I get a lot of mail asking me about this from clients and friends. Let me be clear, I don’t use 5 x 5. It’s too much volume for me. Maybe in my 20s I could’ve done it, and I know a lot of you are in your 20s, so that’s why I’m writing this.…
DetailsI’m an actor and I’m a trainer. It probably is a good mix from a geographical standpoint: I can adjust my schedule so that I can go to auditions etc. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a little rough keeping both hemispheres of my brain this acute. Example: On Wednesday I…
DetailsWhat is fitness? Most people probably think fitness is the condition of being physically appealing and healthy. Perhaps they have images of fitness competitors and bikini models in their heads. But hold on. Is a bodybuilder or figure competitor who gets on the stage really fit and healthy? I know they are projecting health, but are…
DetailsA Commitee of Assassins I have a committee of assassins. They are my own personal jury of imaginary critics that exist in a constant state of opprobrium concerning my life around me. You probably know them yourself, they sit there and tell you how you’re not good enough. Tell you how you can’t do…
DetailsFour Good Reasons NOT to Foam Roll I don’t use foam rolling. I don’t teach it. It’s mass hysteria. In weird shortsighted studies(mostly from the National Association of Sports Medicine – a personal training certifying body), foam rollers have been proven to temporarily increase range of motion and strength. But those results were never…
DetailsThere’s lots of days when you just can’t seem to make it to the gym. For whatever reason: too busy; workouts going to be too hard; shoulder hurts; it’s too nice out. The problem with this when it comes to strength is that there is a very limited window of time for improvement. After you’ve…
DetailsIn spite of the fact that it rhymes, I hate this saying. It makes it seem as though body composition changes are the exclusive domain of the obsessed. It neglects proper loading and proper sequencing which proceed along a very linear trajectory: the very antithesis of insanity. Insanity is one of those nebulous terms that…
DetailsI was sitting on a city bus the other day heading down to the Pride parade. I had my headphones on, so I wasn’t expecting the tap on my shoulder that came from the gentleman beside me. “How much do you bench?” He asked as a plucked Copperhead Road from my ears. I find this…
DetailsI have been doing this for a long time. No point in getting into how long right now it would just make me feel old. I swear I am not as old as I am. When I was working out as a teenager, my programming didn’t need to be too good. Anything that I did…
DetailsAfter a summer drinking beer, what’s on everyone’s mind? That’s right! Fat loss! Fat loss is a noble pursuit. However, if you’re anything like me you just hate the idea of spending hours doing cardio. Fortunately for us, there are alternatives! In fact the following exercises have been proven time and time again to out…
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