by Bryan Krahn | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Big Fish, Little Pond So I finally made it to my first Mr. Olympia. No, I wasn’t competing (thanks for asking). I wasn’t even in Las Vegas to attend the event. I was in town for a wedding that just happened to coincide with bodybuilding’s biggest show of the year. And...
by Bryan Krahn | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Death, Taxes, and New Year’s Fails There are only three things in life you can truly bank on, after the standard death and taxes: Number one: a strip club will have an ATM. Number two: when you call the credit card company to question activity on your account...
by Bryan Krahn | Dec 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
The first text I read when I rolled out of bed at 11:07 on Black Friday morning was from a buddy back home. “You out shopping for deals?” I had no work or training on the agenda, but I certainly knew what I wasn’t doing today. “Nah I’m good. I got everything I need.”...
by Bryan Krahn | Nov 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m a big believer in expressing gratitude for the good things in your life. It’s human nature to focus on things in our lives that we don’t have or are just outside our grasp. In some ways that’s a good thing, as wanting more is the first step...
by Bryan Krahn | Oct 27, 2013 | Fit Notes, Uncategorized
Check out the photo below. It was taken late one night (okay, maybe not late by NYC standards) at a speakeasy in Manhattan’s Flatiron district. In the photo is me, my wife, and our very good friend and fellow Canadian, Dr. Bryan Chung. Whenever I see this photo, the...
by Bryan Krahn | Sep 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
A few months ago, I basically doubled my training volume — from about 5 hours a week to 10 hours — doing a mixture of heavy lifting, higher volume hypertrophy work, and a lot of martial arts training. Adapting to the sudden increase in work was...
