Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 4/25/14
I became the regular “Friday Bootcamp Guy” at CP a few weeks ago. I had been filling in sporadically the past year to 1) give Greg a bit of a break from having to get up at the butt-crack of dawn and 2) for a slight change of pace on my end. Coaching bootcamps allows […]
An Open Letter to (New) Fitness Professionals
I know for some this may come across as nothing more than me playing the role of some ornery old man yelling at you to get off his damn lawn. And it some ways, you’re correct. I like to think, though, that after 12 years of doing what I do, logging thousands of coaching hours, […]
Male vs. Female (Fitness) Double Standards
I just got done watching last night’s episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the opening bit, as always, was hilarious……but there was also an important commentary on societal stereotypes concerning women in politics. In a nutshell, Chelsea Clinton (Hillary’s daughter) let if be known to the world that she’s expecting her first […]
The Concentric-Only Deload
Today’s guest post comes from Dallas based personal trainer, and frequent regular/commenter on this site, Shane “The Balance Guy” McLean. He covers a topic that I feel many people recognize, but don’t necessarily understand: the deload. There are a million and one different ways to approach the deload – reduced volume, reduced axial loading, nixing […]
Getting Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
If I had to make a list of things I hate (and hate is a very strong word, so I don’t use it lightly), it may look something like this (in no particular order): 1. Poodles. 2. Anything Tracy Anderson says. 3. Talking about “feelings.” 4. People who complain when it’s cold outside, and then […]
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