Heavy Squatting and a Simple Primal Recipe

I have a love hate relationship with squat day.  Maybe it’s because I absolutely love crushing my lower body unlike a lot of folks out there.  Maybe I’m just too hard on myself but I think I suck at squatting.  My squat strength just isn’t where I want it to be.  Progress is being made [...]

Build Strong and Powerful Shoulders

What’s the easiest way to fill out your t-shirt?  You need to develop a set of bowling ball shoulders.  Nothings screams strength and power like massive shoulders and a thick upper back.  I get asked all the time about the best way to build strong and powerful shoulders.  The answer boils down to four movements [...]

How to improve your Pull Ups and Chin Ups

Pull ups are your best friend if you want to develop rugged upper body strength and a muscular back.  I’ll be honest with you, pull ups and chin ups are HARD!  They are often a neglected exercise because they are so difficult and most people just are not good at doing them.  But, just because [...]

The Sandbag - A Must Have Tool

I started using sandbags in my training pretty regularly a few months ago.  I don’t know if it will ever replace the barbell as my favorite training tool but it’s quickly becoming a close second.  Sandbag training is nearly limitless.  You can do just about everything you do with a barbell.  Below is a list [...]

Pressed for time? Try this intense and efficient workout!

Check out this quick upper body session I threw together last week.
Pressed for time, I wanted to get something in that was short and sweet.  Your workouts don’t have to be complex.  Pick one dumbbell and try these two moves together.

The whole workout looked like this.
Set #1
1a DB snatch/press
1b DB floor press
Set #2
2a Pushups
2b Pullups
For [...]