Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Chest Builders, Tickets to the Gun Show, and New Blogs
6 Coaches on Chest Training – A Bunch of Smart (and Swole) Dudes A while back I was contacted by the editors of T-Nation to contribute to an article specifically geared towards people interested in pull-ups: how to not suck at them, how they can go about building a back wider than Kansas, you know, stuff… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Zombies!, Pull-Ups, and the best Warm-Up Article EVER
Wait a second – my alarm went off this morning. I don’t think I’m dreaming. *looks out window* Volcanoes aren’t erupting, the streets aren’t flooded with molten lava, and from what I can tell, everything seems business as usual. The Mayanpocalypsearmeggedonacaust didn’t happen. We’re all still here!!!!!! High Five! But be weary my friends –… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Conditioning? Review of CP Seminar, and Arnold
As this post goes live I’m most likely confined in an airplane on my way to Florida with Lisa for her cousin’s wedding. We’re actually head to Captiva Island for three days and it’s going to be glorious. I haven’t had any direct sunlight in like two months, and I can’t even remember the last… Read more
Stuff To Read While You’re Pretending To Work: Intervention, Foam Rolling, and a Return to Kipping Pull-Ups
I’m pretty excited today (and not because my birthday is in two days, hint hint hint). In actuality I have to head to the facility early this morning because one of the people from the Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) who lives in or near the Boston area is stopping by to do a short two and… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Deadlift Dynamite, The Swole Quotient, and a Really Funny Post
It’s pretty much set and stone (and if I’m not mistaken, the 14th Law of Physics) that anything with the word dynamite in it’s title is the epitome of baller and automatically increases its “badass” factor exponentially. Two examples that immediately pop into my head are Napoleon Dynamite and Black Dynamite – both of which,… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Women CAN Do Pull-Ups, Make a Difference, and Programming Order
Okay before we get to this week’s list of stuff you should be reading, I have a few minor house cleaning tasks to take care of. First: for those who missed it, yesterday I challenged everyone and their mom to a deadlifting battle, and so far the turn out has been awesome. My goal was… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Drug Companies are Shady, Obesity Prejudice, and Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Training
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of the current medical model for health. As a society – at least here in the States – we have a very reactive mindset as opposed to preventative. Using the most obvious example – heart disease – it’s more common for a physician to prescribe a litany… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Weight Manipulation, Intermittent Fasting, and Coaching
Happy belated Columbus Day everyone!!! Or, if you’re Canadian – happy belated Thanksgiving. Or, if you’re located somewhere else in the world and you don’t celebrate those two – happy belated Whatever It Is You Celebrate on October 8th!!!! I hope whatever it was, it was awesome. As you probably realized, I took the day… Read more