Before you go for more, go for better

Before you go for more, go for better

Muscle needs an incentive to grow. You gotta ask for more to get your muscles to wake up and lay down new tissue: * Lift more weight * Complete more reps at the same weight * Add more working sets Otherwise, your triceps are perfectly content to sit back and relax as...
Do the best you can

Do the best you can

A big problem with the health & fitness industry is the need to strip nuance from everything to create easy to remember soundbites. (Preferably 140 characters or less, and if they can be turned into a handy infographic, even better). Take “progress”...
How far do you go?

How far do you go?

A long-term client of mine has come a LONG way on his fat loss journey. He’s basically in the top 5% of real-life 40-year-old physiques. Now they’re asking about pushing things to the next level—i.e. a visible 6 pack, veins, all that good stuff. And my response?...
Self awareness and dealing with stress

Self awareness and dealing with stress

Work with me and you’ll hear the same few expressions muttered over and over. One is “everything is connected,” meaning that if something happens in one area of your life, it will undoubtedly affect the others. A classic example? Too much stress...
What’s ordinary, works

What’s ordinary, works

It was cool and rainy when I woke up Saturday but I suppose that’s fitting, given it was the anniversary of Anthony Bourdain’s death. I miss Bourdain. I feel like I knew him. I definitely could relate to his long & winding journey, his restless...