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Important Terms to Know

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Sean Hyson
| Jan 6, 09 | | Comments (0) |

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Understand your fellow gymgoers. The following are the first few entries in a crude dictionary I'm putting together of fitness lingo.Jacked Big and muscular.Damn... I just saw a picture of the Cowboys' Terrell Owens with his shirt off and that dude is jacked."Or:"Sean eats seven meals a day; he's getting jacked."Origin: It probably derives from the image of jacking up a car--pumping your arms looks like you're inflating yourself. Synonyms: diesel, pumped, and buff (although most guys don't say "buff" anymore). Similar to but not exactly synonymous with "yoked" (see "yoked" for more.)Antonyms: small, stringy, puny, Urkel.Editor's note: My friend and colleague, master trainer Joe Stankowski, once remarked to me that he had never heard the term "jacked" before he started[...]
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What To Look For in a Trainer

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Sean Hyson
| Dec 23, 08 | | Comments (0) |

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Next month, gym crowds will be at their peak due to the invasion of millions of New Year's resolution-aries. Many of these newbies will hire trainers for help, and consequently, many of them won't see results and quit. I've worked with over 100 trainers in my five years at MF, and have been impressed by very few. The following are some of my recommendations for determining what kind of trainer to hire or listen to.Make sure he/she has experience. There's hardly anyone who writes for MF who hasn't been training people for at least 10 years. All the education, certifications, and gut instinct in the world can't substitute for having spent years in the trenches of fitness. Our training adviser,[...]
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Bench Press fixes

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Sean Hyson
| Dec 17, 08 | | Comments (0) |

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Most of us have an unhealthy, abusive relationship with the bench press. You love it and you dote on it, placing it first in your workouts and visiting it every week. It's your most favorite exercise and, if given the choice, you'd forsake all other exercises for just one more night with it.But the ungrateful bastard doesn't like you at all. For all your devotion, your max still sucks and your shoulders hurt. But, like any fool in love, you can't help yourself, and you can't live without it and the way it makes you feel.While the bench press is widely regarded as probably the most dangerous free-weight exercise, I haven't completely forsaken it, and I'm sure you haven't either,[...]
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Are you a Tweedle Dum Lifter?

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Brandon Guarneri
| Dec 12, 08 | | Comments (0) |

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The gym wasn't too crowded after work on Wednesday as I set up for my deadlift workout, which was fine. Less preening in the mirror, less, "it's all you, bro!" But in between sets, I became increasingly aware that even though there were less people on the floor, there seemed to be a larger presence dominating the space.Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, hello.You can spot these guys by their wife beaters, their winter hats, and their general enthusiasm for anything that involves a pair of 15 pound dumbbells. Basically, these are dudes that train like idiots, and they've gravitated to each other to make themselves feel better about their shitty workouts. They pull up their shirts to look at their[...]
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What Men Want (From Women in the Gym)

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Sean Hyson
| Dec 9, 08 | | Comments (0) |

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I made a post before Thanksgiving that started a little controversy.Awesome.I was simply making the observation that a lot of women you see in gyms don't appear to be following any kind of plan--they just go in haphazardly and do a few random exercises that don't get them anywhere. I may be wrong, but I feel like this is more often the case with women than men.Anyway, some dedicated gym-rat women who work in my office read it and took offense. I came to work the next day to find a scarecrow in my likeness being burned in effigy on my desk. The punishment got worse when they stopped putting in a good word for me with their attractive young friends.[...]
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Stay in Shape, and Stay Employed

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Sean Hyson
| Dec 3, 08 | | Comments (0) |

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We have sort of a running joke at Men's Fitness that once you start working here, you quickly fall into the worst shape of your life. I'd guess that there's a similar problem where you work. Here are a few ideas on how to not let a stressful job and long hours wreck your fitness.Train in the morning. Yeah, I know. You "can't" get up early (waaah, waaah!). I decided to start doing it when I first began working at MF, after years of hitting the gym after five o'clock. A year later, I still hadn't gotten used to it. Two years later, I still hadn't gotten used to it. To tell you the truth, I'm not used to it[...]
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