For every issue, we draw from the members of the Atlas Fitness staff and team of health and fitness experts to answer your questions on: diet and nutrition, strength and triathlete training, general conditioning, powerlifting, kettlebell sport and conditioning, yoga, and much more. What diet, exercise, and conditioning questions have you always wanted to ask? What information would help you achieve your health, fitness and competition goals? Send your questions to .
Effective Weight Loss
Many of us would like to lose weight. While other goals such as improving strength and growing muscle can be achieved by training just a few hours each week, weight loss requires an ongoing commitment to both nutrition and exercise.
Outdoor Workouts for Summer
When most people think about exercising, they picture working out in an indoor gym. While this is always an excellent option, there are a number of benefits to outdoor workouts including a change of scenery, the opportunity to meet more people in your community, and a boost for your immune system.
Interested in Online Coaching? Try One of Our Free Four Week Workouts
Online fitness coaching provides an alternative way to work out and get fit. For individuals wishing to try online coaching, Atlas Fitness is currently offering 4 weeks of online workouts for free. After filling out our questionnaire, you will receive a customized 4 week workout, specially tailored to your skill level and goals.
Staying Fit & Healthy During Pregnancy
By Betsy Poos
The magnitude of change a woman’s body undergoes during pregnancy and the postpartum period is enormous – mind blowing stuff really! It’s enough to qualify all mamas as super heroes, though truly feeling fit and healthy in mind and body to own your super hero status can be tricky.
Difference between Muscular Hypertorophy and Muscular Strength and the Importance of Each
A common question we trainers often get asked is what is the difference between hypertrophy and strength and why is it necessary to work on both? Hypertrophy simply put is the increase of muscle fiber size. Muscle hypertrophy should not be confused with muscle hyperplasia, which is an increase in the number of muscle fibers. Muscle hyperplasia is thought to cease at an early on during development. The increase in muscle tone one undergoes through resistance training comes primarily from hypertrophy, or the increase in muscle fiber size one already had. Strength is how much force that specific muscle or a muscle group can exert in a single effort.
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