Monthly Archives: September 2014
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 9/11/14
Well, if you’re reading this post you know I landed safely in the UK!! I purposely didn’t program this post to go up automatically because 1) I’m superstitious and 2) due to my proclivity for superstition, I somehow convinced myself that if I pre-programmed this post to go up – due to travel – something… Read more
Master the Kettlebell Swing
Before we get to the meat of today’s post I have a few housekeeping items to relay: 1. Today is the last day to take advantage of the 30% discount for my Deadlift Specialization Program. The program itself will never go away (ever!!!) and will always be available to start whenever you’d like, but this… Read more
3 (Not So Common) Mistakes People Make (That Many Don’t Think About) When Trying to Improve Their Deadlift
I don’t claim to know everything. Sure I can regurgitate all the muscles that attach to the scapulae, list all the muscles involved with posterior pelvic tilt, name all the members of the starting line-up for the 1990 Oakland Athletics, recite line-for-line the “I will find, and I will kill you” monologue Liam Neeson uses… Read more
Introducing My Deadlift Specialization Program: Pick Things Up and Put Them Down
Name a celebrity – any celebrity – and it’s not hard to list off a handful or a few dozen adjectives or associations often tethered to them like white on rice or a ball to a chain. Jennifer Lopez: fashion icon, badonkadonk, the impetus behind the media’s fascination with coming up with corny nicknames whenever… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 9/5/14
You know the saying “the calm before the storm?” Yeah, well I’m experiencing the opposite of that right now. I leave for London in the middle of next week for mine and Dean Somerset’s 2-day workshop, and while I’m super excited for my first trip to Europe – Note to self: DO NOT, for the… Read more
Your Career in Fitness: A Guide to Professional Success
I get asked all the time from new and incoming trainers and coaches what they can do to better position themselves for (long-term) success in the fitness industry. Statistics show that most trainers burn out within a year and a half to two years. Granted there are many, many trainers who have long, prosperous, and… Read more
The Tenets of Fat Loss
UPDATE: The original title of the post was The Tenents of Fat Loss. As in “tenents,” a word that doesn’t even exist. I meant to say tenets. My bad (and thanks to the 17 or so people who pointed out my mistake.). There I go again making up new words! I don’t claim to be… Read more
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Band Horizontal Abduction with Press
What’s up everyone!? I enjoyed a nice, relaxing, extended Labor Day weekend, hence the reason why I didn’t post anything yesterday. Did you miss me? I didn’t think so….;o) But in case you’re wondering, I was able to catch up on some reading over the past few days and in addition, did what every other… Read more