Chuck Kechter

Muscle building part 2: two methods

There are two approaches to building muscle. One method is based on increasing the sarcoplasmic fluid in the muscle cells and is called sarcoplasmic hypertrophy. The other method is based on increasing the bundles of actomyosin filiments with a muscle...

Muscle building - part 1: ingredients

When building muscle in a health first manner, four ingredients are needed to maximize results: appropriate exercise, correct nutrition, proper recovery and sleep. Appropriate exercise includes type of exercises to be done, order of their execution, type of resistance (compressive...

Foundational core exercises

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of core specific exercises practiced by exercise enthusiasts around the world. Sit-ups, Russian twists, crunches, bicycles, ab-roll-outs; too many to mention in an article of this size. While picking the best...

The day after Thanksgiving day workout

Here is a workout designed to help you burn off those extra calories you ingested on Thanksgiving, You’ll need a *Dumbbell or Kettlebell that will challenge you, but not bury you. What you’re going to do...

Progression in skill building

Many factors play out in reaching a fitness goal: how often you train, how intensely you workout, what you eat, how – as well as – how fast – you recover, your drive, clarity of goals, what kind of support...

Form first

Once restrictions have been addressed and goals are set (muscle building, fat loss, new movement added into your skill set, et cetera), the next thing to address in constructing a training program is learning and practicing correct form on the...

Taking a health first approach - part 3

Removing Restrictions Before any "real" training begins - muscle building hypertrophy resistance exercise, fat-burning metabolic conditioners (met-cons), heart-building steady-state cardio sessions (for those that need it) or yoga based compensations, cool downs and stretching &ndash...

Make-A-Wish Fitness-a-thon

Infinite Sports USA, in cooperation with Max Muscle Sports Nutrition of Loveland has teamed up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Colorado to put on the Second Annual Infinite Sports USA Fitness-A-Thon. Gold's Gym...

Taking a health first approach - part 2

What are Restrictive Forces? Restrictive forces can be thought of as any condition or movement pattern that, if left untended, would lead to a loss of quality of life or lead to a possible injury during any athletic training. Some...

Taking a health first approach - part 1

In the realm of sports and fitness training there is often a dichotomy between health-first and performance based perspectives. Performance based training is a where an athlete prepares for a specific contest or sporting season regardless of the cost...

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