Al Painter Jr
Creating Simple Home Workouts To Make Your Friends Jealous Of Your Fitness Levels: Part II
In part one, we talked about some really effective ways to put together your workouts. This time around, you'll get the templates to...
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Al Painter Jr
- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
3 Ways To Stay Consistent With Your Workouts Over The Holidays
Holy fast forward Batman! Where did the year go and how did we get to the holidays so fast? Maybe I started seeing Christmas decorations...
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Al Painter Jr
- Nov 9, 2022
- 7 min
Stretching Before Working Out: Do We Really Need To Go Over This?
Sighhhh, no matter how far we as a species have evolved, and advanced as we are as a society (although, when you factor in social media,...
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Al Painter Jr
- Nov 3, 2022
- 5 min
Creating Simple Home Workouts To Make Your Friends Jealous Of Your Fitness Levels: Part I
How's that for a title? I mean who doesn't want to be able to do more pushups than their friends? Go faster uphill than they do on a hike...
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Al Painter Jr
- Oct 11, 2022
- 7 min
Terrified To Turn? 5 Strength Exercises To Help Mountain Bikers Core-ner With More Control
There are very few things that can instill shear terror in a mountain biker than a stretch of trail that curves to the left or right....
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Al Painter Jr
- Oct 4, 2022
- 8 min
Cyclists: 9 Ways To Workout Without Cooking Your Legs For Your Next Ride
One of the biggest concerns I hear from bike riders is that if they strength train during the week it will cook their legs on their...
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Al Painter Jr
- Sep 30, 2022
- 5 min
The 3-Exercise "Clear The Clutter" Workout For Mountain Bikers
I've been working with the two-wheeled pedaling humans since 2006, and there are two things (among 100's of others) I've learned since...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
Chocolate Milk Makes a Great Recovery Drink! Fact or Fiction?
One my favorite drinks as a kid was chocolate milk. One of my favorite drinks in high school was chocolate milk. One of my favorite...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jul 6, 2022
- 5 min
Gymservations of a Fitness Snobb: Are You Committing These 5 Fitness Fouls at The Gym?
There are two things I am a HUGE snob about. I'm talking Godzilla standing on King Kong's shoulders whilst they ride an AT-AT huge. The...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
5 Back Squat Alternatives For Cyclists
Depending on how you view it, the back squat is either the gold standard way to build bilateral lower body strength or it is the fast...
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Al Painter Jr
- Apr 20, 2022
- 6 min
Coach's Corner: What (And When) Should You Eat Around Your Workouts?
One of the things I get frequently asked is "what should I eat before I do the thing?" Well, my answer is "I don't know. The thing that...
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Al Painter Jr
- Mar 29, 2022
- 7 min
Parents: Fuel Faster for Time Crunched Workouts
If you follow me on social media, and if you don't "I find your lack of faith disturbing," you know that life with kids is somewhere...
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Al Painter Jr
- Feb 21, 2022
- 4 min
My 3 Favorite Lower Body Exercises For Cyclists
An exercise is only as good as its accessibility. The ones that have the highest level of effectiveness have the lowest levels of...
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Al Painter Jr
- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
Home Fitness: Save Time With Simple Circuits
What do you do if you're short on time but long on motivation to exercise at home? As someone who lives that regularly (Parents: I see...
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Al Painter Jr
- Oct 14, 2021
- 4 min
One Exercise To Help You Ride Every Switchback Better
Here's a revelation for you mountain biking type humans: the bike goes forward when you push a pedal down. I tackle the tough issues so...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jun 3, 2021
- 4 min
Cyclists: Get Off The Floor To Train Your Core And The Science Behind It, Part II: Time To Move
In our first episode of the two parter, we got into the X's and O's as to why bike riders need to get off the floor to work their core....
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Al Painter Jr
- Jun 1, 2021
- 8 min
Cyclists: Get Off The Floor To Train Your Core And The Science Behind It, Part I
How's that for a title? Kind of just rolls of the whatever things roll off of for things that flow really well. Yes, I'm very caffeinated...
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Al Painter Jr
- May 1, 2021
- 5 min
6 At Home Total Body Exercise Band Moves
I love getting the band together at home for quick and convenient movement bouts. Its one of the best ways fir a busy person to get in a...
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Al Painter Jr
- Apr 14, 2021
- 5 min
10 Ways To Create Schedule Friendly Fitness At Home
Tell me if this sounds familiar: 1) You're a wee stressed for some reason. 2) You're tired as hell. 3) You don't have the energy, let...
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Al Painter Jr
- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
Use Simple Circuits For Schedule Friendly Fitness At Home
One of the most frequent things I hear for reasons as to why people have trouble exercising is "I just don't have time." To be fair...
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