Dealing with a life curveball

Dealing with a life curveball

At some point, everyone I’ve coached has had to deal with a “life curveball.” People get sick. Accidents happen. Tragedy strikes. And overnight, five small, healthy meals a day becomes picking at hospital food in a crowded waiting room. These events...
Icing on the cake

Icing on the cake

For us mere mortals, building a lean and muscular physique takes years, if not decades. As such, it’s best to employ joint-friendly exercises as your training “cake” (do them regularly) with other effective yet potentially problematic moves serving as the...
Thinking about genetic potential

Thinking about genetic potential

First, a pet peeve of mine, one you might’ve seen (many times) on social media: A dramatic before and after transformation doesn’t show someone “overcame bad genetics.” If anything, it shows the opposite—good genetics—as in a genetically gifted response to...
The key to meal plan success

The key to meal plan success

Meal plans don’t work. Really? So having a well-planned set of meals you routinely shop for, prepare, and eat every day is ineffective for reaching a body composition goal? Wow. Groundbreaking news! Especially for the THOUSANDS of physique athletes (professional and...