Q: I dunno if this is something you’ve done before. I figured since you piss excellence that you would be a good person to go to for a deadlift dissection. I am currently in week 3 of phase 2 of Show… Read more
Well, I’m still here in Texas still getting ready to head back to Boston and I figured that since I had a few minutes to spare, I’d sit down and hammer out a quick post sharing a few highlights of my trip: 1. The Good News – There was absolutely no reason for Lisa’s dad… Read more
I was going to do nothing but wish everyone a Happy New Year today, but I got an interesting question from one of my old distance coaching clients yesterday that I wanted to share: Q: I read your blog about a week ago on how anyone looking to put on muscle will also put on… Read more
As many of you know from reading this blog for any length of time, I don’t go out of my way to “push” products. Truth be told, I get a ton of inquiries from other health and fitness professionals asking me whether or not I’d pimp their products on my site. While I could easily… Read more
Waaaasssssuuuuppppp!?!?! Didn’t think you’d hear from me until Monday, right? So, here’s the deal. It’s Black Friday, and like any woman within a ten mile radius of a shopping mall, my girlfriend decided she wanted to head to the local mall and drag me along to lower my sperm count check out some sales. Thinking… Read more
I’m going to start today with a little side story. I remember a few months ago I was training at a commercial gym here in Boston, and I had some random dude approach me in between sets of 1-Legged SLDLs (stiff-legged deadlifts). I can’t recall verbatim the exact conversation, but I’m pretty sure it went… Read more
Note from TG: This whole thing started with two lines: “Women should avoid squats because it makes their inner thighs flabby. Don’t listen to any un-informed professional who says you should be squatting.” I know it may come across as if Bret and I are picking on this woman, but in reality, we’re just fed-up… Read more
As most of you reading know, I tend go a little off-off topic when I do these miscellaneous posts. As much as I love writing about fitness – whether it be talking about the merits of lifting of heavy things, convincing people that their time would be better spent farting in a shoebox than doing… Read more