With the number of blogs already exceeding 100 million around the world, there is no doubt going to be a myriad of choices when it comes to the popular topic of fitness.
Fortunately for you, The Fit News has decided to track down the very best fitness blogs so that you don’t have to spend a millennium doing the searching yourself!
This list is going to be based on a few factors which we deem to be the most important when it comes to choosing a quality fitness blog to subscribe to.
Those are:
Unique Content- We don’t want to read the same thing over and over again. A quality fitness blog must provide us with enough unique content to not sound like a broken record.
Frequent Posts - Have you subscribed to a blog that updates once a month? It’s easy to forget that they even exist! One post per week is a minimum for our list.
Unbiased Advice – We all know a sales page when we see one. If every post is selling a product, you can guarantee they’re only in it for the money!
Proven Advice – Would you take advice from someone who is less successful than you in their fitness goals? Neither would we. The author of a decent fitness blog must be able to walk the walk as well as they talk the talk.
So now that you know our criteria, it’s time to track down our Top Fitness Blogs! And please note that this list will not be permanent. As we discover new blogs and as new blogs start up, we will add them to the list if they deem themselves worthy. Likewise, current blogs will be removed if they fail to maintain the standards we have set as our criteria.
Your no BS guide to looking great naked.
JCD Fitness is our number one fitness blog at the present time and the reasons are quite obvious. The first thing you notice when visiting JCD Fitness is the simple structured layout of his website. It’s very easy to read and it gets straight to the point. Straight away we can tell that JCDFitness is a worthy fitness blog so let’s put it through our criteria and see how it goes.
Unique Content: A quick look at the front page reveals none of the usual stuff you see on a fitness website. This is a good thing, because the usual stuff on every other fitness website is the same thing we’ve been reading for years! JCD Fitness has obviously acknowledged this and seems to be taking a different approach to his post topics. Despite the fact that the good old advice is still there hidden under the categories, the focus of his website’s recent updates seem to be on providing people with information that they are unlikely to find elsewhere. In fact, the information doesn’t seem to be catered to anyone in particular, it’s very well rounded and although some of it may not relate to you right now, it is definitely valuable information to anyone none the less. Speaking of originality, look at the blog titles!
Frequent Posts: Google Reader claims that JCDFitness is updated an average of 2.1 times per week, which is definitely a reasonable amount for a fitness blog.
Unbiased Advice: Since JCDFitness does not appear to be selling any products, we can guarantee that his advice is genuine and unbiased. After reading many of his posts you can tell that he is writing purely from experience, and not a text book like some.
Proven Advice: JC’s advice appear to be based purely on experience, and one look at his photos on the about page proves that what he’s writing about is definitely working for him.
Conclusion: JCD Fitness is definitely a highly recommended fitness blog for anyone interested in learning all aspects of fitness. The twice a week posts will not flood your inbox and his pleasant writing style combined with original, yet very useful content, will be sure to keep your eyes on the screen for any length of time he desires.
Advanced tips your personal trainer doesn’t know about.
Fitness Black Book is a fitness blog all about muscle strength and toning. And those two subjects it covers very well. The first thing you notice when visiting Fitness Black Book is the simplistic design of the website. It looks as though someone whipped it up in 5 minutes using Dreamweaver, but don’t let this fool you, for the content on this website is very useful. But, how does it shape up in our criteria?
Unique Content: Fitness Black Book’s claim to fame is the website slogan. “Advanced tips your personal trainer doesn’t know about.” Surprisingly, it actually delivers! Much of the content is exactly as you’d expect – tips that your average trainer wont tell you! Now although the post topics have a familiar feel to them, and the usual content is still there for those who are new to the fitness world, Fitness Black Book takes it a step further and teaches you tips and tricks that you generally don’t hear anywhere else. Whether it’s because most authors are forgetful or they don’t even know this knowledge, who knows, but what matters is that by following Fitness Black Book you wont miss out on them!
Frequent Posts: Fitness Black Book is updated 2.1 times per week according to Google Reader, and that definitely qualifies for a useful fitness blog.
Unbiased Advice: Although Fitness Black Books does sell affiliate products, they are unrelated to his blog posts. The information inside his blog posts appears to be unbiased.
Proven Advice: Rusty Moore is the man behind Fitness Black Book and judging by his about page photo, he practices what he preaches.
Conclusion: Fitness Black Book is strongly recommended as a fitness blog to follow for all levels of expertise in fitness. Even if you’re a seasoned pro, you will probably read something new and interesting in almost every blog post.
Hardcore Fitness Training.
Gym Junkies is a blog aimed at weight lifting advice for gym users. Reading Gym Junkies makes you feel like you’re looking up at a military personal trainer yelling at you to get lifting and get fit. Upon entering the site for the first time you get a feeling that the blog is about underground training secrets – the kind of thing the pro weight lifters all know but wont tell you until you reach their level. But after surfing around for a while you realise that it’s just for average people wanting to lose weight or get fit. The dungeon-like feel is just for motivation and cool-factor!
Unique Content: Gym Junkies does not necessarily have unique content, but they have a unique way of delivering it. They have chosen to do a lot of video posts that tend to teach you a lot more and get you a lot more motivated than plain text. The site is very instructional, making sure that you do not just learn about what they teach, but master it and never have to read about it again.
Frequent Posts: Gym Junkies is posting 2.1 times per week on average. Enough content to stay interested, not too much to flood your inbox.
Unbiased Advice: The advice given on Gym Junkies is mainly from an instructional perspective. While there are affiliate products being offered from links on the main page, the content in each blog post is unrelated to the products and this is a sign that the advice is unbiased.
Proven Advice: What separates Gym Junkies from the rest is their live case studies. The advice is written or viewed as though you’re watching a personal trainer train a client. It’s clear that the advice does work, and it’s just further proven by the author’s photo on the about page. He definitely knows what he’s doing.
Conclusion: Gym Junkies is highly recommended for those who are just getting into the gym. You’ll find exercise tutorials and enough guides to keep you working hard for months. There is not much value for people who are already gym junkies, but if you want to be one, definitely subscribe to GymJunkies.com
Lyle McDonald’s personal blog on scientific, fact based information.
Body Recomposition is the home blog of Lyle McDonald, an author with a reputation for a very scientific approach to fitness. He authors a number of weight loss books that you can buy from his website. Upon entering his blog, you’re met with a very neatly layed out design with no clutter and no flashy adverts. The site is very easy to navigate.
Unique Content: Body Recomposition covers very mainstream topics however he takes it a step further by providing more insight into the science behind how something works. For this reason it can still be considered unique.
Frequent Posts: Lyle updates his blog an average of twice a week, which seems to be the norm for all top fitness blogs at the moment.
Unbiased Advice: Lyle does sell his own books from his website, though they are not pushed by any of his blog posts. They are simply there as banner adverts. For this reason, we believe Lyle’s advice is unbiased.
Proven Advice: Body Recomposition has a large following in the forum and many testimonials to prove that what Lyle says works. However, it is noted that what his blog posts are about is very common knowledge, with an extra bit of science and explanation. What he’s providing you is extra tips and explanations on why something works, not how to do it.
Conclusion: Body Recomposition is recommended for experienced fitness people. If you want to dig deeper into the science behind certain facts and theories in the fitness undustry, Lyle is very good at explaining it thoroughly and making it clear.
To be continued…
Unfortunately this list can only include 4 fitness blogs at the present time. That’s not because there’s only 4 of them in existance, but these are the only fitness blogs we have come across so far that deserve to be in this list. If you know of a really good fitness blog that has unique, frequent, unbiased and proven content, feel free to list it below in the comments and we’ll put it to the test.
Remember, this list is not permanent. It will be ever-changing, just like the fitness industry. As new fitness blogs appear we will put them through the tests, and as these ones degrade, so will their ranking. For now, if you’re interested in learning more about fitness and keeping up to date with the fitness industry, visit and subscribe to these fitness blogs and you’ll have 10 original, unbiased and high quality articles to read each week. That’s more than enough to keep you in the mix!
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