Operation Be Less Fat - Hiking, My Favorite Conditioning Tool
Hiking has so many more benefits than you might realize. Here's why it's my favorite conditioning tool.
11/6/2023 Perfect? No!
Better? YES! Today's Training: Shoulder Reliever* Cycle* Lat Pulldown: 4x12 C/S Row: 4x12 Single Arm Lat Pulldown with a supinating twist: 4x12 Lat Sweep: 4x12 Ab Wheel: 3x12 Cycle*
Do I Train or Do I Not Train? 'Tis the question...
The feeling you get from a good training session is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were training. Today's Training: GHR: 4x10 RDL: 4x10 GHR (again): 4x10 BOSU Crunch: 100 reps Blast Strap Row: 60 reps Pushups: 60 reps
It’s supposed to be hard. 11/3/2023
“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard…is what makes it great!” Today's Training: Cycle* Chin-ups: 10x5 Dips: 10x10 2 sets of 5 reps super slow followed immediately by 10 "pump" reps of the following exercises: Daily 8: Cycle*
West Coast Elite
I was in contact the other day to check with Dave Tate to make sure there weren't any infringements or possible conflicts for using "West Coast Elite" for the new gym I am heading to come November 13th. He thought there was no issue. That's it! West Coast Elite. Has a nice ring to it, […]
No Limits 11/1/2023
"Your only limit is in your mind" Today's Training: Cycle* Belt Squat: 10x8 GHR: 10x8 Leg Press: 10x8 Daily 8: Cycle*
Training Teaches You Discipline and Patience 10/31/2023
"Training teaches you discipline and patience like few other things do. You can't buy a fit body! You can't get into shape overnight! You can't blame anyone for not being fit! It is only going to happen if you show up EVERY DAY and be PATIENT! Today's Training: Run*: Again, sorta run. Just when I […]
The End of an Era 10/30/2023
It is with mixed emotions that I make this announcement. Sometime within the next two weeks, I will be ending my tenure with the ownership of the Combat Sports Academy. My home for the past decade is moving its base to a space two towns north of where we are already with an inconvenient address […]
Let's Make A Deal Lifting
When you don't fee like training, but you know you should. Or if you are short of time. Play, Let's Make A Deal Lifting.
I Don't Use Olympic Lifts In My Program 10/29/2023
I've been asked on numerous occasions, "Coach, how come we don't do snatches, cleans, power cleans, clean and jerks" or basically, Oly Lifts? My answer is simple, "Because I don't know them". I mean, I can do them but because the Olympic Lift is a Sports Skill that requires a lot of repetition (and not […]
10/27/2023 The Greatest Enemy of Human Potential.
The greatest enemy of human potential is a place called "The Comfort Zone". Today's Training: Run*: 3 miles Shoulder Reliever* Cycle* Cleaned the Gym Chin-up: 3x5 Dip: 3x10 Tricep Overhead Extension: 5x15 Cable Rope Curl: 5x15 DB Supine Tricep Extension: 5x15 DB Curl: 5x15 Cycle*
Good luck to my clients Judy and Davey Reed at the APF PHG Throwdown at ...
My clients and friends, the 76 year old dynamic duo, Judy and Davey Reed have yet another meet planned for this weekend. Although they may have gotten a late start competing in Powerlifting, they have more than made up for it in the number of meets they’ve competed in, and have left a trail of […]
The Five "Y-M's"
Learn to control these five things: Today's Training: Run: 3 miles w/ da dgo...* Shoulder Reliever* Cycle* Concept II Row: 10 minutes steady; 20x10/50 Daily 8: Rear Delt Destroyer: 1x60-40-20x 35-25-15 Shrug: 5x6 DB Lateral Raise: 5x6 "Spider Walk": 5x3 w/ micro mini band OHP Isometric Press: 3 different heights for 3x 6 second reps […]
Nothing But The Workout...10/25/2023
Man...My plate is FULL today. Today's Training: Run*: More like an 'Og 3 miles with the dog before I.... Shoulder Reliever* Cycle* Leg Curl: 5x15 Reverse Hyper: 5x15 Squat: 6 Rep Max with two drop sets of 15 and 20 reps Daily 8: Stability Ball Situps: 100 reps Cycle*
Good Luck to Orlando Barbell's Randy Bertrand!
Randy has been a member of OBB for just over a year, has already competed in a raw meet and is now transitioning to the dark side. He'll be competing in his first single ply meet this weekend at the APF PHG Throwdown. at I-4 Fit on 10/28/23 Here's video of his perfect executed squat […]
"Five Ways To Be a Bad Ass Human"
My son has a "whiteboard" hanging in his room to which I like to write stuff to motivate him. I also write down his daily workouts and then sign it with a particular signature I've used with him over the years. Yesterday, I decided to write "Five Ways To Be a Bad Ass Humam" and […]
If You Safely Can Take a Shower...
California has a "Rainy Season". Usually, it starts in late December or even January, but every now and again we will receive a stray storm off the Pacific. Today was one of those days. Since my wife is traveling, I am tasked with the morning outings with our Bernese Mountain Dog. We don't need a […]
Porkchords>Hamstrings!
YEARS of nagging hamstring issues, I work them into official "Porkchords". While running sprints two weeks ago, I tweaked one on the second sprint. Three more and I realize best to shut it down. After leg curling the recliner last night, I f'd it up AGAIN! That's when April asked if I was ingesting creatine […]