Physical strength is a wonderful thing, and it is hard to get because you have to push your body beyond what you think it is capable of. Picking up, putting down weight, and lifting above your head does not tickle. … Read More
Strength training
Make Yourself Harder To Kill
Weird title for an article, making yourself harder to kill but bear with me for a few minutes to get a fresh perspective on exercise and strength training. I often joke with clients, friends, and family that when the grim … Read More
5 Unilateral Exercises For Strength And Sexiness
Here Are My Favorite Unilateral Exercises For Strength & Vanity When it comes to people who want to hire other personal trainers or me, one of their main goals is sexiness. They want to lose fat, put on muscle, and … Read More
Where Do You Start? Start With The Basics
You Can Never Go Wrong With The Basics The answer to where you start is at the beginning, but that doesn’t help you much when you have no idea where to begin. This is how many people feel when they … Read More
4 Exercises For Stronger Hip Flexors
Muscles like the hip flexors need to be strong and flexible, but most people spend a lot of time stretching them. When it comes to hip flexors, you know to stretch them. Stretching the hip flexors helps improve hip mobility … Read More
4 Grip Strength Exercises To Improve Your Life
Recently, after returning from Australia and getting back into training, I discovered my grip strength had decreased. Heavy things that were not hard to grip before almost seemed impossible to do when I got back. Grip strength is a use-it-or-lose-it … Read More
Overlooking The Obvious
Here’s what overlooking the obvious means to me. You’re franticly looking around for your car keys, which were in your hand the whole time. Or you are wondering why your friend hasn’t responded to your text message, but you look … Read More
4 Floor Exercises To Get You Stronger
Being on the floor is how you learned to move around as a baby and returning to the floor will help you get stronger. Exercising on the floor provides you with stability, instant feedback, and a reduced range of … Read More
4 Medicine Ball Exercises You Should Be Doing
One of my favorite things do to is to play with my (medicine) ball(s). My wife doesn’t understand my fascination and she passes it off to being a man. Go figure. But IMO medicine balls are a fantastic tool to … Read More
Fat Loss Strength Training
If you want efficient fat loss you have come to the right place Exercise plays a small role but vital role when it comes to your fat loss. A lot of people think exercise is all you need to shed … Read More