Battle Ropes: MORE Than Just A Brutal Conditioning Tool Most people and coaches think, “It is just a battle rope. All you do is use it for upper body cardio finishers. Alternating waves until you’re dead, and that is that!” While it is true that you can use it for upper body [...]
Physical & Mental Age-Related Declines Are NOT Inevitable Aging isn’t a sexy topic to discuss. Most people would rather talk about grammatical structure, fossil fuels, the Dewey Decimal system, or anything else, really, that doesn’t have to do with age. After all, aging is largely associated with falling apart, wasting away, [...]
The Ultimate Guide to Push Up PROGRESSIONS With everything going on right now, working out from home has become the new normal. Let's talk about one of the best bang for your buck upper body exercise that involves no equipment at all, and that is the push up. This exercise not only [...]
If you want to live a life packed full of meaningful training and sustainable progression without every falling victim to debilitating injuries, here are the 10 commandments of injury prevention that you need to live by. Staying healthy in the iron game isn’t a random coincidence, it’s a choice. Make yours [...]
Never Waste Another Warm Up: Do THIS Instead Based on what you can see at the foam rolling station and cardio deck at any major commercial gym, it's clear that the average person (and many fitness professionals alike) have absolutely no idea how to prepare for training in the form of [...]
Plyometrics: Not Just Jumping For The Legs Right now I want offer you a complete a fully detailed progressive upper body plyometrics training system. For starters, plyometrics are any speed, speed-strength, and power based exercises that involves a rapid loading and unloading of your muscles and tendons to forcefully accelerate the [...]
The GREATEST Kettlebell Exercise on EARTH When it comes to kettlebells you’d be living under a rock if you haven’t heard of or tried a kettlebell swing. This seemingly simple, yet dynamic exercise takes so little, yet offers so much. There are plenty of exercises that load hip extension, but few [...]
The Hip Hinge: The Most Forgotten Movement Pattern on Earth When it comes to longevity in the weight room, training, developing, and ultimately mastering the fundamental movement patterns of the body is a must. We live in a world now where society has put most of us in less than optimal positions for [...]
Squatting With A Bar On Your Back Is The ONLY Way To Get Strong, Right? Before the rise of the online fitness industry, things used to be simpler. Ah, the good 'ole days! Back when the universal approach to getting bigger and stronger via strength training was extremely straight forward. If you [...]
Using Heart Rate Monitoring To Enhance Training and Recovery Step counters, chest straps, watches, sleep monitors, you name it. Technology is seemingly taking over the fitness industry, and heart rate training has officially hit its mainstream peak in recent years through accessibility and marketing. But is this a new trend, or [...]
