Lifting performance is the unheralded key to both body comp and adding lean body mass/muscle, especially as you get older. I am 46 years old now and I really wish someone would have pulled my eel-shaped 6'3" 155 lb carcass to the curb almost 30 years ago and told me this method. Not sure
Yes, cardio! The pendulum swings hard from one side to the next in a blink of an eye in the fitness world. My prediction is that doing cardio will be the thing for all lifters. For a while, cardio was frowned upon as it was the king destructor of gainZ, and even made you
S___ Happens! Stress that is! Below you can see my HRV reading from this AM. Eeek! Since it was just a single low (red) reading, I am not going to freak out. Today was already scheduled as an off day since I am up at my parents' place. The great part of heart rate
I recently attended the International Society for Sports Nutrition (ISSN) annual meeting in Florida and wanted to share some brand new data on what happens when slashing calories by 50 percent for body composition. My good friend Dr Bill Campbell and his lab performed the research. Background When many at Planet Fitness opt to
Somedays no matter how good you feel, your workout sucks. That was me yesterday lifting in the Extreme Human Performance Center (aka garage gym). It was safety squat, dips, and rolling thunder (rotating handle/grip strength) day. Tracking your trends can help you figure out why. I got into the gym a bit later than
Regardless of how hard-core you are, there will be times throughout the year when you take a break from your traditional training. Whether a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic deadbolts the doors or you take off to the beach for an epic kiteboarding vacation, almost everyone steps away occasionally. Good news. I have the S4 Model for
My path to master nutrition coaching was long, complicated, and expensive. Yours doesn’t have to be. In light of 2020, so many trainers are realizing online, remote nutrition coaching is not only possible but can be very profitable and the path to freedom and fulfillment. I have had dozens of trainers send me emails
Seven years ago, I boarded the flying germ tube to Columbus, OH to go face to face with some massive sides of beef with eyeballZ and the EliteFTS S4 Compound. I signed up for the EliteFTS Learn To Train seminar. I was both excited and absolutely terrified at the same time. On one hand
I’m back yammering about how to use a flexible approach to be a more robust human that can train harder, recover faster, and do it while enhancing your health. The key linchpin concept for the next level is based on the idea of “adaptive homeostasis.” Whoa there, Dr. Nerd. Those are some uber nerdy
You may know that in addition to my wonderful wife, I love dark beer, metal music, lifting odd objects, reading research, and kiteboarding. Depending on the day, kiteboarding moves to the top of my list, especially when we're in S. Padre TX and the wind is blowing. Please don't tell my wife. :) Despite
