My Response to “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin”

Okay folks, here comes a classic Jamie Sulc (pronounced Schultz) rant!  Be warned - I pull no punches with this one.
So, I get an email from my wife last Friday and all it said was “read this” with a link to this Time Magazine article by John Cloud entitled “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin.”  As soon [...]

Training Splits Part II

In Training Splits Part I, I covered the most popular training splits.  In this second installment, I hope to help steer you the training split that’s right for you.
What’s the best split you and how often should I train a particular body part or muscle group. 
The short answer is, it depends on what you’re training for.  [...]

My Top 5 Muscle Building and Fat Burning Exercises

People ask strength coaches and trainers all the time about what exercises they should be incorporating into their training routines.  I am asked this on a daily basis. More often than not they don’t like what I tell them.  They often respond “those exercises are too hard, I don’t like them.”  You know what I [...]

I grew up…

I grew up watching my dad train in our living room with an old Weider bench, a barbell and a pair of sawed off barbells used as dumbbells.  Oh, and the weights, plastic and filled with sand or concrete.  It was about as primitive as your could get.  You see, my dad worked (still does) [...]