Sandbata’s First Annual Golf Tournament

Goals for 2010: 1. Make a concerted effort to blog more often……………………………………check 2. Write more articles……………………………………………………………………..check 3. Go to an Alicia Keys concert and not get arrested……………………………check 4. Get a tan……………………………………………………………………………………To Be Determined 5. Go on my first vacation in over two years………………………………………check (Puerto Rico next month) 6. Go to a yoga class………………………………………………………………………hahahahahahahahahahaha 7. Write… Read more

The Dirty Dozen: 12 Tips for Heavier Pulls

“Any healthy male under the age of 50 should be able to deadlift at least 400 pounds within two years of proper training.” Not surprisingly, my business partner and fellow TMUSCLE contributor Eric Cressey caught a lot of flack in the fitness community a few years ago for making that bold statement. But it’s true…. Read more

Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday

1. What an awesome weekend! First off, we had four straight days of beautiful weather. Secondly, the Sox beat the Yankees last night to open the 2010 MLB season. Thirdly, and most important, I pretty much have the coolest girlfriend, like ever. I mean come on – how many girls would be willing to get… Read more

Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work

1. 10 Signs You Need a New Trainer – John Berardi Much like John, I have the luxury of training at my own gym. Every so often, however, I’ll venture out to a commercial gym to train with my girlfriend on the weekends. It’s a nice change of pace, no doubt; and correct me if… Read more

Guest Blog: PJ Striet

Side Note: Last week, I wrote a blog titled Everything is an Assessment. I thought it was pretty good. I mean for all intents and purposes, I held the jokes to a minimum, included some good content, and felt it was a halfway serious post. Basically what I’m trying to say is that it was… Read more

The Case of the Missing Barbells

Lets get one thing straight, before there was Harry Potter, the greatest literary icon to any 8-12 year old boy was Encyclopedia Brown. When I was kid I used to be an avid reader of those Encyclopedia Brown books. During the school year, I remember always being so excited to head down to the school’s… Read more

Exercises You Should Be Doing: Shovel Lift

Like most people, I’m always looking for new and inventive ways to train the “core.” Contrary to what many of the muscle-rags or many of the popular health/fitness magazines may advocate, when I think of core training, the first thing that comes to my mind is anti-rotation. Or, better yet, stabilization. Truth be told, I… Read more

Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday

1. According to THIS story, a New Jersey resident is close to getting a reality show and book deal while attempting to become the world’s heaviest woman. Donna Simpson, 42, laid out a plan to follow a 12,000 calorie-per-day diet in an effort to get her from her current weight of 604 lbs, to beached… Read more