What day at the gym do you get the most excited for? For me it’s Back and Biceps. Love a good pull workout!

Does anyone have tips or ideas of how to properly stretch your shoulders out before hitting the gym?

You'll want to read this I feel I need to clear the air because there's a lot of confusion between which set-structure is best, and this time, the difference actually matters! Let's talk Pyramid vs Reverse Pyramid Pyramid is when you increase the weight with each consecutive set, so your rep goal go lower. For example: Set 1 - 12 reps Set 2 - 10 reps Set 3 - 8 reps And so on. Put bluntly, this is inferior to Reverse Pyramid, which is something like: Set 1 - 6 reps Set 2 - 8 reps Set 3 - 10 reps Here's why, and I'll keep this simple: - The goal is to push our limits to create new limits, that's why we train to failure. However, the heavier we go for a set, the more intense it is on our bodies, and the more energy our bodies need to properly push our limits. - After each set, our "max" in terms of energy output dwindles down and down. This is due to our actual energy stores, our muscle fatigue AND our central nervous system fatigue. - In other words, by following a Pyramid style set structure, by the time we need our energy the MOST, we're not TRULY at our best, preventing us from pushing our true limits. - Where in Reverse Pyramid, we're able to continuously push our true limits because each consecutive set is less demanding when training to failure. Put simply, Pyramid makes a great warm up, so long as we're not pushing our limits. When we're ready for our working sets, Reverse Pyramid will bring us the better results for our efforts

I've been more consistent with my workouts lately, but I'm wondering I can step up my progress depending on when I workout, as in morning or afternoon and before or after eating?

This happens a lot, and no, you’re not stuck, and you’re likely not plateauing either. Too many people do a few workouts, try eating cleaner, but see almost nothing in return. That’s because they take it too lightly. Imagine trying to drive up a steep hill, but you don’t hit the gas enough move forward. That’s what happens when you don’t take things seriously. So instead of just “going through the motions”, your focus NEEDS to be on progress and improvement. This means: - Improving your numbers in the gym - Staying consistent with hitting your nutrition goals and tracking your meals - Hitting your step goal every day Don’t forget, there’s a whole course in here breaking down the checklist of what you need to make progress. Just go to the classroom section💪