"As teens, we may have even said these words ourselves, but I definitely hear them uttered today as school is out for the summer, "What can we do? Where can we go?" To which I respond, "Go home. Mow the lawn, wash the car, learn a skill, get a job, visit your grandparents, visit the […]

More lost footage from the glory days.

Interesting day today in my gym. I had a couple of young (early 20's?) guys come in who wanted to train. They were visiting from out of state. I introduced myself to each of them as I do with any "guest" and started to give them my instruction as to what is expected and how […]

The difference that lies between possible and impossible is a person's determination. Never think it can't be achieved. You can always learn and train a bit more, then come back and conquer the objective. Today's Training: Concept II Row: 5 mins steady; 10x15/45 Lat Pulldown: 4x10 Barbell Row: 4x10 DB Row: 4x8 DB Curl: 4x10 […]

A great variation to keep your knees healthy.

Decrease shoulder pain!

MORE back raise shenanigans!

Triceps and grip training!

Too much weights and too much conditioning is too much work for me to handle. If I'm not lowering the running, something else has to give.

I still program this workout one time per month only because it's Friday and it's cool to say you did a thousand rep arm day! Today's Training: Concept II Row: 15 mins. 5x20 of the following:

Yup. Free.

How I strengthen people is to use the basic four lifts, the squat, bench, overhead, and deadlift, and analyze where a person's weakness is within any or all of them and make THAT stronger. No multi-page testing. No "assessment", nada, nothing, zilch. I look at where the breakdown is during the four lifts that I […]

Here are my clients and friends, the 75 year old dynamic duo, Judy and Davey Reed‘s deadlifing 3 weeks out from the AAPF Nationals: Here’s Judy deadlifting her opener of 205, followed by her 2nd attempt of 225 and 3rd attempt of 245 with reverse mini bands: Here's Davey deadlifting his opener of 275 followed […]

Back training is simple. If the bar doesn't move, YOU move to the bar. If the bar moves, MOVE it towards YOU! Easy. BUT...are you training the back muscle or are you training your biceps? When we train the back in my program all of the movements begin with either a scapular depression or retraction […]

"The second one begins when we realize we only have ONE!"~ Confucius Today's Training: Cycle: Commute AirDyne: 15 mins; upper body only Bench: 2 RM JM Press: 4x10 Banded Tricep Pushdown: 100 consecutive reps on each arm. NO STOPPING Cable Fly: 100 consecutive reps. NO STOPPING Cycle: Commute

Maybe you want to get in shape for the summer. Try challenging yourself for a solid month. This was not done in a month by the way. But good things can still happen in four weeks.

"What exercises I do is simple, I lift weights. What do I do for conditioning? I lift weights faster" Today's Training: Cycle: Commute AirDyne: 15 mins (Legs only) Dynamic Deadlift: 10x2xescalating weight every two sets by 20 lbs. If the reps get too slow and begin to grind, return to the last weight that could […]

Danny DaSilva has had some health issues, but it hasn’t stopped him from consistently training heavy. Although I’ve had my own autoimmune health issues since writing the Minimalist Method Powerlifting ebook, it actually had nothing to do with its design, but it’s great to see that it can be adapted to work well for anyone. […]

If you read any of my stuff for any length of time, you'll know that back in January I wrote about not taking anyone new into my program because of their New Year's resolutions. Over the years 99% of those people wasted not only their time but mine as well. Those that come in on […]

Did you know that gratitude: Today's Training: AirDyne: 5 mins steady; 10x15/45 Concept II Rowing Erg: 5 mins steady; 10x15/45 DB LR: 3x10;1x20 KB Front Raise: 3x10;1x20 C/S Rear Delt Raise: 3x10;1x20 Single Arm Mini Band Rear Delt Scapula Retraction: 3x10;1x20 Incline Straight Leg Raise: 3x12 Side Flexion using the 45-degree back extension: 3x12 on […]