I had the opportunity to meet an amazing group of individuals this past weekend- a large group of Reconnaissance Marines.  They were in town to support a fellow Marine, Sean Reed, who was making his amateur debut in mixed martial arts.  Little did I know, this would turn into something MUCH bigger.  Let me back...Read More

Hello world!  I’m back again with another edition of “Heard of this?”…  this time around I’m going to  shed some light on a commonly performed exercise, only with a slight twist involved.  The barbell rollout is a pretty simple exercise, and most often it is performed with a plate on each side of the bar...Read More

Week number two of Awesome Research Thursdays is here! I feel like screaming that from a mountain top, but I live in Pennsylvania and it’s cold in the mountains. I did, however, yell it in my car as I drove to work this morning. Does that make me weird? Absolutely. But Veronica (my car, it’s...Read More

Today I’m going to test drive something here on the blog. Chris and I are cooking up new ideas for a regular blog schedule for 20120 (yep, it’s three weeks away), so I’m going to hit you ladies and gents with a few ideas, take your feedback into account and keep what sticks. Our first...Read More

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Today’s post will go in a different direction than you may be used to. There will be no talk of splitting med balls in half, slamming chains on your skull, or even leg pressing the Smith machine bar (saw this more than once at the gym, don’t ask). Today’s post isn’t cool, it isn’t...Read More

 So Todd calls me the other day and the phone conversation goes a little like this… Todd: Dude Me: Bro Todd: Dude, I need your help. I’ve had more requests than I can even count from people wondering why you haven’t posted on the site in a long time. Me: I know… I’m in high...Read More

There are a lot of things in this world that are far more important than barbells and dumbells–than squats and deadlifts. Building physical strength through a continual struggle builds character, this much is true. But fitness doesn’t define a person–courage and action do. While anyone can dispute the meaning or the worthiness of any given war...Read More

Earlier this week my article, “Practical Guide to GPP”, was published at T-Nation.com. If you haven’t read it yet, I’m not sure what you’re waiting for. Go check it out now and I’ll send you five email high-fives! Here is the link———-> Practical Guide to GPP.  Being that the article was published on T-Nation, I wrote...Read More

You may (or may not) have noticed my absence from the blog lately.  I would hope that you did since my writing is so outstanding, groundbreaking, and full of awesomeness. What?  No, no- Todd wrote that post… that one too.  Okay, so maybe consistency with writing isn’t my cup of tea, but this post is...Read More

We all want to achieve something. Some of us want to be stronger and some of us want to lose weight. Either way, how successful we are in pursuing our goals is dependent upon how willing we are to prepare. Any fitness (or life) goal that we have takes specific practice that is preceded by...Read More

I’m a busy guy. In between working with gym clients, online clients, writing for this blog and T-Nation; I also work a full-time job. So, it takes a concerted effort to make quality time with heavy things. Sometimes, I have to make concessions to train. Most recently, I spent time with the iron at my local YMCA. Affectionately known as the...Read More

It’s a common addage that no one can make it through life alone, and those that try fail epically. None of us are infallable, none of us have all of the answers and we are all going to need help at one point or another. Beyond those points is the fact that everyone needs direction....Read More

There’s a reason we all can’t stand commercial gyms during the first two weeks of January (some of us don’t like commercial gyms at any point of the year, but that’s another article in and of itself).  Millions of people, spurred on by New Year’s resolutions, hit the gym in an effort to finally get healthy and...Read More

A little while ago my buddy Chase Karnes and I talked about life, weight lifting and what the most bad ass things in the world are. We decided that deadlifting might be the single most bad ass thing that anyone can do (apart from tapping out a Yeti, yes I did do that three times...Read More

 Unless you’re a newly certified, clipboard toting, wet-behind-the ears trainer at your local globo gym, you know that no two programs are created alike. A client’s goals, needs, medical history, present activity level, injury history, aversions, financial and time constraints can shape the program you design for them. So why should everyone go through the...Read More