Author: Jim Cook

Shunryu Suzuki said, “When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.” So should you adopt a similar manner in your workouts, especially when looking to get the biggest bang for your time? This article will detail the benefits of multi-joint exercises and briefly discuss several types and key points about each one. For the purposes of this article, a multi-joint exercise will be defined as any movement in which your body must change the angles of more than one joint while performing the motion. For example, if you are performing…

Outside of our heads, hands and feet, arms are one of the most readily exposed body parts. With that in mind, it makes sense to sculpt some sexy limbs for a great ‘fit’ impression — let’s learn about how to put some smooth curves into your arms and make them look their best. And women, don’t worry about ending up with ‘big muscular’ arms – your body has a limited amount of testosterone to work with to build muscles and also has estrogen in it, a muscle-smoothing and fat storing hormone. The pictures of bodybuilders with bulging biceps (male and…

There is almost too much information spinning around on the subject of nutrition, mainly because of the amount of “diet experts” that perpetuate the world of marketing. Cutting through all of this information and misinformation can be challenging at best. In this article, you will learn fundamental nutritional information as well as some specific techniques you can use to help keep you lean and healthy. This article will attempt to align with current food labeling information while hopefully being easy to follow and understand. For the purpose of this article, we will define a macronutrient as one of a group of…

In today’s hectic pace of life, it can be difficult to jam a workout in between all the other demands in our lives. Even the best planning can go afoul as ‘life happens,’ leaving us to scramble with what time is left to try to work with the scraps of the day. If you’re the kind of person that always has enough time to workout, then this article won’t be for you. But if you can relate to what has been said in the beginning of this paragraph and find that some days it’s virtually impossible to squeeze a workout…

It’s one of the most common things that men want – bigger, more muscular arms. I mean, who wouldn’t want them? Even through the confines of dress shirts and business attire, muscular arms demand attention. As men, we are predisposed to having proud, muscular arms by our hormonal starting points. While genetic differences may show a difference in size and shape of the arms from person to person, men can get their arms built much more than a woman. It is important for men to briefly understand how the upper arm muscles work to get the best benefit from exercising…

Published, certified personal trainer Jim Cook has been helping people positively transform their lives through fitness for over eighteen years. Intimately familiar with the demands of time-constrained life in today’s day and age, Jim has used his varied background and vocational experiences to plug fitness understanding into clients’ lives right where they need and want it. Presenting fitness knowledge in a distilled, easy-to-understand fashion, he has helped men, women, and children between the ages of 7 to 65 find their strength. “Above all, I help people find their strength,” he notes, “I know very few people who wake up in…