The Post Where I Slap the Wrist of a Deadlift Troll
As it happens I don’t get a ton of hate mail or “troll” activity that’s directed my way. Part of that is because I generally – not always – steer clear of controversial topics (CrossFit, intermittent fasting, Jacob vs. Edward) that somehow always gets people’s panties all up in a bunch. On the other side […]
Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday: New CP Site, Recap of Elite Training Workshop, and Boston Strong!
1. CHECK IT! Cressey Performance has a brand spankin new website that went live a few days ago HERE. If you have a few minutes to spare, I’d love to hear any feedback you have. Please shoot me an email if you have anything specific you’d like to share, comment on, or point out that we […]
2 Big Mistakes
Had my latest article posted up on T-Nation recently: Chances are if you’re reading T Nation you’re interested in muscle, and you’re interested in packing on as much of it as possible. Whether it’s to improve performance on the field, look better naked, or to stop the, “Hey, you look like that skinny kid from […]
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Prone Plank Push-Pull
There’s no debating the fact that planks (and all their infinite variations) have a place at the “big boy” table in terms of exercises which 1. offer a horde of benefits, and 2. are wildly popular in the fitness community. Personally I have a love/hate relationship with them. I love them because, well, it’s hard […]
Boston
Fuck. Sorry for the blatant profanity – but how else to describe what happened yesterday? Like so many of you reading, I remember where I was when 9/11 went down. I was actually in my microbiology lab class either fumbling with a bunsen burner or observing some paramecium colony under the microscope (I can’t remember […]
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