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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

Consistency — the only “life hack” anyone needs

September 29, 2017

There is an irrefutable law of living that everyone understands yet so many fight against, and that law is this: if you want to get good at something you have to do it a lot. The more often you do this thing, the better you will be at it. This concept is called “practice”. You Read more Consistency — the only “life hack” anyone needs […]

Filed Under: Training

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

Simple Kind of Life

January 26, 2017

In the gym, I’m all about simplicity. If an exercise requires hundreds of hours of focused practice in order to perform it effectively, or a specialized piece of equipment that you’re unlikely to find outside of an elite training facility, I will find a different exercise. There is always an alternative approach to whatever it is Read more Simple Kind of Life […]

Filed Under: Bad Trainers, Exercises, Good Trainers, Training

Six Million Ways to Die — Choose One

August 23, 2016

I love working Friday nights at the gym. For an enthusiastic people-watcher like myself, it’s the ideal time to observe male human behaviour in all of its unfettered glory. Bros being bros, yeah. Getting their pump on before hittin’ da club, all crazed on a heady mix of testosterone and Axe. Their rituals are fascinating to behold. (A Read more Six Million Ways to Die — Choose One […]

Filed Under: Exercises, Gun Show, Training

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