, I will be talking about what I know we need to do, and...

If you are asking what makes an exercise good, then you know that different exercises have different applications. By nature, in order for an exercise to be good, it needs to be of benefit to YOU and YOUR goals. How do we determine if an exercise is of benefit to us? That is exactly what I will be discussing within...

It is generally old school thinking to adhere to the idea of taking every set to failure or you won’t make gains. However, it is also easy to look at the dude in the gym doing 5-pound curls with 4 sets of 8 going nowhere near failure and think, is that all it takes? Today I will be breaking down...

Mobility is very important for executing lifts with the proper technique. Mobility refers to our ability to move joints throughout different ranges of motion/movement patterns. Sometimes our mobility can be restricted through problems at the joint itself, and sometimes it can be restricted by tight muscles and or tendons holding them back. This article will be providing 3 mobility tools...

The squat, bench press and deadlift are rightfully some of the most popular and effective exercises. They have the ability to strengthen and grow a large number of muscle groups, allow us to develop our proficiency with the fundamental movement patterns, and are phenomenal exercises to lay the foundation for our training. But how do we develop our strength in...