Monthly Archives: July 2017

Exercises You Should Be Doing: Viking Chest Supported Row

SPOILER ALERT: There are no actual Vikings involved in this post or with the execution of this exercise. Sorry. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t up the general level of badassery of this post by including a picture of a Viking.   A few weeks ago I watched a video a friend of mine, Luka… Read more

Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 7/28/17

I have a sleeping baby on hand so no time for wordsmithery and introductory foreplay this morning. Lets get right into things. Oh, wait: blog topics. Anyone have any suggestions? I need help. Okay, lets get right into things.   CHECK THIS STUFF OUT FIRST 1. Strong Body-Strong Mind – Boston Next weekend, Saturday, August… Read more

The Hardest Thing for Clients to Adopt: Rest Periods

When my wife and I first started dating there’s one thing I used to do that used to drive her crazy. It didn’t involve placement of the toilet seat. I put that shit down like a champion. And it didn’t involve my use of colorful language; she’s equally as potty mouthy as me. In hindsight… Read more

Hip Hinge 2.0

In today’s guest post by strength coaches and physical therapists, Sam Spinelli and Jason LePage, they break down the hip hinge from beginner level to more advanced iterations. Ain’t no party like a hip hinge party. Enjoy. Hip Hinge 2.0 Your hips have a powerhouse of potential for performance. In the realm of athletics hip… Read more

Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 7/21/17

There was a giant leap last night. Lisa had to go away to NYC yesterday, which meant last night was the first night in Julian’s life mommy wasn’t under the same roof. We had a blast. We ran around the apartment with scissors, visited the asbestos factory, took shots of Nyquil. It was awesome. Note… Read more

Want More Clients? Maybe Consider the Following. Or Not. Whatever.

I don’t envy new trainers and coaches coming into the industry. Today’s market is so saturated with gimmicks, tomfoolery, and bluster, everyone vying for everyone else’s attention, a total shit-show, that it’s become increasingly more challenging to give advice. Most of what I have to say falls on deaf ears because, well, what I have… Read more

Lets Play Favorites

Ever wonder what some of the best coaches/trainers say their favorite mobility drills are? Squat regressions? Favorite exercise in general? No? Well, too bad. Shane McLean asked some well-known coaches (John Rusin, Meghan Callaway, Meg Julian, Eric Bach, and myself) what some of their favorites are. Go learn something.   Lets Play Favorites…. My favorite… Read more

Become a Certified Program Design Specialist

What often separates the okay trainers from the kinda-sorta good trainers to the great trainers is often their ability to write effective, thorough, albeit simple programs that help get people results. As I’ve written about before, writing training programs can be a crap-shoot. However, there aren’t many people better at that than Robert Dos Remedios…. Read more