🏋️ We Tested the Gronk Fitness Functional Trainer

Welcome to Home Gym Club! Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski holds the record for most touchdowns by a tight end in a season. Will his foray into home gym equipment be as successful as his football career or “party ship”?

What’s in today’s newsletter:

• Coop compares Gronk’s Functional Trainer to our favorites in the genre.

• A registered dietitian helps you calculate your macros for fat loss and muscle gain.

• We rounded up 11 of the best BCAA supplements.

• Want to master the push-up? We’ve got the program for you.

Watch Party

Gronk’s Functional Trainer Review

Four-time Super Bowl-winning tight end Rob Gronkowski (and his brothers) have gotten into the business of building home gym equipment. But is the Gronk functional trainer a touchdown or a missed field goal (laces out!)?

Coop put this piece of home gym machinery through training camp and calls out everything you’d want to know about:

• Dimensions

• Upright quality

• Attachments

• Storage options

• Cost/Value

He also asks the big question, "Are you more or less likely to buy a functional trainer because it has a football logo?"

Fuel Up!

Macros For Fat Loss/Muscle Gain

Mulling over your macros? Once upon a time, you might have cycled between cutting to lose body fat and bulking to build muscle. But what if you want to achieve both simultaneously? It is possible.

The key to overcoming these seemingly contradictory goals is adjusting your macros for fat loss and muscle gain—and playing the long game! If you’re ready to embark on a body recomposition journey, join registered dietitian Sydney Lapp as she guides calculating your macros.

Supps Corner

Best BCAA Supplements

To build muscle, you must cover all the basics: train consistently, eat a well-balanced diet, get enough sleep, and control your stress. You may have considered supplements like the best creatine, the best protein powder, or the best BCAAs to kick things up a notch and boost your results.

Amino acid supplements supposedly enhance performance and recovery. In any case, we know that fitness enthusiasts (like ourselves) will use these products—or at least try them.

Our team of certified personal trainers, competitive triathletes, competitive weightlifters, and certified nutrition coaches researched roughly 50 products. We then ordered and tested more than 20 BCAAs to narrow our list to the 11 best BCAA supplements.

Chest Day, Best Day

30-Day Beginner Push-Up Program

Push-ups are a cornerstone of calisthenics and are often touted as one of the better bodyweight compound exercises. They're also fantastic for strengthening and defining muscle groups in your upper body, such as your chest, triceps, and anterior deltoids. At the same time, they might also bring back daunting memories of struggling to pass physical fitness tests in your grade-school P.E. class.

Mastering push-ups can be challenging, so we asked certified strength and conditioning coach Jarrod Nobbe to lead you through a step-by-step beginner push-up program that will impress your younger self and help you feel proud of your progress as you crush more sets and reps than ever before.

Quick Hits

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