Posts Tagged with "recovery"
The Top 2 Mistakes Trainers Make With Nutrition and Recovery and How to Fix Them
It’s one thing to get a client on board with lifting heavy things on a somewhat regular basis and how it can have positive effects on their overall health and well-being. It’s another thing altogether to get them to commit to the nutrition & recovery side of the equation and how that too plays a… Read more
5 Reasons You Aren’t Getting the Results You Want in the Gym
Today’s guest post comes courtesy of Syracuse, NY based personal trainer/strength coach, Ricky Kompf If you lift weights as your main mode of exercise you’re bound to experience ruts that can be frustrating, and there are many factors to consider. Ricky weighs in (<— see what I just did there?) on several things to consider… Read more
Conditioning That Won’t Make You Hate Life *That Much*
Lets get right to the point. Conditioning – how much to do?, how “hard” should it be?, what modalities are best? – can be a conundrum for many. As with any question the appropriate answer is “it depends.” That said, the questions above are no different but are predicated on a number of things: one’s… Read more
All About Recovery
I always like to say the progress you make in the gym are the direct result of how well you allow yourself to recover. As counterintuitive as it sounds you break muscle down in the gym, and it’s the time away from deadlifts, squats, and daily WODs that your body recovers and bounces back stronger… Read more
Sleep and Training: The Ultimate Balancing Act
Whenever a client or athlete grows frustrated from their lack of progress in the gym it can almost always be attributed to sleep…or lack thereof. I often say the best “supplement” you can invest in isn’t protein powder, pre-work energy drinks, or something like Acai Boost, but rather… …a solid night’s sleep. Today’s guest post… Read more
Stuff To Read While You’re Pretending To Work: 2/2/18
It’s Friday. You know how I do. But First…(Speaking Engagements, Stuff I’ve Written, & Other Tidbits Curated To Showcase How Important I Am) 1) Happy Birthday Julian I was terrified a year ago today. I remember standing in a coffeeshop across the street from the hospital getting a little teary eyed thinking to myself “holy… Read more
The Hardest Thing for Clients to Adopt: Rest Periods
When my wife and I first started dating there’s one thing I used to do that used to drive her crazy. It didn’t involve placement of the toilet seat. I put that shit down like a champion. And it didn’t involve my use of colorful language; she’s equally as potty mouthy as me. In hindsight… Read more
Overcomplicating the Uncomplicated
The message conveyed in the following post is meant to come across as a little tongue-in-cheek and sarcastic. But here it goes anyways: We like to overcomplicate things. To say this, of course, comes with a degree of subjectivity. Given the current climate we live in with regards to politics, gun control, terrorism, climate change,… Read more