Monthly Archives: November 2012

36 Things You May Not Have Known About Me

Using the sage words of 50 Cent: Go, go, go, go, go, go Go shawty, it’s your birthday. We gonna party like it’s your birthday. We gon’ sip Bacardi crush grassfed beef, like it’s your birthday. And you know we don’t give a *bleep*, it’s not your birthday. In case you weren’t picking up what I… Read more

Everybody, Never, & Always

I mentioned yesterday that I had to head into the facility a littler earlier than usual because we were taking part in a pretty baller staff in-service revolving around some of the key principles and ideologies behind the Postural Restoration Institute. While trying to squeeze their philosophy into one sentence or paragraph would be doing… Read more

Stuff To Read While You’re Pretending To Work: Intervention, Foam Rolling, and a Return to Kipping Pull-Ups

I’m pretty excited today (and not because my birthday is in two days, hint hint hint). In actuality I have to head to the facility early this morning because one of the people from the Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) who lives in or near the Boston area is stopping by to do a short two and… Read more

Exercises You Should Be Doing: 1-Legged RDL to Squat

I haven’t done one of these in a while, so I figured I’d throw a bone everyone’s way and introduce you to a brand spankin new exercise that I’ve been throwing into my own programs as well those of my athletes and clients. I know (some) people are under the assumption that since I’ve omitted… Read more

Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday: Thanksgiving Review, Wedding Shenanigans, ACL Rehab, and More.

1. I’m back!  Did you miss me?  Even just a little bit? All I have to say is that the past five days have been a whirlwind.  Going back home to upstate New York for Thanksgiving was amazing, of course.  Although we made the mistake of leaving Boston at around 2:30 on Wednesday afternoon (along… Read more

Giving Thanks (

Tomorrow marks my favorite day of the year – Thanksgiving – and as such, I’m heading back home to upstate New York today to spend a few days with family. I love Thanksgiving for a number of reasons.  My mom’s homemade apple pie and zucchini bread is as good of a reason as any, of… Read more

Tony Gentilcore Q and A (November 20th)

This one is going to be short and sweet. All day today – November 20th – I’ll be hosting an AMA on Reddit.com in the AdvanceFitness forum. I’ve appropriately titled it: Tony Gentilcore’s AMA (Star Wars Nerds and People Who Like to Lift Heavy Stuff Welcome). I’m not what you would call “technology savvy,” given… Read more

Just Be Compliant!

This past summer my girlfriend, all of you know her as She-Ra Lisa, went to Europe for a month as a present to herself for surviving 6+ years of school, defending her dissertation, and finally becoming a doctor! In the middle of June, she headed to Germany to meet up with her good friend, Leslie, who’s… Read more