I Joined a Commercial Gym: Here’s Why
I’m coming up on two decades in the fitness industry and this week I did a thing for the first time in my professional career. No, I didn’t recommend a juice cleanse to a client. Nope, I didn’t perform my first kipping pull-up. I joined a commercial gym. Who Cares? And, Why? Admittedly, I can… Read more
Desired Feats of Manliness: The Roots of Performative Masculinity
A few weeks ago I was invited by my good friend and colleague, Justice Williams, a trans body positive activist (and one hell of a coach and human being), to participate in a conversation on masculinity & the fitness industry with his Fitness4AllBodies community. I was very interested in just listening, because as a straight,… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Stuck at Home Not Wearing Pants: 7/10/20
THE WEEKLY BRIEF UPDATE I got nuthin. I mean, I had to cancel my teeth cleaning appointment today. That’s exciting. Oh, hey, have you checked out my new CORE @ Home platform yet? It’s designed so that I can deliver workouts you can perform at home – pants optional – using minimal equipment. You have two options:… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Stuck At Home Not Wearing Pants: 6/19/20
THE WEEKLY BRIEF UPDATE 1. I’ll start with a brief #achillesgate2020 update. I had my first post op with my surgeon earlier this week and, once the faint Cheetos smell dissipated after removing the bandaging I had on for two straight weeks, the doc said everything looked swell. I was quite shocked at the lack of… Read more
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Copenhagen Side Plank Shenanigans
Just to get the obvious question out of the way: I have ZERO idea why the Copenhagen Side Plank is called what it is. My educated guess is it’s not because it was popularized in Detroit. In THIS article, though, via Carl Valle, he notes the origin of the exercise is a bit of a… Read more
4 Maybe New to You Goblet Squat Variations
Alas, I will never be a fitness influencer. First of all, the mere thought of even calling myself something like that invokes an immediate gag reflex. But more to the point I am not nearly creative enough to fall into that camp. I mean, a true fitness influencer would have used any of the following… Read more
Introducing CORE at Home: Workouts You Can Perform In Your Living Room
I’m excited to announce my new CORE @ Home platform. I’ve spent the last several weeks working with my boy Alex from Copter Labs to develop a resource which will allow me to send weekly workouts to your living room. It’s Free(ish) Many of us have been forced to workout from home the last… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Stuck at Home Not Wearing Pants: 5/8/20
THE WEEKLY BRIEF UPDATE We fucking did it! My wife and I packed our shit (and Julian) into our car last Saturday night and took off for Florida early Sunday morning. It took us three hours on the dot to get from Boston to NYC. And then we went 55 MPH across the GW Bridge… Read more