Earlier this year, when gathering in confined spaces was still a thing, I spent a few days in Northern MN at a "Fire and Ice" retreat at the Points Retreat center in Northern Minnesota. The goal was to experience the health benefits of both extreme cold and heat to reduce stress - which everyone did
I was cleaning the other day and found these random thoughts from 2013 and thought it would be fun to post them here. Note, these are my thoughts and are not currently backed up by much science. Doing low-intensity treadmill work after lifting heavy stuff is stupid. You are pulling your body in the wrong
This newsletter is going to be a bit off-topic and we will be back to your normally scheduled fitness methods to increase performance body comp sprinkled with poor slashing attempts at humor tomorrow. If you want to read on, please do. If not, no worries. - Mike Over the past couple of months I’ve had
You may be thinking the 3 step domination plan for gainz is to eat all the foodz in sight and lift all the weightZ. That works; but since you are reading here, I know you want something beyond the basics to do next. In my experience, the next key target is to bring up your
Imagine you just stepped out of your time machine after being transported back to Muscle Beach in its prime. You arrive to spot the likes of Vic Tanny, Joe Gold (of Gold's Gym fame), Jack LaLanne, Steve "Hercules" Reeves, Jack Delinger, and later, Dave Draper or even Arnold with his friends. They were all hanging
I'm back! Join me for Season 2 of the Flex Diet Podcast - formerly known as Not Another Fitness Podcast....for fitness geeks only. I also have a tip on how to use aerobic training to maximize performance and body composition, even if you only enjoy lifting weights. In addition I cover: How to use aerobic
There I said it. I am not a fan of motivation. I am not against motivation; I don't count on it - either with my training or with clients who train with me. Why? It's not needed. Ask yourself - how many training sessions would you do if you only train when you're motivated? I bet it
At 38 years old, I started looking ahead and decided I wanted to be “in the best shape of my life” by my 40th birthday. Birthdays are such an arbitrary day in time, but they keep trainers in business - especially big ones. No stranger to training, I spent an entire decade running marathons, including
Super honored to be on a panel about "The Future of Podcasting" at Spartan Media Fest. Listen in . .. . Enjoy! Dr Mike https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ds6KtfH2mch9vB5boVocgQWU2R2QW7Ow/view?usp=sharing
Imagine an eight-lane freeway in Los Angeles that’s bumper-to-bumper with Teslas and SUVs. Everyone’s in a hurry, but nobody can get anywhere until everybody gets somewhere. The ones who try to beat the odds with frantic, occasionally dangerous lane changes are greeted with middle fingers and four-letter words. In that context, telling people to
