Monthly Archives: July 2011
Intimidate the Weight
You know what’s the limiting factor preventing many people from attaining their strength or aesthetic goals? Anger. People need to get more angry when they train. It’s as simple as that. Granted, I’m a little spoiled in that I train (and work) at a… Read more
How to (Properly) Assess Shoulder Internal Rotation
In light of some recent emails I’ve received from people asking about the importance of testing shoulder internal range of motion, I thought it would be prudent (yep, I just used the word prudent) to use today’s post to give a quick little tutorial on… Read more
Morning Cup of Vomiting in My Mouth: Laser Fat Removal
It never ceases to amaze me the extent to which people will go to lose fat. Well, actually, let me rephrase that, because we all know that people will do some batshit crazy stuff in an effort to lose bodyfat. So lets try that again: … Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Waterhorse, Saturated Fat, Toning Shoes Don’t Tone, and Deadlifts
I’m pretty stoked on a few fronts today. For starters, as of tonight, I’ll finally be done with my Muslce Imbalances Revealed presentations, so you can all breath a sigh of relief that I’ll stop talking about them so incessantly. Secondly, as of yesterday… Read more
Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday: 7/25/2011
1. Wow – what a scorcher of a weekend we had up here in Boston. It reached 104 degrees on Friday and 100+ degrees again on Saturday….with close to 100% humidity, no less. It was awful. On the bright side, however, yesterday was a cool… Read more
Do You Need a Break from Deadlifts?
Q: I feel as if I’ve stalled on my deadlifiting. I feel like the weight is not necessarily really heavy, but that I’m just tired. Is it possible that your technique can go down the tubes when you are simply physically or mentally tired of… Read more
Ever Wonder What It Takes To Look (and feel) Like a Superhero?
Now that we’re smack dab in the middle of summer, it seems a week never goes by where a new “Super Hero” movie isn’t released or at least right around the corner. In the past few months alone we’ve seen the likes of Thor, The… Read more
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Slideboard Miyagi’s
I know this is going to come across as me sounding like a broken record, but I completed and filmed my first presentation for Muscle Imbalances Revealed (Upper Body) last night, and all I have to say is…..it’s pretty baller. Baller = (Adj) Read more