tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:27:48 +0000A gym junkie's guide to transforming your body and staying healthy.http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)Blogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-5380318690839475185Sun, 25 Nov 2012 03:58:00 +00002012-11-24T22:58:55.044-05:00This next post was a recent inquiry from one of my followers: Hi! I'm currently working hard toward some running goals. I hear a strong core will help with endurance and lead to faster times and also help prevent joint injury (makes sense.) Since I conveniently despise them, I haven't done core exercises in YEARS, and most of the research I've done hasn't turned up any good workouts that are http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2012/11/core-training-for-runners.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-8580314920620130703Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:22:00 +00002012-03-15T22:39:06.794-04:00STAGE 1 CLICK HERE STAGE 2 CLICK HEREIf you are looking the Men’s Workoutclick here for stage 3.Congratulations! You have made it to the 3rd and final stage of The Maniac’s Spring Break Workout! For this stage we will be focusing on toning and tightening that newly sculpted bathing suit body. The exercises will require a lot of stability and will integrate the use of a swiss ball or exercise http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2012/03/maniacs-spring-break-workout-for-women.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-2689505700811681014Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:17:00 +00002012-03-15T22:27:33.498-04:00FOR STAGE 1 CLICK HEREFOR STAGE 2 CLICK HEREIf you are looking the Women’s Workoutclick here for stage 3.Congratulations! You have made it to the 3rd and final stage of The Maniac’s Spring Break Workout! The workout has been designed to really give you that big “pump” to bring out your muscle in your newly sculpted swim suit body. You will find a lot of the same movements in this routine as youhttp://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2012/03/maniacs-spring-break-workout-for-men.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-8446922304727126206Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:23:00 +00002012-02-14T17:22:34.412-05:00After 12 weeks of sweat, hard work, and strict dieting I, The Maniac, have completed my 12 week body transformation. I feel completely great afterwards and the pictures below don’t lie, I look great too. After not working out regularly for a solid 7 months it was a real struggle to get back into a routine. Let me tell you the whole thing wasn’t easy every few weeks I would hit a wall in http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2012/02/maniacs-12-week-transformation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-3275130296208652574Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:46:00 +00002012-03-15T22:36:51.693-04:00At last you have made it to Stage 2 of “The Maniac’s Spring Break Workout for Women”. If you haven’t looked over STAGE 1 CLICK HERE. STAGE 3 CLICK HERE. If you are looking for STAGE 2 OF THE MEN'S WORKOUT CLICK HERE. During Stage 2 will be increasing reps as well as increasing the cardio. The movements will require a little more stability and the ab workouts will increase in intensity. All http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2012/02/maniacs-spring-break-workout-for-women_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-8471966524166440454Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:26:00 +00002012-03-15T22:41:49.212-04:00At last you have made it to Stage 2 of “The Maniac’s Spring Break Workout for Men”. If you haven’t looked over STAGE 1 CLICK HERE. STAGE 3 CLICK HERE. If you were looking for STAGE 2 OF THE WOMEN'S WORKOUT CLICK HERE. INSTRUCTIONS: Alright gym rats stage will be consisting of complicated movements that will not only require you to move weight, but will require you to move your body. This willhttp://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2012/02/maniacs-spring-break-workout-for-men_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-7178006484610935870Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:54:00 +00002012-03-15T22:38:13.158-04:00WOMEN'S WORKOUT STAGE 2 WOMEN'S WORKOUT STAGE 3CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MEN'S WORKOUT! As I’m sure you’re very aware Spring Break is a couple months away. Some of you may be frantically thinking of ways to get into bathing suit shape, while others haven’t even gave it a second thought. Don’t worry my faithful readers; because today I will be blogging a 9 week workout program, I designed myself, http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2012/02/maniacs-spring-break-workout-for-women.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-7244324765243416337Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:31:00 +00002012-03-15T22:40:45.936-04:00MEN'S WORKOUT STAGE 2 MEN'S WORKOUT STAGE 3CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WOMEN'S WORKOUT!So you want to get in shape for Spring Break? Have you started a routine yet, or have you merely just thought about getting in shape at this point? Well there is no time to lose, to build something great you must act now my friends. Spring break is only a couple months away, but lucky for you I have planned your http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2012/02/maniacs-spring-break-workout-for-men.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-4398051766908284443Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:34:00 +00002012-01-17T17:41:50.854-05:00So with the New Year rolling on in I decided I would help my readers out with some fat loss tips. After about three weeks into the New Year I figured some of you could use some help. For those of you who haven’t started with your “I want to lose weight.” resolution I figured this would be a great start for you!Tip #1 Take the Stairs – The basic concept behind losing weight is to burn more http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2012/01/20-fat-loss-tips-and-tricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-4838967235145338478Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:38:00 +00002012-01-22T23:48:07.252-05:00Today’s post will be wrapping up my “Building a Successful Diet” series. Today’s topic of interest: Maximizing your nutrition in order to minimize your need for supplements. When doing research for this post I noticed there wasn’t very much information on this topic! In this post I will be going over some popularly used sports supplements and I will be letting you know what sources of food I http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2011/12/building-successful-diet-part-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-4726017611402710717Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:37:00 +00002011-12-07T14:49:37.845-05:00 Continuing on with my “Building a Successful Diet” series I will be blogging about the dreaded macronutrient FAT! Just hearing the word makes people cringe and slowly look down at the mass sitting on top of their stomach. Fat has built up quite the bad reputation over the years, with so many overweight Americans dropping dead from heart problems, it’s no wonder we fear fat so much. I’m not http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2011/12/building-successful-diet-part-4-fat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-3852076316786110297Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:24:00 +00002011-12-04T13:40:10.255-05:00Continuing on with my Building a Successful Diet series, my post today will be all about Protein! Yes protein, the building block of rock hard muscle! There are so many different sources of protein which one is the best? I will be able to answer these questions and much more in the following. If you haven’t had a chance to check out Part 2 of my “Building a Successful Diet on Carbohydrates http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2011/12/building-successful-diet-part-3-protein.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-9088333241146578005Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:47:00 +00002011-12-01T22:26:20.217-05:00So continuing with Part 2 of my “Building a Successful Diet” post, today’s post will be all about the proper utilization of carbohydrates. You will need to consume certain carbohydrates at different times of the day, and good understanding of glycemic index will be helpful in taking advantage of your body’s natural processes. If you haven’t read Part 1 click here: Building a Successful Diet Parthttp://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2011/12/building-successful-diet-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-8694820580279634951Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:48:00 +00002011-11-29T00:00:13.800-05:00So I wanted to write a follow up post for those of my readers who aren’t interested in following such an involved diet. The following diet is a good general outline of how to and what to eat in a more simple diet. This should be geared toward people who don’t have ambitious body transformation goals. ThisAlright so I’m going to give you choices of what to eat. You will need to eat 4 maybe 5 http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2011/11/simple-diet-for-simple-goals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-7606457907639936626Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:05:00 +00002011-11-28T00:17:07.788-05:00So my next few posts will be an entire series of posts. I will be talking about nutrition. For my post today I am going to do a quick overview of a healthy diet, and will try to give some advice so that all my readers can benefit. The next few posts will go into depth on how to utilize macronutrients such as carbohydrates, protein, and fat. If I can do enough research in time to do it, the http://maniacsgym.blogspot.com/2011/11/building-successful-diet-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Gym Maniac)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886435639566328288.post-6439978363009666791Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:07:00 +00002011-12-01T10:06:58.183-05:00So for my blog post today I figured I would go through a brief overview of my workout plan. If you haven’t viewed my bodyspace.com profile yet it can be found at: http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/wrestler236/. You can find my goals and stats on here such as weight, body fat percentage, body measurements, and lifting stats. 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