Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 3/24/17
Lisa and I are right smack dab in the middle of moving this week. All with a 7-week old in tow. It’s not been fun. In fact, I’d garner a guess that a colonoscopy would be more fun that what we’re going through right now. Alas, the show must go on…. Stuff to Check… Read more
Modified Reverse Hyper: An Exercise You’ve Never Heard of to Help Build Speed and Athleticism
Today’s guest post comes from strength coach, Travis Hansen. I respect Travis a ton because 1) he actually works with athletes and gets results and 2) he’s not scared to think outside the box (which you will read more about below). His amazing resource, The Speed Encyclopedia, rocked my world a few years back when… Read more
Best Articles of 2016: Guest Posts
I’m very fortunate that I have a fair number of coaches and other fitness professionals who see this site as a resource of quality information as well as a resource to help get their information and content in front of more eyes. I had a bounty of excellent professionals pinch-hitting for me in 2016, and… Read more
Stuff To Read While You’re Pretending To Work: 8/12/16
Lets jump straight into this week’s list… Push-Ups: You’re Doing Them Wrong – Joel Seedman 1. I know, I know…push-ups are about as exciting as watching a NASCAR race. 2. I learned quite a bit from reading this article, actually. 3. Also, Joel is someone you should add to your “must read” list. I’ve been… Read more
Why CrossFit Doesn’t Make an Elite Athlete
Note From TG: I apologize in advance for the “click-bait” nature of this article. I have to assume that, based off the title, many of you have travelled a long distance across the internet to read what follows. Welcome. I hope you stick around. This is a guest post from strength coach, Travis Hansen. Do I agree… Read more
Even More Reasons Why Athletes Should Eat Carbs
Outside of being downright delicious, carbohydrates do serve an important role in day-to-day nutrition, and especially so with competitive athletes. Today’s guest post comes courtesy of strength coach, Travis Hansen. If you happened to miss the first two installments of this article series, please check them out HERE and HERE. Right now, I’m going to… Read more
2 Things to Check Out. Because I Said So
Lisa and I are currently on a really fast moving train en route to Stockholm (<– that’s in Sweden) to embark on leg #2 of what I’ve been referring to as the “Scandinavian Triangle,” Trademark pending. Leg #1 = Oslo, Norway. Leg #2 = Stockholm, Sweden Leg #3 = Copenhagen, Denmark (And then back to… Read more
5 More Scientific Reasons Athletes Should Eat Carbs
I’m in Europe traveling, speaking, and eating lots of cheese. Today’s guest post comes courtesy of strength coach Travis Hansen. I don’t write nearly enough nutritional content for the site – if I do it’s always gluten free – so when Travis reached out to offer a sequel to a popular article he wrote for… Read more