Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 9/20/13
I know I’m going to come across sounding like a broken record here, but I’m going to repeat myself nonetheless. There’s only a little over a week left to take advantage of the early bird special for mine and Dean Somerset’s weekend workshop up in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on October 19-20th. The Boston version held […]
3 (Unorthodoxed) Reasons You Aren’t Getting Better at Lifting Heavy Things
Today’s guest post comes courtesy of the one and only Leigh Peele. Leigh and I have known each other for about six years and in between co-hosting The FitCast together and exchanging numerous emails on Lord of the Rings philosophy we’ve grown to be good friends. About two years ago Leigh kinda fell off the […]
Are Speed and Agility Drills Necessary to Get Faster?
“I need my kid to be faster!” It’s a statement that I hear on an almost daily basis at the facility from numerous parents whenever I ask what their (and their kid’s) goals are moving forward. My business partner, Eric Cressey, wrote a fantastic blog post last year titled “Make My Kid Faster” so I won’t […]
9 Things Fitness Professionals Should Do
Before I get to the meat of today’s post I wanted to remind everyone that this weekend (September 22nd) is the 2nd Annual Cressey Performance Fall Seminar and that spots are still available. With talks from myself, Eric Cressey, Brian St. Pierre, Greg Robins, Mike Reinold, and Chris Howard it’s sure to be a full […]
Who Says You Can’t Get After It at 80?
Back in April one of our long standing clients approached me and asked if I’d be willing to work with his dad who, the year prior, had some health issues go down and was looking to give this whole weight-training thing a try. Greg (the son) had been trying to convince his dad for a […]
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