“Molly, question for your blog. As someone who is addicted to exercise, how can you know when you are overtraining? I’ve read a lot about how overtraining can release stress hormones such as cortisol and actually be counter-productive!” – WesleyContinue reading

“Hi! I’m trying to find some information on doing hip thrusts – I’ve got all of Contreras’ stuff – the trouble I’m having is how to work with the weights between bare bar and 135. I can’t roll the barContinue reading

  “I have recently started to focus more on bigger lifts rather than using machines and dumbbells. I use mainly barbell exercises and have been doing heavy lifts mixed with metabolic resistance training.  I am used to doing more ofContinue reading

“Molly, I am so frustrated.  I have lost a ton of weight over the last 14 months (80 lbs.) but now my body seems totally stuck. I still have some weight that I want to lose, and I am stillContinue reading

“Molly, I am so frustrated.  I have lost a ton of weight over the last 14 months (80 lbs.) but now my body seems totally stuck. I still have some weight that I want to lose, and I am stillContinue reading

“Molly, I am so frustrated.  I have lost a ton of weight over the last 14 months (80 lbs.) but now my body seems totally stuck. I still have some weight that I want to lose, and I am stillContinue reading

Earlier this week, I posted a question from Kayt Render about how often you should change up your workouts.  Before specifically addressing this question, I thought it was important to address something a lot of trainees ignore: whether or notContinue reading

In this weeks weekly reader question, I bring you a question from Kayt Render:  “I’m on a program of deadlifts, squats, bench press, and arms/shoulders with interval cardio, but after 8 months of this, I’m curious as to if/when IContinue reading

“How do you gauge when you’re “too sick” to work out? Having the flu and that level of sick are no-brainers…but what about those days when you don’t feel good but you are still able to function reasonably well?” –Continue reading

So I definitely feel a little silly calling this a “weekly” reader question, seeing as how I haven’t been publishing them weekly… but for simplicity/continuity’s sake, I’ll keep the daggone title. This question comes to me from, well, everyone IContinue reading