Kick Off The Training Wheels

Kick Off The Training Wheels

Learning the calorie counts of your favorite foods and tracking them is a highly effective fat loss tool. However, for sustainable, life-long success you need to learn to differentiate between what’s true hunger and what’s merely cravings, boredom, habit,...
I Will Always Be A Personal Trainer

I Will Always Be A Personal Trainer

A high school friend who chose a more conventional career (finance) loves to take good-natured jabs at what I do for living. “Dude, writing training programs? You might as well say you work in the toy department.” In a way, he’s right. I love writing training plans –...
Stop Making Fat Loss So Complicated

Stop Making Fat Loss So Complicated

There’s an old expression: Fat loss is simple. Just not easy. Co-coach Scott Tousignant and I don’t think truer words have ever been spoken. Fat loss boils down to a handful of physiological factors, with “maintaining a calorie deficit” being the big kahuna. Add to...
On Real World “Foodies”

On Real World “Foodies”

My old client Doug (not commenting on your age haha) is one of those folks that rarely need me to check on their food choices.  Because he’s the right kind of “foodie.” Now the word “foodie” became popular a few years ago with the...
The 3 Out of 4 (or 4 Out of 5) Diet

The 3 Out of 4 (or 4 Out of 5) Diet

You poor people have all heard me blather on about getting into a pattern when it comes to eating, i.e., trying to eat the same stuff every day. Yeah, I know it’s boring. That’s why it works! The body thrives in a pattern, and consistency and discipline...
Check All The Items

Check All The Items

Few things are more frustrating than an injury, especially one that prevents working out altogether. They’re also basically inevitable. While powerlifters and contact sports athletes are at a much greater risk of suffering a big “career ender” versus...