The Bare Steel Blog

How Exercise Affects Your Brain

How Exercise Affects Your Brain

When you exercise, you train a lot more than just your muscles and cardiovascular system. There is much more going on behind the scenes than you may realize. Have ever completed a really tough workout, or ran a really long...

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Changing Your Exercises Will Help Your Strength Gains

Changing Your Exercises Will Help Your Strength Gains

When is the last time you changed your routine up? Have you performed an exercise other than standard back squat, bench press, or deadlift? Have you found that your strength is at a plateau? It could be the fact you aren’t making enough changes to your exercises when you are lifting.

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Arthur Jones and the Colorado Experiment

Arthur Jones and the Colorado Experiment

Resistance training wouldn’t be what it is today, in many ways, without Arthur Jones. He pioneered the weight resistance machine with the Nautilus line, which made him extremely wealthy. Those machines, especially the ones built in the 1970s, are still being used today and are like tanks.  

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5 Easy Dumbbell Workouts for Beginners

5 Easy Dumbbell Workouts for Beginners

Let’s face it, deciding to commit to working out can be scary. The dedication, discipline, endurance, and consistency are all factors that get in the way of progress. But now that you’ve made up your mind to change your life...

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3 Ways to Add a Challenge to Selectorized Cable Machines

3 Ways to Add a Challenge to Selectorized Cable Machines

It may not be a mainstay, but selectorized cable machines are starting to make their way into the home gym and garage gym markets. Probably the most common of the machines is the functional trainer. 

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