by Bryan Krahn | May 22, 2023 | Fit Notes
If you’re one of the many people who suffer from shoulder impingement, you know firsthand how frustrating and debilitating it can be. This common condition occurs when the tendons and bursae in your shoulder become compressed or pinched, causing pain, weakness, and a...
by Bryan Krahn | Apr 10, 2023 | Fit Notes
As I’ve said before: most over-40 training systems are BS. This is cause 40 years old today ain’t like it used to be. Sure some people will still peak in their teens and be broken down and overweight by their forties. But many others training at 40 are only just...
by Bryan Krahn | Oct 31, 2022 | Fit Notes
Stop buying fitness gadgets. Barbells, plates, dumbbells, benches, etc. have been around for 100 years. Jack LaLanne, the first fitness influencer, invented the cable-pulley machine in the 1950s. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if some yoked Soviet lumberjack beat him...
by Bryan Krahn | Sep 11, 2022 | Fit Notes
I love martial arts. It’s the perfect complement to strength training. The most intense and rewarding fight training I’ve experienced was at a Krav Maga school in New York City. I’ll spare you any contrived tough-guy war stories because this story isn’t about fighting...
by Bryan Krahn | Aug 15, 2022 | Fit Notes
A new client set a goal to be photo-lean by the end of September. And, well, things aren’t going well. Now, I hate saying “I told you so,” but in this instance I sure wanted to—because way back on Day 1, when we were discussing her end-of-September...
by Bryan Krahn | Aug 1, 2022 | Fit Notes
Great question from a 40-something guy with a very common problem: “I wanna get a bit bigger, just not too fat in the process. But whenever I try the cut/bulk cycle, it just seems like I gain and lose the same 10 pounds of fat. What do I do?” Here’s the deal: bulking...