Accelerated Muscular Development 2.0

As many of you know from reading this blog for any length of time, I don’t go out of my way to “push” products. Truth be told, I get a ton of inquiries from other health and fitness professionals asking me whether or not I’d pimp their products on my site. While I could easily… Read more

Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday: The Situation Workout, Weight Belts, and Ginormous Omelets

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done one of these, so lets get right to it! 1. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, my eyes. My eyes!!!!!!! I don’t know which impressed me more: the fact that he said “the situation” like 34 times in a span of 90 seconds, or that I’m not unconscious from beating myself over… Read more

Next Time You Stub Your Toe and Decide to Skip a Training Session, Make Sure You Read This

Things have been kicking into high gear at CP, and for me personally as well. First off, we just signed a new three year lease and will be adding another 1000 sq. feet of additional space to the facility. As part of the expansion, we’ll be adding a ton of new office space (including a… Read more

AMD 2.0 In Action

Just wanted to share a few videos today: 1. With the up coming release of his new and improved Accelerated Muscular Development system (AMD 2.0) next week, Jim “Smitty” Smith released a video earlier the other day discussing the importance of following a proper warm-up. Without question it’s one of the aspects of program design… Read more

Eat More Kale

Seems simple enough, right? Wrong. Last weekend, as we were leaving the mall to head back to my parents house to devour round four of leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner, my girlfriend and I called my Mom to see if she needed us to pick anything up at the grocery store. Me: Mom, we’re about to… Read more

What’s Missing From Your Program?

Have you ever wondered why your workouts suck? No? Well even if you didn’t, chances are you’re not performing in the gym nearly as well as you could be if you actually took the time to warm-up properly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, like everyone else you don’t have the time to warm-up. You just put in… Read more

34 Years, 34 Favorite Things

I’m back in Boston after spending a few days with family and friends back in NY for Thanksgiving, and needless to say, my stomach is one massive ball of gluten. I’m not going to lie: I ate anything and everything in sight, and it was totally worth it. There’s nothing like going home and enjoying… Read more

Your First Clue You Shouldn’t Be Training People: Abs and Leg Press Day

Waaaasssssuuuuppppp!?!?! Didn’t think you’d hear from me until Monday, right? So, here’s the deal. It’s Black Friday, and like any woman within a ten mile radius of a shopping mall, my girlfriend decided she wanted to head to the local mall and drag me along to lower my sperm count check out some sales. Thinking… Read more