Let me cut to the chase right away. There is no written rule that you must deadlift from the ground. An abundance of people have been led to believe that their deadlift…
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What Good Coaches Do
No, we strength coaches do not work out with our clients, nor are we expensive ”rep counters.” The good coaches are invaluable teachers who: 1) Show our clients how to perform exercises…
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5 Landmine Exercises You Might Not Have Tried Before
I absolutely love programming landmine variations into my own training, and into the training programs of many people I work with. Some of the benefits of landmine exercise include: #1) Landmine exercises…
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5 Brutally Challenging Resistance Band Exercises You Can Do
Many people assume that you need a lot of equipment to train in a way that is effective, challenging, and entertaining. In a lot of instances, this is anything but true. Let’s…
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The Power Of Pull-Ups
I might be biased, but I think pull-ups are pretty amazing. In my eyes, pull-ups are one of the most badass, empowering, and beneficial exercises you can do. No matter what I am…
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Unstable Surface Training And The Lower Body?
When it comes to training the lower body I am generally not an advocate of programming exercises that involve standing on an unstable surface, thus the question mark in the title. As…
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24 Of My Random Thoughts About Fitness, Nutrition, And Lifestyle
Here are 24 of my random thoughts about fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle. As always, I am not speaking in black and white terms. 1. While there are an abundance of excellent exercises,…
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All Goals Matter
Some people have the goal of gaining weight, and this is a very legitimate goal. If you know somebody who is trying to gain weight, show them your support. Or at the…
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20 More Random Thoughts On Fitness And Life
Here are 20 more random thoughts of mine about fitness and life. As always, I am NOT speaking in black and white… 1. If your goals are not authentically yours, in most…
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20 Random Thoughts About Fitness And Life
Here are 20 more random thoughts of mine about fitness and life. As always, I am NOT speaking in black and white… 1. If your goals are not authentically yours, in most…
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Owning My Mental Fitness
I’ve always made physical fitness a huge priority of mine. This will never change. However, I’ve finally decided that I am going to make my mental fitness my number one priority, so…
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Pull-Ups In Your 70s? Anything Is Possible
This is pretty amazing, and shows what a sound training program that is followed consistently can accomplish. My client Sue has the goal of being able to do an unassisted pull-up. She…
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Words Matter
Words are extremely powerful tools that can build people up, or can completely break them down. Using the words dysfunctional, weak, asymmetrical, unstable, and many others, is extremely counterproductive. In fact, these…
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45 Of My Random Thoughts About Training: Part 2
In no particular order, here are 45 of my random thoughts on training. If you haven’t read part 1, you can do so here. Part 1 was originally a Facebook post, but…
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Reflection
Over the past while I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. I am often very hard on myself in all parts of my life, which is both a good and bad thing.…
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37 Random Thoughts About My Nutrition
People often ask me how I eat, and I rarely talk about it, so I’ve compiled this list. To be VERY clear, there is no ‘’one size fits all’’ approach to nutrition,…
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50 Of My Random Thoughts About Training
This was originally a Facebook post, but because I think the information is extremely relevant and helpful, and because the feedback has been so positive, I decided to turn the post into…
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Strengthen And Build Your Upper Body: 5 Push-Up Variations You Likely Haven’t Tried Before
Push-ups are absolutely one of my favorite upper body exercises. They strengthen and develop all of the muscles in the upper body, particularly the shoulders, chest, and triceps, they require no equipment…
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10 Reasons Why You Aren’t Excelling At Pull-Ups
The pull-up is one of the most beneficial, empowering, and badass exercises you can do. This versatile exercise can be performed anywhere, anytime. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the population cannot perform…
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How I Program My Own Training
For quite some time, I’ve had many people ask me how I program my own training. While I know exactly what I want to accomplish, and how I want my body and…
