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Lessons Learned

Meet Your Muscles: the Popliteus

February 16, 2021

An anatomical drawing of the popliteus muscle

Muscle: Popliteus Origin/Insertion: Lateral condyle of femur & lateral meniscus Action: Flexes & rotates leg towards the midline of the body in order to unlock the knee when walking, running, or squatting; rotates the thigh away from the midline of the body when standing up. Let’s talk about the popliteus The A-List movie stars may Read more Meet Your Muscles: the Popliteus […]

Filed Under: Injuries, Lessons Learned, Overtraining, Squats, Training

Injury Management: The PRICE is RICE

May 14, 2019

A detailed look at the calf

I’m writing this post from my couch as per usual, however this time my left leg is wrapped in an elastic bandage and propped up on a stack of pillows. Yes kids, yesterday afternoon I suffered a minor injury, a self-diagnosed Level 1 tear of the medial gastrocnemius, AKA Tennis Leg. What better time than Read more Injury Management: The PRICE is RICE […]

Filed Under: Injuries, Lessons Learned, Training

Can’t Hurt Me: Factors limiting my growth and success

February 7, 2019

David Goggins, author of Can't Hurt Me

Over the Christmas holidays I began reading Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, a memoir/self-help book written by former Navy SEAL and current ultramarathoner David Goggins. My love for the self-help genre is strong and deep, so when the podcast community began to crow about this guy named Goggins and the Read more Can’t Hurt Me: Factors limiting my growth and success […]

Filed Under: Lessons Learned, Motivation

Why I quit social media.

February 6, 2019

10 days ago I deactivated my Twitter account. Three years ago I deactivated my Facebook account. I don’t use Instagram or Snapchat, don’t have a YouTube channel. This means, aside from a LinkedIn account I pay no attention to, I have quit social media. Some may say this is career suicide. I say they’re wrong. Read more Why I quit social media. […]

Filed Under: Good Trainers, Lessons Learned, Social Media, Stress

Something I learned today

July 8, 2018

A friend once said every now and then you have to try and lift a weight that scares you. This was good advice.  I’ve always been a conservative sort of lifter. I keep my weights manageable, rarely ever working to failure. I save the gut-busting sets for bodyweight exercises where there’s less risk of suffering Read more Something I learned today […]

Filed Under: Lessons Learned, Motivation, Squats, Training

The Order of Things

July 5, 2018

“I was a little too obsessed with the technical aspects of music & I had to do like many of the great jazz musicians have done: learn everything then forget everything.” – John Frusciante ~ In school we’re taught that there’s an order to how training programs are structured. First, there’s the mobility work/warm-up. This Read more The Order of Things […]

Filed Under: Exercises, Good Trainers, Lessons Learned, Training

Don’t try

September 27, 2017

I’m a procrastinator. Like most folks, I have grand ambitions, BIG ideas, a desire to achieve. Yet, like most folks, I tend to waste my time pursuing things that do nothing to support these ambitions. My ideas often go to waste. The list of my life’s achievements is neither long nor impressive. I say these Read more Don’t try […]

Filed Under: Bukowski, Lessons Learned, Motivation

Get Strong (or die tryin’)

June 27, 2017

Minimalizing is addictive. The more fat I trim from my life, the further I want to keep going. Clothes I haven’t worn in a year: gone. Books I know for certain I’ll never read: gone. Gadgets/cables/duplicates: gone, gone, gone. My immediate goal is to one day board a plane for an extended vacation with nothing Read more Get Strong (or die tryin’) […]

Filed Under: Exercises, Lessons Learned, Training

Straight To Hell

January 19, 2017

My last post was more than two months ago. For someone who made a solemn, silent vow to blog at least once a week, this is unacceptable. I apologize to whomever it is — aside from my wife — that may be following my “work”. The problem is I’m holding myself accountable to no one. Read more Straight To Hell […]

Filed Under: Lessons Learned, Straight to Hell

Give Me Your Powder & Pills/I Want To See If They Cure My Ills.

November 3, 2016

Like 99.9% of lifters (Note: this is a fake statistic. I made it up for comedic effect), I spent my formative years shopping for and consuming as many supplements as possible. Fitness magazines convinced me that the only way to achieve success and score chicks was to swallow a variety of pills and powders on a Read more Give Me Your Powder & Pills/I Want To See If They Cure My Ills. […]

Filed Under: Lessons Learned, Supplements

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