A few weeks ago, I was training a client and had a funny interaction with my co-worker Steve. I was explaining to the client the difference in rep ranges for building strength and building muscle. “To build muscle,” I said, “you want to stick with high reps, like 8 to 12 per set.” Steve guffawed …
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Baseball players undoubtedly need tons of core strength. But what does “core strength” even mean? The term has been bastardized to the point that Fred DiMenna, my grad school professor and former WNBF pro bodybuilder, would say “I don’t know what a ‘core’ is” when people would ask him about core training. Most people think …
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My high school baseball coach was one of the most influential people in my young life. Coach Degre was a junior high health teacher and fireman, yet still found time to coach our team. And he didn’t just coach. He lived and breathed baseball. He’d literally do anything to help us get better, whether that …
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On October 11, I’ll hit the platform at the RPS Power Challenge in Everett, Mass., for the seventh meet of my powerlifting career. I’m shooting for a 1500 total and a double bodyweight bench press. In March, I went 8-for-9 with a 1435 total at 198 and won Best Lifter, which was a nice comeback after I …
I’ve spent the past three days in Las Vegas at the National Strength and Conditioning Association Conference and have met a lot of really cool people, including Andy Haley, my editor at Stack.com. I’ve been writing for Stack since December of 2013 and it’s given me an amazing opportunity to expand my audience. I’ve been able …
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Winston Churchill I’ve done my fair share of bashing the supplement industry on this blog (here, here and here), and I’m not done. There’s too much lying and deception out there. We gotta take the power back. …
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I can be a little on the stubborn side. If you’re an athlete, a lifter or a coach, you should be a bit stubborn. You have to stick to your guns if you want to be successful. Carve out a system of beliefs and charge full steam ahead. That’s how you get shit done. Like Jim …
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I remember when I first started lifting, some of the real hardcore guys at the gym – you know, the manly-men with tank tops, leather gloves and those cute little belts that cinch at the waist – used these crazy things called “stacks”, these supplement packages with multiple items that “worked together” to make you even more jacked. They …
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“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin There’s always a lot of buzz around the Perform Better summit and this past weekend I got to go to my first one. The lineup didn’t disappoint. I got to see some extremely influential people in …
Squat and Hinge Lessons from the Perform Better Summit Read More »
I work with a lot of clients who spend 8-10 hours a day at a desk or in the car. Needless to say, most of them don’t have perfect posture. Whether it’s low back pain, an inability to reach overhead or an unattractive forward head position, we spend a lot of time working to fix …
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