Stronger Back = Better Everything
What’s more impressive or baller than a muscular, strong-looking backside? Any Joe Schmo can walk around with decent sized biceps or a six-pack that would make Tyler Durden jealous. Walk into any commercial gym and you’ll see both. However, it’s a bit of a rarer occurrence to see someone with an impressive upper back. Not… Read more
Getting My Athleticism Back
The saying “if you don’t use it, you lose it” can be applied to many facets of life. Vacation time for some people applies here. Within some companies here in the U.S, if you don’t use your vacation time, you lose it. Which is BS. And, of course, I could easily toss in an obligatory… Read more
Why Performing 1-1/2 Reps Will Alter Your Life Forever
The title of this post might be construed as a tad exaggerative in tone. For the sake of brevity: anything labeled “life altering” should be reserved for stuff like winning the lottery, beating cancer, or, I don’t know, a really, really, really good steak. Or having your own lightsaber. So please forgive the sensationalism. What… Read more
The Pendulum Swing
I’m still in Europe. Thankfully I have some coaches pinch-hitting for me while I’m away providing some awesome content. Today I have a great post from Pittsburgh based strength coach and physical therapy student, Michael Mash. Užívat si (<— Enjoy in Czech) What You Need to Know With the popularization of core stability training, true… Read more
Striving to Be More, Instead of Wanting to Be Less: Why Strength Training is a Perfect Fit for Women
I was going to title this article “Why Women Should Strength Train,” and then, being my witty/whimsical self, write something to the effect of: “Because, it’s the shit.” [Smoke bomb, smoke bomb. Exit stage left]. But that would have been lame for a few reasons: The title wouldn’t have been click-baity enough. There’s little… Read more
Why Train the Posterior Chain?
Today’s guest post comes courtesy of Zak Gabor, a MA-based physical therapist and strength coach. His alma mater – Ithaca College – also happens to be my alma mater’s – SUNY Cortland – sworn enemy. But he’s cool…;o) Enjoy! Not only can tapping into your posterior chain get you extremely strong, help improve athleticism and… Read more
Row, Row, Row Your Back
I hated P.E. class. I was a skinny, weird and uncoordinated kid. I was the one who got picked on in the changing rooms about my lack of size, and we’re just not talking about muscles. Whenever P.E. class was on my schedule, I dreaded it. I’d rather go to the dentist to get a… Read more
Building the Squat From the Bottom
We all know that squats are a staple movement that span the gauntlet when it comes to helping people get stronger, leaner, and faster. Blah, blah, blabbidy, blah. That’s all well and good. But lets be honest. Squats also help build bodacious bottoms. There’s a reason why no one has ever written a song titled… Read more