Flick's Fitness Tips

I first began weightlifting because it was required to do Track & Field at my high school. We would alternate every other day between Upper Body and Lower Body days. Upper Body mainly consisted of chest and shoulder workouts, and Lower Body days were spent doing squats and deadlifts. I got much stronger doing these lifts daily, and I became much more confident in myself due to the muscle I was putting on. However, over time I began to develop a hunch when I walked. I had been working out my chest and shoulders so much that my back wasn't able to carry myself around! Working out your back is incredibly important for your long-term health, but it can be difficult to know where to start. This blog post will detail my thought process for training my back.  Anatomy of the Back The back can be an incredibly complex muscle group to look at, and to be honest, it IS an incredibly complex muscle group to look at. However, the back is an amazing muscle group for two reasons: it heals incr...

 When I started working out five years ago, I had no idea what I was doing. I would search up workouts on bodybuilding websites, and then I would Google what each workout was and how to do it WHILE I was at the gym. It wasn't until about three years ago that I truly figured out a great formula to working out, and the secret is to simply know exactly what each workout is doing. This blog post will explore the two primary chest muscle groups and how I work them out.  Anatomy of the Chest The chest, or "pectoralis", is an incredibly popular muscle group to work out because of its significant contribution to the bench press. There are many gym-goers who have created countless variations of different workouts in order to "optimally" work their chest. (Optimally means to get the most out of any given workout.) However, after experimenting with countless workouts, I've found that it is as simple as knowing the basics -- and what workouts work what muscle.  There ar...