The Overlooked Stuff That Shouldn’t Be Overlooked That Almost Always Helps People Get Results
People want the quick fix. They want to be told that 7-Minute Abs (or maybe we’re down to 5-Minute Abs now?) is all it takes to be beach ready, or that drinking an Acai berry detox tea mined from the belly button of a Centaur is the key to fat-loss. I’ve heard of crazier things […]
Will Squatting Make You Tight?
Short Answer = No. Long(er) Answer = Read more below. Will Squatting Make You Tight? I can’t believe we still have to have this “debate” in 2025. While it’s not nearly as prevalent of a thought process as a decade or two ago, there are still people out there under the impression that lifting appreciable […]
The Lost Art of Simple
What’s our obsession with making things hard or complex? The Lost Art of Simple I remember when I was a kid all I needed to entertain myself was my bike. I’d ride around pretending I was Knight Rider talking to my bike as if it were KITT. “Turbo boost KITT.” And then I’d pedal […]
The (Other) Most Important Three Words in Strength and Conditioning
A few weeks I stole a blog idea from Dean Somerset and highlighted my list of 8 Non-Fitness Books Every Fitness Professional Should Read. In the same vein (I.e., I’m “stealing” another idea), my good friend and former business partner, Eric Cressey, wrote a fantastic post titled The Most Important Three Words in Strength and […]
A Lesson to Fitness Pros: You’re Always Being Watched
NOTE: I was perusing some of my old blog posts recently and came across this one. I re-read it and remember how embarrassed I felt when what I describe in the post below actually happened. I felt it resharing it would be a nice reminder to all fitness professionals to remember…you’re always being watched. Act […]
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