Exercises You Should Be Doing: Standing Cable Anti-Rotation Chop
A bit off-topic to start, but I just wanted to give my two cents on 127 Hours; otherwise known as “that movie where that dude cuts off his right arm.” A lot has been said about how graphic this movie is. So graphic, in fact, that there have been several reports of people passing out… Read more
Stuff To Read While You’re Pretending to Work: One vs. Two Legs, Barefoot Training, and Deadlift Troubleshooting
Just a quick reminder: you only have until tonight (12/10) at midnight to save 20% on Jim Smith’s Accelerated Muscular Development 2.0. After that, the price goes up and you’ll be sad. Smitty has gone of his way to provide one of the most comprehensive programs I’ve ever come across. It’s so comprehensive, in fact,… Read more
Low Back Q and A
Mark – My apologies for taking so long to respond! Things have been uber busy at CP, and with the Holiday looming (cue Jaws theme music here), I’ve just been swamped trying to keep up with writing, programs, and answering emails. Anyways, I’m sorry to hear about your dilemma! Believe me, as someone who know… Read more
If I Hear One More Personal Trainer Say That Squatting Below Parallel Is Dangerous, I May Just Blog About It.
I took today off from work. All told, I was going to run a few errands, go get a quick training session in, catch up on some reading, write some programs, and then, if the mood struck me, write a short blog to finish off the afternoon. Heck, I was even thinking about hitting up… Read more
Guest Post: You Just Got Served by Bret Contreras
Note from TG: Not surprisingly, my blog from Friday caused quite an uproar amongst a few friends of mine when I quoted an un-named local trainer here in Boston as saying, in not so many words: squats are like dangerous, and they’ll hurt your knees and stuff. Also, they’ll cause your inner thighs to get… Read more
The Workout Enigma Revisted: A Guest Blog from Mark Young
Note from TG: I want to thank the Canadian Hammer, Mark Young, for going out of his way to write up such a thorough response to this study. Admittedly, I like reading research about as much as I like going to a Maroon 5 concert. So while my rudimentary review of the original article was… Read more
5 Movements To Make You Hate Life
In case you missed it, I had a new article go up on t-nation the other day. Here’s the dealski: For many, the exercises described in the article will be brand spankin new, you’ll head to the gym today to try them out, and people will look at you and think to themselves “you know… Read more
Must have Equipment
Must have equipment: power rack, obviously Trap bar Training plates Adjustable functional trainer Cardio equipment and fancy machines sells memberships, I know. Coincidentally, I feel these are the machines that fail to g More concerned with profits than actually helpong people get results