Over the years I’ve seen plenty of fitness trends come and go. Tae Bo anyone? The fitness industry is always looking for the next trend to sell to the masses who want a quick, easy, and, perhaps most importantly, sexy and entertaining fix. Since I mentioned Tae Bo, it seems group fitness is the worst offender. After all, doing the same dance moves gets boring after a while, no matter how great of a workout the dance moves might be. Beyond group fitness, however, I think

1. TRAINING -(Progressive) overload Muscle growth occurs when muscle fibers are broken down and then rebuild themselves a little bit bigger and stronger in case a similar type of damaging stress re-occurs.Practically speaking, this means you need to continually overload your muscles, and overload them in different ways, in order to continue to grow.You have different choices to stress your muscles in different ways: Increase reps Increase sets Increase weight Decrease rest pe