Monthly Archives: June 2014
Massage: Misunderstood and Misused
I have an excellent guest post for you today, but before I hand it over to you for your reading pleasure I wanted to quickly remind people of my Premium Workout Group on WeightTraining.com. After a 4-month block of a strength emphasis (and people breaking personal records left and right), we’re currently in the midst… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 6/13/14
Really quick before I get into the meat and potatoes of this week’s list. 1. I love you. 2. I didn’t even realize it was Friday the 13th until someone pointed it out to me today. Also, apparently, I think someone told me there’s a full moon tonight. If so, have fun with that. Good… Read more
Note to Fitness Professionals: This is How NOT to Market Yourself
On an almost daily basis I receive emails from people asking me to promote their website or pimp their product. On one hand I’m honored that some people think highly enough of me that they’re willing to reach out, stroke my ego a bit (Tony, you’re so smart and handsome), and ask for help. Plus, you… Read more
How Deep Should I Squat?
Perusing the internet can be comical. LOLcats, Buzzfeed, and Star Wars parodies aside, where I find the most comedy (or to be more precise, the most chest thumping, blatant lies, and fibbing) are in various training websites and forums. It seems everyone on the internet – at least in training circles – is either some… Read more
5 Life Lessons Learned From Powerlifting
Today’s guest post is brought to you by Tim Henriques. Tim’s someone whom I’ve followed a lot on sites like T-Nation because I admire his no-frills, no BS approach to training. He’s also someone I respect a ton because not only is he a phenomenal coach, but he’s also deadlifted 700 lbs at a bodyweight… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 6/6/14
Sorry gotta keep this quick today. I just got done coaching bootcamps and I’ve got a 1PM appointment to get to, which only leaves me 30 minutes to post this, take a shower, solve some long division, and then try to catch the T. Ahhhhhhhhh. 9 Essential Strength Benchmarks for Women – Patrick Striet Loved… Read more
Sam Bennett Can’t Do a Pull-Up? He’ll Be Just Fine.
I’ll be honest right out of the gate: I don’t follow hockey, let alone watch it. Truth be told I’ve never even been to a live hockey event. I’ve lived in Boston for around seven years now, and the only time I’ve ever stepped foot in TD Garden – where both the Bruins (NHL –… Read more
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Paused Deadlift
I know this is going to come across as weird or unconventional to some of my loyal readers, and if you’re one of them (or if not, welcome! I hope you stay awhile) you may wonder if my website was hacked into today by someone playing a practical joke. I assure you it wasn’t, but… Read more