The Women’s Fitness Summit
Way back in May I made the trek out to Kansas City, Missouri* to take part in The Fitness Summit. It’s an annual gathering of both fitness professionals and fitness enthusiasts which has seemingly grown in popularity year in and year out, and has earned the reputation as one of the “go to” fitness events… Read more
Register Now for the 3rd Annual Cressey Sports Performance Fall Seminar!
I’m psyched to announce that on Sunday, September 28, we’ll be hosting our third annual fall seminar at Cressey Sports Performance. As was the case with our extremely popular fall event over the past two years, this event will showcase both the great staff we’re fortunate to have as part of our team. Also like… Read more
Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday: Catching Up
I haven’t done one of these in forever, and boy oh boy do we have a lot of catching up to do! 1. First and foremost, as I’m tapping away on my keyboard this very moment there’s only 507 days, 17 hours, and 18 minutes until the premiere of Star Wars Episode VII. If you… Read more
What I Do on Vacation (Hint: I Don’t Worry About Exercise)
Fitness is a part of my life. It always has been, and it always will be. I’m just as obsessed with the next person about staying on task, being consistent, and not missing any lifts. I can count on one hand the total number of times I’ve skipped a scheduled training session. Once was because I… Read more
Note to Fitness Professionals: This is How NOT to Market Yourself
On an almost daily basis I receive emails from people asking me to promote their website or pimp their product. On one hand I’m honored that some people think highly enough of me that they’re willing to reach out, stroke my ego a bit (Tony, you’re so smart and handsome), and ask for help. Plus, you… Read more
5 Life Lessons Learned From Powerlifting
Today’s guest post is brought to you by Tim Henriques. Tim’s someone whom I’ve followed a lot on sites like T-Nation because I admire his no-frills, no BS approach to training. He’s also someone I respect a ton because not only is he a phenomenal coach, but he’s also deadlifted 700 lbs at a bodyweight… Read more
Sam Bennett Can’t Do a Pull-Up? He’ll Be Just Fine.
I’ll be honest right out of the gate: I don’t follow hockey, let alone watch it. Truth be told I’ve never even been to a live hockey event. I’ve lived in Boston for around seven years now, and the only time I’ve ever stepped foot in TD Garden – where both the Bruins (NHL –… Read more
Programming Strategies for the Old (ish) Meathead
“You just wait until you’re my age….and we’ll see if you’re still training like that.” That was a quote I received – on more than one occasion – from a handful of older guys who, after watching me complete a set of heavy deadlifts or some crazy metabolic circuit, would give me the standard pat… Read more