Do you make your workouts scary? If not, you probably should! While high-intensity strength training may seem daunting at first, it’s that level of challenging effort that drives your significant improvements in muscle growth, metabolic function, and strength. By consistently pushing your boundaries, under safe and controlled conditions, you can expect substantial gains in both [...]
CO2 Is Beneficial For Your Workouts Why Carbon Dioxide Is Not Just A Waste Product The Benefits of CO2 in the Bloodstream for High-Intensity Exercise Topics At A Glance: The Role of CO2 in the Body CO2 and Oxygen Delivery Improved Blood Flow Enhanced Buffering Capacity Stimulation of Breathing Potential Concerns The Role of CO2 [...]
Burn More Fat: Increase Hormone-Sensitive Lipase By Fasting and High-Intensity Exercise What is Hormone-Sensitive Lipase and how does it help you burn more fat? You're terrible at burning fat from exercise. And so is everyone else, don't feel bad. The good news? Your body can help you out when your workouts are much harder. Hormone-Sensitive [...]
The Big 5 Workout Benefits If you enjoy exercise this article might not be to your liking. If, instead, you just want consistent, meaningful and repeatable results though - keep reading. For the last 30 years I have been training clients in my facility in a strict, controlled fashion. I use what is called The [...]
Women Benefit More From Strength Training A huge new study shows strength training for women is especially beneficial. We have known for a long time the benefits of strength training for everyone, but this new study shows an exceptional thing; Women can expect a 30% improvement in prevention of heart disease just from strength training. [...]
What Are Atomic Habits? Part I Understanding and using habits for your health and freedom What Can Habits Really Do For You? In Atomic Habits, a book by James Clear, I found very useful reframes in how I look at habits and their effect on goals. Here I'll summarize for you some of the main [...]
How Do I Lose Weight? One of the most common questions I get from clients at DeSisto Strength Training is, “How Do I Lose Weight?” To answer them, it helps to define terms when discussing something that seems very common, but is actually specific and misleading when not clarified. In the quest for a healthier [...]
Does Resistance Training Make Your DNA Younger? Breaking news, exercise is good for everyone, and it's especially good for the elderly. Not very new news, is it? But, imagine it's 2007 and a study has come out to quietly state instead that the fountain of youth has been found! Would that not make headlines? [...]
Stop Doing Aerobics It's time to put this baby to bed. Aerobics is the baby, and it's tired. "What do you do for exercise?" "What do you do for exercise?" is a common question in today's society. It's a great way to start a discussion and maybe find some common ground. "I run on the [...]
Responding to High-Intensity Exercise Is Mainly Genetic High-Intensity exercise produces amazing results for most people. Benefits like vastly increased strength gains, improved blood biomarkers and accelerated fat-loss are all expected. But, why does high-intensity exercise work at all, and why do some people improve more than others? We now think we know why. Who Gains The Most? [...]
