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So You Want To Be a Fitness Professional?

Greetings from Cortland, NY! It’s freaking snowing (not that that’s any big surprise)! That would be like saying,”the sky is blue,” or “water is wet,” or “Justin Beiber is a no-talent ass hat!” I left Boston yesterday under blue skies and 60 degree weather (which feels like summer this time of year), only to arrive […]

Exercises You Should Be Doing: Seated KB Curl to Bottoms-Up Overhead Press

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve added a new exercise to the Exercises You Should Be Doing arsenal, so here you go. How’s that for straight and to the point? What Is It: Seated Kettlebell Curl to Bottoms-Up Overhead Press Who Did I Steal It From: It just so happens that former CP intern, […]

An Athlete’s Approach to Optimal Eating

I’ve had a great run of weekly guest posts from various people in the fitness world as of late, and I wanted to keep the streak going with another one from Nate Miyaki. For those unfamiliar, Nate is a regular contributor at T-Nation and generally leans more on the nutrition side of things. I’ve grown […]

Fitness Feeds: Spring Cleaning for an Amazing Cause

Yesterday my good friends Eric Cressey, John Romaniello, and Ben Bruno revealed to the world an awesome charity that they’ve recently collaborated on along with the good people over at Causes International. For those unfamiliar, Causes International is an organization which focuses on UPcycling, the process of donating your used electronics so they can be […]

Stuff To Read While You’re Pretending To Work: Core Strength, Should Trainers Assess, and Bench Press Voodoo

You know that feeling when you go on vacation and you come back and go to the gym for the first time and it’s readily apparent that you were on vacation? Yeah, that was me yesterday after being away for over a week. In my defense, while we were down in Florida Lisa and I […]