Perhaps I’m bass-ackwards… But when I want to quickly improve my own body composition, I don’t kick things off with a laundry list of Fat Loss To-Dos. Instead, I always strike a balance of Ying and Yang, good cop bad cop, strikes and gutters. In other words, I establish a few key positive, actionable tasks that will help me lose fat. And balance it with things I need to STOP doing. A Not To Do...

The "build a better body" side of the fitness industry has always tip-toed the delicate line between inspiring people and preying upon insecurity. And while women are expressing frustration at the exploitative nature (and rightfully so), just remember "they" came after the men decades ago -- when Charles Atlas and the "chest expander" was hawked to teenagers to help you A) look like Atlas...

School shootings affect me greatly, privately. Even more so since becoming a father. I’m not alone. My social media feed in the hours (minutes?) following these horrific events is a visceral stream of anguish and demands for change. But while offering sympathy (and thoughts & prayers) is easy, affecting change has proven to be much trickier. Because even before the victims families could be...

Distracted driving is a problem. So is distracted eating, distracted working, even distracted communicating. I'd add distracted exercising to the growing list of focus issues. Research on distracted driving suggests there's more to it than just the phone or the driver's vision being diverted -- its mental focus being shifted to areas not related to the road. Lifting weights to build your body is...

Here’s the scene. I’m on a FaceTime call with a long-term client. We’re supposed to be reviewing his progress -- how training is going, can he squat a Brooklyn-bound L train yet, has he been able to establish a diet rhythm, etc. Instead we’re picking my program apart. His elbow is a mess. All pull-up variations are out except for using a close, neutral grip. His left knee pops whenever he steps...