I don’t know too many lifters that don’t like bacon – it is glorious. But cooking it can be a pain the ass. It is messy, the grease is splattering everywhere, and it is easy to overcook, plus many pans can only handle so many pieces of bacon at once. Enter the oven. We cook so many other things in…
Someone asked me this the other day: “How is it possible that I work hard in the gym and have done so for a while but I am not getting any bigger? I feel like I know what I am doing, try to eat right, have really good form, but these dudes come in to the gym and have…
As a powerlifter I am in love with strength. Training for strength is fun and it is one of the few adaptations that I can virtually guarantee will occur when one applies hard work and consistency in the gym. I am also a personal trainer and I teach people to become personal trainers, so being fit is important to me. …
As far as I am concerned, there are 2 crucial questions to ask if you like to workout. What are those questions? I won’t make you wait. The first question is: How does the body work? The second question is: How does the body respond to exercise and how should exercise be set up to elicit the results that one…
Fitness people and lifters love oatmeal, and for good reason. It is cheap, pretty easy to make, healthy, and provides long lasting energy. I asked some of my Facebook friends to share their favorite oatmeal recipes with me and there suggestions/guidelines are included below: 1 1/2 cups of liquid I use half water half milk bring to a boil…
Below are some articles I wrote you may have missed from two popular fitness sites. A New Way to Deadlift on TNATION.com In this I cover a variation and strategy to get your deadlift moving up. 4 Strategies for a Bigger Bench on SCHWARZENEGGER.com Who doesn’t want a bigger bench? Here we have some strategies you can start implementing right…
I always think it is a good idea to sit down after a competition and think about what went right and what didn’t, both in the training cycle and on the day of the meet. I am lucky in that I get to work with my team, so I have even more data to plug back into the system. …
I have a bit of a mixed opinion on steroids. In one sense I generally believe people should be able to do whatever they want as long as they aren’t hurting other people. Even if a certain activity carries a higher level of risk, if an adult wants to engage in it, so be it. I don’t think base jumping…
There is an inverse relationship between skill and arousal level. Skill is the level of difficulty, precision, and motor control that a movement requires. Arousal (no, I am not talking about that type of arousal) refers to the psychic energy one displays – how amped up you are to do something. Too much arousal screws up very high skill things,…
As a powerlifter I break all of my workout programs down into 1 of 3 phases. The 3 phases are: Post competition General Strength Peaking Post competition is for the time right after a meet. You can’t just blast away intensely for 10 years straight, the longer you are in this game and the more advanced you get you have…