Weightlifting isn’t easy. It takes serious work to build muscles and improve your physical fitness. Many exercises may seem simple, like the bench press, but they are often harder than they look. Before newbies tack on weight and challenge themselves, it’s important to nail down the basics of the bench press. As a part of our ongoing Weightlifting 101 series, we’ll go over the fundamentals of the bench press, the significance of this exercise, and variations you should include in future workouts.

At long last, Colorado’s warm weather has officially returned to the state. Spring is in full swing, with rejuvenated plants bursting back to life, and now is the best time to get back into your fitness regimen. Every fitness coach in Denver will be sure not to let this weather go to waste, and neither should you! To help you gain momentum going into this summer, our Denver fitness trainer put together a list of useful fitness tips that will ensure you get the most out of your warm spring and hot summer.

What’s the most important part of any workout? Is it the exercises? The number of reps? Or could it possibly be the post-workout nutrition? While all of these pieces are integral to each workout, we would argue that the most important step of a workout is often the one most forgotten about: stretching. Whether you think you need a personal trainer for stretching or not, a stretching coach could be exactly what you need to get the most out of your workouts and improve your recovery time.