by Bryan Krahn | Jul 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Start writing more. That’s the standard advice you’ll get when you email a writer asking for help. It’s not great advice, nor is it original. What do you expect for free? Moral of the story — when asking a writer for anything, it never hurts to inquire if they...
by Bryan Krahn | Jun 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Every birthday, my friend, Darren, deadlifts 315 pounds for his age in reps. I think he’s 37 or 38 now, so not exactly a walk in the park. He’s a gifted lifter though, and can usually bang it out in one extended set, with maybe a break or two to reset the bar. I just...
by Bryan Krahn | Jun 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
It had been two weeks since I’d slept more than 3 hours a night. It felt like two years. I was at a career crossroads. My full time job had ended and I was left with a handful of side-gigs and about a dozen “irons in the fire.” I was in a good spot. I had options....
by Bryan Krahn | Jun 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have a “touch of OCD.” No, I don’t check whether the stove is off every 10 minutes or organize my sock drawer like Iron Chef Morimoto arranging an ornate plate of sushi. It’s just when I take an interest in something, I really take an interest — often at the...
by Bryan Krahn | Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
You’re being misled. It’s not juiced-up bros and supplement hoes trying to pull the UnderArmor over your eyes. It’s “evidence-based” fitness trainers and writers, the ones who’ve taken it upon themselves to interpret the research for us. An interest in science is a...
by Bryan Krahn | Jun 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have a post coming out in a few days about bad research interpretation in the mainstream fitness media, but I want to set it up by offering a very smart researcher’s opinion. You see, I’m a total bro. I believe that the pump equals growth. I believe that hunger is a...
