2 More Ways to Stand Out With Integrity in an Industry That Has Little

A colleague of mine, Jill Coleman, wrote a wonderful piece titled “8 Ways to Stand Out With Integrity  in an Industry That Has Little.“ You can check it out HERE. I thought it was excellent when I read it a few years ago, and I still think it resonates today. Likely even more now than […]
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The Key to Program Design. Diamonds?

Program Design I’m not going to discuss how to break down and/or choose the optimal set/rep schemes for any particular exercise. I’m not going to discuss ideal exercise order. Nor am I going to broach the idea of tempo, rest intervals, super-sets, tri-sets, how many days per week someone should train, or body-part splits vs. […]
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The Words We Use Matter

Much of what stresses us out as fitness professionals and gym owners is the psychological side of things as it relates to our clients: Why won’t so and so listen to what I am saying? If they just simply followed the plan as outlined things would be fine. If I hear one more client bring […]
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What Planning For a Dinner Party Can Tell You About Designing Training Programs

One of my least favorite things to do as a bonafide member of the “I’m an introvert and would rather jump into a live volcano than entertain people” club…is to plan for a dinner party. Granted, it’s pretty much a requisite as a man who’s married to a woman who loves to host dinner parties […]
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Working Hard vs. Always Making Exercise Harder

I want to make something crystal clear before I proceed: Exercise – I.e., lifting weights in particular – should have a degree of sucktitude attached to it. No one became a brick shit house in the gym or built an impressive physique without pushing their body to the limits on a consistent basis. I’m often […]
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You’re Not Broken If You’re Asymmetrical. You’re Normal.

One of the more flagrant “mic drops” I toss down whenever I speak to a group of fitness professionals is that forcing people to adopt a symmetrical stance while performing basic lifts such as deadlifts or squats is more likely hurting people rather than helping them. In fact, I’ll go a step further and tell […]
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The Dubious D Word of the Fitness Industry

Here’s a hint: It’s not dorsiflexion, diastasis, disc herniation, or density set. And it’s also not deload, DOMS, or dorsal talonavicular ligament. <– say that three times fast. Nope, the most dubious “D” word I’m referring to and the word I wish more fitness professionals would use LESS is… …dysfunction. Stop It. Stop It Right […]
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