Sprint For Superior Muscle & Strength Gains By now everyone and their mother has heard and read about the “sprinters vs. marathon runners” comparison. Sprint athletes are big, lean, and strong; marathon runners are weak, small, and fragile. As a result, most lifters hold onto this comparison as their crutch to avoid [...]
Age Is NOT A Disability, Stop Treating It Like One Please STOP treating your aging clientele like they are “OLD.” And for those of you older adults who have goals of being physically active, healthy and high functioning for a lifetime (at any age), age itself can never be seen or treated [...]
The Dirty Little Secret Stealing Your Gains, Stress In today's fast paced quick fix shiny object society, it safe to say that people are simply stressed the hell out. Between hours of aimlessly scrolling through social media feeds, main lining simulates and spiking caffeine to just "get through" the days, and [...]
Perfect Form Does NOT Exist... Teaching exercise is incredibly rewarding. We get to potentially be part of legitimately changing people’s lives for the better. However, it is not always a simple task, especially when it comes to exercise form. We are dealing with complex humans, specifically from the perspectives of emotion, psychology, [...]
The Rise and Fall of Online Fitness Coaching I’m well aware this article will piss a lot of people off, but it needs to be said. Because over the last few years there’s been an epic rise in online fitness coaching. But there's also been a massive drop in the quality [...]
Eccentric Training - More Than Just Training SLOW When someone or something is described as “eccentric,” it often has a negative connotation. Interestingly, that’s also the case with training programs that emphasizes eccentric training. Train slow, get slow? Not so fast! The reason is that the eccentric phase of a weight-lifting rep [...]
Rewriting The Book on "Traditional" CrossFit Training Since it's swift entry into the fitness industry nearly 20 years ago, CrossFit has captivated millions of people from across the globe with its unique cross training model, highly motivating communities and exhilarating delivery of fitness. With approximately 15,000 CrossFit Affiliate facilities worldwide, this training [...]
Yes, Sometimes Machines Are Superior To Free Weights In the midst of the rise of the functional training movement, machine training has become one of the most demonized methods in today’s sports performance and fitness industries. While there are obvious advantages to free weight training from a power, strength and skills development [...]
DEBUNKING DEEPLY ROOTED SQUAT DOGMA The squat has been one of the most debated topics across demographics in the fitness and sports performance industries for as long as people have been lifting weights. As the fitness industry continues maturing, so does the ability to answer some of these debated questions. In [...]
Why Strength Training Is The Foundation For ALL Training If there’s one type of training program that’s closest to a one-size-fits-all program, that would be strength training. It’s because optimal physical performance is truly all about strength. The world’s top athletes all do strength training exercises because if they’re not physically strong, [...]
