by Bryan Krahn | Jun 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bryan Krahn | Jun 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bryan Krahn | Jun 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
It was cool and rainy and felt more like November than early June. But I suppose that’s fitting, as it was the anniversary of Anthony Bourdain’s death. I miss Bourdain. I feel like I knew him, or at least identified with him. A gifted writer with sharp wit and...
by Bryan Krahn | Jun 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bryan Krahn | Jun 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bryan Krahn | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
There’s only one RULE: There are no MUST-DO lifts. You CAN build a strong, lean and muscular body without barbell squats, barbell bench presses, and barbell deadlifts. Or any specific lift for that matter. If you’re performing all the basic movement patterns...
