First Annual Cressey Performance Thanksgiving Morning Lift (A Recap)
Setting: Thanksgiving morning 6:30 AM. The last time I willfully got up this early outside of work related obligations was to watch Saturday morning cartoons last weekend when I was nine. Remember how each episode of GI Joe used to end with a Public Service announcement? I used to play a game with myself and… Read more
The 10,000 Hour Rule
Earlier this week I picked up Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Outliers: The Story of Success,and all I have to say is wow. I cannot put it down. For those who aren’t familiar with Gladwell, he also penned the books The Tipping Point and Blink, which also happen to be two amazing reads. In Outliers, the… Read more
Blah Blah Blah “Stop Doing Sit-Ups.” Blah Blah Blah. Is Anyone Listening?
Long story short, I trained at Hell-on-Earth Bally Total Fitness over the weekend, and in doing so, it reminded me just how lucky I am that I train at my own facility. You can only imagine all the things I saw that made me want to light my face on fire while I was there:… Read more
Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday (Say That Three Times Fast)
1. Last week, while out to dinner with the boys from CP, Eric stated that I should man up and add a ton of sled work into my programming. Since I am basically banned from squatting for the time being (and because my knees hate me), I’ve decided that I do need to man up,… Read more
Strength Training Makes Your Knees Feel Better. Also, Water is Wet.
From Reuters Health: Strength training can help ease pain and improve physical functioning in people with osteoarthritis of the knee, a new review of current data confirms. In most of the studies, the researchers found, people showed improvements in pain, physical function, walking speed, and balance after undergoing strength training. The majority of studies used… Read more
Making Stuff Up. A Personal Trainer’s Best Friend. BOSU Ball Jealous.
Q: I was doing my stuff at the gym the other morning, and a woman who is a trainer there, saw me doing reverse lunges. She came over to me and said that when I do my lunge, not to let my knee touch the ground, that it should be just above the ground. “This… Read more
Random Monday Thoughts (Except It’s Almost Tuesday)
1. So I read last week that Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps eats upwards of 12,000 calories per day. Until you start training five hours per day, six days per week, don’t get any crazy ideas. 2. Why are you not reading my training log over at t-nation.com? I’m pretty sure it’s been voted the most… Read more
Random Thoughts (Dehydration, Body Temp and Metabolism, and Training with Jen Heath)
1. I was catching up on some reading last week and came across an article written by Alwyn Cosgrove where he discussed some of his bullet point thoughts on fat loss. One “tip” that really stuck out for me was water intake and how most people fall woefully short in this category. While he can’t… Read more