11 Gym and Health Tips to Increase Your Fitness
We are almost in the final quarter of 2023! If you are familiar with me, you know I am a HUGE fan of "just starting!" For a little...
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benbarkerfitness
- Sep 14
- 3 min
5 Tips to Win the Weekend: Get Active, Get Outside, and Get Hydrated
Weekends are a time for relaxation, fun, and letting your hair down. But let's face it, we've all been there: Sunday evening rolls around...
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benbarkerfitness
- Sep 7
- 4 min
Structuring Exercises in the Gym + Upper and Lower Body Workout Examples [2023]
Are you tired of feeling like you're going through the motions at the gym without seeing any real progress? We've all been there, but...
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benbarkerfitness
- Aug 31
- 4 min
11 Best Dumbbell Exercises for Building Muscle in the Gym or at Home
Dumbbell exercises are a versatile and convenient way to workout at home or at the gym. There is a time and place for machines and...
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benbarkerfitness
- Aug 23
- 4 min
7 Top Staples: Home Gym Workout Equipment
Listen... the busier I get and the more activities my kids get enrolled in, the more important my home gym becomes. I love going to the...
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benbarkerfitness
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Elevate Your Routine: 4 Upper Body Exercises to Take Your Workout to the Next Level
Consistency is king and we shouldn't be program hopping every week by trying random workouts. I think you will see the best results when...
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benbarkerfitness
- Aug 10
- 3 min
7 Top Habits to Challenge Your Fitness and Crush Goals
Any time we start working out again we think, "This is the time I am going to stick to it." We last 10 days, quit, and then try to start...
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benbarkerfitness
- Aug 3
- 4 min
9 Proven Strategies to Increase Health and Fitness
It's that time of year again - the time when our new year's resolutions from last January seem like a distant memory. Did you write your...
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benbarkerfitness
- Jul 27
- 4 min
Abs are Built in the Gym, Revealed by Diet (Top 5 Ab Exercises)
I really dislike the saying, "Abs are made in the kitchen." *refer to my article "Abs are NOT Made in the Kitchen." No, they're not. Abs,...
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benbarkerfitness
- Jul 20
- 4 min
Top 6 Diet Plans for 2023 (Mediterranean, DASH, Keto, etc)
It seems like every day there's a new diet trend that promises to help you lose weight, get healthy, and improve your overall quality of...
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benbarkerfitness
- Jul 13
- 5 min
11 Top Exercises to Add to Your Workout Plan [2023]
Is there a definitive list of the top exercises for attaining a high level of fitness? If there wasn't, it now exists. The Neighborhood...
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benbarkerfitness
- Jul 6
- 5 min
21 Fitness Tips to Finish the Year Strong [2023]
We are past the halfway point of 2023... Are you on track to accomplish the resolutions and goals you set for the year? In January you...
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benbarkerfitness
- Jun 29
- 4 min
4 Powerful Bodyweight Exercises to Defeat the Dad Bod
This one goes out to all the dads. One day when we are grandfathers, we will either be well-muscled and down on the floor playing with...
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benbarkerfitness
- Jun 22
- 3 min
5 Top Benefits of Front Squats in Your Leg Workouts
I am passionate about a few things: my faith, my family, short shorts, coffee, and SQUATS! I LOVE leg day. Truth be told the back squat...
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benbarkerfitness
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Fit Dads and Intentional Fatherhood: Why Health Matters
Father's Day is this Sunday and what better time to discuss what it takes to be a great dad?! Are you giving your children the best...
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benbarkerfitness
- Jun 8
- 4 min
Fit Dad Summer: Crush Fitness Goals and Make Dads Fit Again!
Somewhere in the late 90s or early 2000s, Hollywood started portraying TV dads as fat, lazy, and clueless. Somewhere along the line, this...
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benbarkerfitness
- Jun 1
- 5 min
7 Top Ways to Achieve Better Results in the Gym: The Ultimate Guide [2023]
So, you've been getting in the gym a bit, huh? First, off... Let's go! I fully believe that the most important step in getting closer to...
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benbarkerfitness
- May 25
- 5 min
Superhuman Dads: The Power of Strength, Speed, and Healthy Living
Dads... when you stroll up to your kid's T-Ball game or soccer practice, what do you do? That's right... you immediately size up the...
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benbarkerfitness
- May 20
- 3 min
4 Essential Metrics to Track for Optimal Health and Fitness [2023]
Do you ever get tired of tracking all of your stats? It's now the hot ticket to literally track everything. We track our calories, our...
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benbarkerfitness
- May 11
- 3 min
5 Workout Tips to Ditch the "Dad Bod" [2023]
This one goes out to the dads. Are you tired of feeling tired? Sick of not getting the fitness results you want? In the most recent...
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