18 Reasons You Aren’t Losing Fat and How to Fix Em

You or people you know have tried to lose some weight and cut some fat before — OR they actually did but gained it right back. The numbers paint an obvious picture, you or people you know have tried and it hasn’t worked. I never want to hide the fact I know how confusing the fitness industry is….

Technique of the Week: Split Stance Romanian Deadlift

To date, I’ve yet to see another person in the gym doing the split stance Romanian deadlift. Not once. In fact, this exercise is still so underused and underexposed that my Youtube video of the split stance RDL technique gets about 9 to 10 times (or way more) views than my other videos. There just…

Random Fitness Thoughts: Volume 1

  If I have one challenge I consistently face, one I consistently tell myself I need to improve and consistently seems to get harder to do – it’s to take my mind off health and fitness. Sometimes it happens pretty easily but in the end, breaks don’t come often. Lets focus on the benefits, aside from…

Technique of the Week: Hollow Holds

The Hollow Body Holds – and its many possible variations – are amazingly effective and really simple core drill that’ll have your abs screaming for mercy. Really. Most people have trouble with the first one in this video for more than 10-15s without tapping out. Working on your hollow holds are also a great way to…

Let Me Show You How I Burn the Fat

It’s February 20th as I start writing this and starting tomorrow I’ll be leaning down for the next several months. I’m actually looking forward to it because life, for many reasons, is better when lean. Trust me, I’ve been out of shape at around 230 and I’ve been in really good shape at 180. Different…

Technique of the Week: Dumbbell Assisted Leg Lifts

Looking for more exercises to hit the abs? I gotcha covered. The Dumbbell Assisted Leg Lift is a nice simple move that you’ll really feel in the midsection. The challenge is to use the abs to keep your lower back flat on the floor as you control your limbs — the challenging part is the…

Technique of the Week: The Bulgarian Split Squat

  Before I get into it, I’ll just say it, I cannot emphasize enough how valuable this one is for a better looking set of legs and butt, while also making you way more athletic. But see, I’ve got a little love/hate relationship going on with the Bulgarian Split Squat. Love? I credit it with saving…

Use Minimal Space and Less Equipment: How To Build Strength and Burn Fat in a Busy Gym

Pairing exercises and building circuits is a great way to elevate the heart rate, burn more fat and get stronger more efficiently. That’s all well and good to know, but there’s an issue there when it comes to big gyms, and no one’s really talking about it. How do you do it without taking up too…

Technique of the Week: How to (properly) stretch your hip flexors

A week doesn’t go by without one of my clients – or anyone, really – asking about stretching. In many cases, they wanna know about their tight hip flexors. We sit down all our lives and those little buggers up at the front side of the hip – and one that goes from hip to knee…

34 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Working Out

How to Start Exercising While Avoiding the Most Common Beginner Fitness Mistakes I started going into gyms regularly at the age of 14. Since then, I’ve yo-yo dieted, been on-again/off-again, hurt myself plenty and paid close attention to all kinds of things that don’t matter. I’ll stop there or else I’ll be sitting here forever…