Visual learning is one way that many people learn. It’s not exclusive to men and gym rats. In fact, even though it maybe out of their general learning box, many women practice visual learning in the gym. Sports, athletics, and the gym are extremely visual events so it just makes sense that that’s how most folks, guys and gals, learn.

Again, I’m not privy to a lot of information surrounding what happened to Vogelsong. But Vogelsong, his trainers, his coaches, the Giants organization, his friends and family, and his fans have every right to ask, “How does performing squats with 70-pound dumbbells make him a better pitcher?”

At the outset, can I suggest we reframe the original claim that Americans are becoming more obese? I’d prefer that instead we – myself and you the Fit True readership – stop saying that “We are becoming more Fat/Obese.” Instead let’s say, “WE ARE BECOMING LESS FIT.”

I’ve been wanting to write about CrossFit for some time now. There was a lot I liked about it the movement. And there were a handful of concerns that I had as a trainer. One of the things that I like about it is the fresh new inflow of fitness enthusiasts into the general public.

Periodization is the progressive varying of training to achieve peak performance at the desired time. Progressive varying means incorporating less preferred forms of training in a systematic way to improve the desired form of training. That means endurance athletes do real strength training and vise versa. And not just haphazardly. It’s systematic. So lineman do some muscle endurance and cardio work while basketball players do some strength and explosive power training.