Getting hurt sucks…but it’s not game over

Getting hurt sucks…but it’s not game over

Getting hurt sucks. Perhaps something goes pop in your back mid-rep. Maybe it is a niggling pain in your shoulder that gets progressively worse. (You didn’t train through it, right?) Or even a non-workout-related injury that still forces you to hit pause. All of...
Why make things harder?

Why make things harder?

While contest dieting for the Olympia, Dorian Yates would dream he was bingeing on sausages and junk food. He’d wake up panic-stricken, and for a brief moment, he’d think he had just eaten those foods. And then he’d remember—he doesn’t keep junk food...
The grind is BS!

The grind is BS!

NEVER refer to choices you had the luxury of making as a “grind”—especially choices that lead to a better, healthier, and happier life. For many people, the opportunity to pursue self-betterment is, at best, a pipe dream. Do you know what IS a grind? – being a...
Fat loss tip: forget about it!

Fat loss tip: forget about it!

With clients approaching the bitter end of a diet—or those on a short-term “mini-cut”— I often advise them to try to forget about it. Not forget about their diet and go crush the local IHOP. But rather forget that they’re DIETING at all. In other...