“Hawaii, here I come.” So were the parting words of one of my female clients last week, a few days before leaving for her vacation. She showed up two months ago very skeptical. As it was, I guess I couldn’t blame her. I mean, here’s a woman who’s been told by all the other trainers… Read more
I’ve got nuthin for you today except this hilarious picture a CP client sent me, and a few things to read to keep you from jumping out of your office window. Enjoy! ABC News and Creatine – Chris Shugart I’m sure by now, many of you have heard the story about 13 high school football… Read more
Save this for a sad day There can only be one- reference to Stano Thriller reference Mike R’s post on Trainer’s Tips…..learn your craft before you start talking about marketing. Take it from me, I have a six pack, which obviously means I know what I’m talking about. Cues I like: spread the floor with… Read more
Q: First let me say that I think your blog is fantastic. I’m a long time reader, and I find your approach to fitness both entertaining and infinitely informative as I always look forward to reading it. My question is a brief one. I’m a PhD student in astrophysics, and things have really been ramping… Read more
Asking me to choose my favorite “core” exercise is akin to asking me what my favorite movie is. I mean, when it comes to the latter there are so many variables to choose from: Genre – drama, action/adventure, mystery, comedy, documentary, cult classics, foreign, whether or not I’d rather jump into a shark’s mouth/anything my… Read more
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done one of these, so lets get right to it. 1. I just realized last week that I posted my 500th blog. For those not in the know, I originally started this blog on The Boston Herald’s website when I first moved to Boston around four years ago…. Read more
Not a week goes by where we don’t see someone come in for their initial evaluation and describe, to whatever degree, some form of acute or chronic discomfort/pain in one (or several) parts of their body. Some of the more common ones, as you might expect, are the lower back, shoulders, and knees. They’ll go… Read more
Our new crop of interns start up relatively soon, and one of them, Tad, has actually been training at CP once per week leading up to his serfdom internship to get a bit of a head start on how things operate. It’s been great talking to him, and to be honest it’s refreshing to see… Read more