I know most of you will have the same first thoughts on the title and are already calling bullshit. The Bench Press is a great lift don’t get me wrong but it is limited and if you are thinking it is the only pressing variation you need to be…
You wake up in the morning and hit the snooze on your alarm/cell phone one too many times, but you still have just enough time to throw some gym clothes on and get a quick breakfast before heading out the door. Just as you start to pull out of the…
Why You Should Do It: Well first off it just feels amazing pretending you are a big brown fish-catching grizzly bear. On top of that bear crawls do a great job of increasing shoulder and core stability. As you move, you need to keep the abdominals engaged to prevent…
Why You Should Do It: The Dumbbell Pullover is an often forgotten about exercise that offers a lot of bang for your buck. The Pullover works the lats eccentrically, but wait, that’s only one aspect of the Pullover. It also works the abdominals as they support and stabilize the…
One of the hardest things to deal with as a trainer is injuries. The biggest reason for this is that injuries are not planned events (of course, who wakes up and says “hey I think I’ll get injured today”) and they take away from your goals and the goals of…
It has been a crazy handful of weeks lately, filled mainly with moving an entire commercial gym from point A onto point B and into point C and then D (I’ll explain below).. If you have not had the pleasure of undertaking something like this, here’s pretty much what…
There is something about extreme things. They seem to elicit thoughts of pushing it to the limit. Doesn’t matter what it is if it has the word extreme before it there must be some badassery about to happen. That’s why all my friends know when I break out an…
Conditioning is one of those factors that players and coaches seem to constantly misunderstand and get wrong. I still hear coaches tell their athletes to do cross country to get ready for a baseball or basketball season. This comes from a lack of knowledge of what exactly their sport…
Speed and quickness are attributes that are desired by all competitive athletes. If you are an athlete or a weekend warrior that is trying to gain a quicker first step, then you have most likely stumbled upon some crazy speed and agility drills on the Youtube. You know one like this…
Is it me or have I written a lot about gaining size since the New Year’s? While everyone is telling you how to lose weight I am over here telling you how to put on more. I guess I am a little ass backwards, what’s new. Side Note: Where would…
