Bodyweight Brutality and a Challenge

One of the biggest problem areas I see with young athletes and adults alike is a lack of strength with bodyweight movements.
This shouldn’t be surprising actually, since laziness and weakness is engineered into nearly every single piece of “fitness” equipment today.  Lay here, sit here, stand here.  What ever happened to using the ultimate machine, [...]

Get Strong(er) Week 2 - Day 3

Your training should always have a goal.
My goals for this cycle are not just to get stronger in general but to improve my oly lifting, squat, and bodyweight strength.
Your goals must not be general.  They should be specific.  This will allow you to narrow your focus and get the most out of your training.
Another thing [...]

To Grain or Not to Grain? My Intro to Primal Eating

In my last post I mentioned cutting out grains.
Am I going low carb?  No.
Am I going true paleo or primal.  Not exactly.
Over the last few months I’ve been reading a lot about paleo and primal eating.  I do not claim to be a nutrition expert by any stretch.  Nutrition is such a tough subject because [...]

Why you must include conditioning in your training plan…

I’ll keep this one short and sweet.
To me incorporating conditioning is a no brainer.  If you’ve been following this site for a while you know I’m a huge proponent! Forget traditional cardio!  As the say “conditioning is where it’s at!”  However, I am by no means advocating the abolishing of all steady state cardio, there [...]

Full Body Training Log Wk 1 - Day 2

Day 2 of this cycle is a max push day.  I was still pretty tight from Day 1 but my overall recovery was pretty good.  Yesterday I hit some GPP, with 10 hills sprints then 20/10 tabatas with the thick rope and sledge hammer, then tons of foam rolling  Here is what I did today.
1a [...]