Why is strength so important? We need to be strong to live a productive and fulfilling life. Strength equals longevity. Think about this for a second. How often do you squat down or bend over in a day? Hundreds of times a day I would bet. The more muscle mass you can take into [...]
The Push Up The push up is one of the best movements for full body strength building. But it is also one of the most butchered exercises you will see on a daily basis. From military style push ups done chest to ground for really high reps to kneeling pushups done in boot camp style [...]
Why You Probably Need More Protein All of our bodies enzymes, cell structures, hormones, muscles, hair, fingernails, bones and internal organs are in some way made up of protein. The good news is protein is easy to find. It is in everything from meat to vegetables to seeds. What is Protein? Protein is made up [...]
Travel can wreak havoc on your training goals. But just because you have to travel doesn't mean your gains have to stop. You can be successful at sticking to your plan when you travel. Airplanes, long car rides and days filled with business meetings mean one thing. A ton of sitting. We have all heard [...]
Change your habits, change your life. I hear from people every day who are struggling with their physical fitness, and nutrition. The story is almost always the same. It goes like this:"I was doing really good, I was going to the gym all the time, and I was eating well. But then I got ________(busy, [...]
How do you deal with cravings? Those late night raid the pantry and eat a whole box of oreo kind of cravings? First of let's look at why we have cravings in the first place. What is the biological process involved in our gut sending a signal to our brains that we want something [...]
Metabolic flexibility. What is it? The ability of the human body to burn the more readily available fuels in our diets. Basically, our body can burn either carbs or fat for energy. Metabolic flexibility is your bodies ability to easily switch back and forth between the two fuel sources. This is mostly done through [...]
The Keys to a Successful Transformation. Over the last 8 years, I have transformed my physique from skinny fat to lean, strong and athletic. It wasn’t easy and I made a lot of mistakes along the way. I listened to a lot of the wrong people. Used a lot of poor training programs and [...]
Time. The one thing you can never get back. Time. The one thing you always need more of. Time or a lack of time is the number 1 thing holding people back from taking control of their health. I hear from people every day who are struggling with their physical fitness, and nutrition. The story [...]
THE LAST DIET YOU WILL EVER NEED. I strongly believe that we can enjoy almost all of the foods we enjoy whether they are “healthy” or “not”. When people usually go down the healthy route they usually go through a phase where they refuse to eat anything that isn’t healthy. They will use [...]
