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Focus on the Major Lifestyle Changes, Not the Small Rocks...
When starting out on your health & fitness journey, there are a heck of a lot of nuances. Lots of little difference makers; some simple...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Feb 18, 20212 min read


Progressive Overload
Progressive Overload is the act of steadily increasing your training volume over time. In order for the body to progress and to...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Dec 12, 20202 min read


Convincing Loved Ones To Make A Lifestyle Change
We all have that family member or loved one that lives a less-than-ideal lifestyle. They eat terribly unhealthy, they do no exercise...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Feb 21, 20203 min read


How to Feel Your Lats
When starting out in resistance training, one of the biggest struggles that a lot of people seem to struggle with is connecting to and...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Nov 26, 20192 min read


Start A Morning Ritual - Set Up Your Day For Success
Something that is practiced and is put into action every day by people all over the world are "Morning Rituals". A morning ritual is a...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Nov 22, 20193 min read


The Big 4 Lifts
The big 4 lifts. Squat, Deadlift, Benchpress & Overhead Press. Do you know why they call it the big 4? What once was usually referred to...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Nov 13, 20192 min read


Stop Making Excuses. Make that Crucial Change in your life
Excuses. Why do we make them? Is it because we are fearful of the challenge that comes with making change? Is it because we think things...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Nov 4, 20193 min read


Sugar. Is It Really Making You Fat? Dig Deeper!
More and more we are starting to see advertisements with the simple message of "sugar can make you fat "or "sugar causes weight gain"....
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Nov 4, 20193 min read


How To Build Solid Shoulders
Strong-looking, solid, broad shoulders are the foundation of muscular, big looking arms. Without having well-developed shoulder muscles,...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Oct 30, 20192 min read


Resistance Training vs Other Forms of Exercise
I'm sure there are plenty of people of there that understand the benefits of resistance training and why it may be superior over other...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Oct 28, 20194 min read
My Journey - Part 4: Pursuing Passion
Was it weird that I enjoyed this whole process so much? No! Because obviously I had seen so much change for the better in myself, that I...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Oct 23, 20192 min read
My Journey - Part 3: Continued Progress
When I hit my first training plateau, I had done enough research now that I knew what I had to to. I had to start increasing my total...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Oct 23, 20192 min read
My Journey - Part 2: Making Changes
Now that I had gained what I thought was a significant amount of knowledge around resistance training, muscle growth, nutrition and other...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Oct 16, 20192 min read
My Journey - Part 1: The Skinny Guy
Right from going through my teen years through to a young adult, I'd always been that small skinny, lanky, coat-hanger looking guy. I...
Mark Evans - CrucialGrit
Oct 14, 20192 min read
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