“Few things are more pretentious, hypocritical, and downright annoying to me than people who act morally superior about eating ‘clean’ but then have massive binges that they try to justify as ‘cheat’ meals. Let me tell you something, severe caloric restriction followed by massive uncontrolled binging is NOT an effective long term diet solution for.. Read more →

I just went to the store and ran into a friend who shared with me than he’d just come from the funeral of an acquaintance from high school that had died last week. When I realized who this person was the shock really hit me hard. At age 32 he suffered a spontaneous stroke and.. Read more →

“Don’t take yourself – or life to seriously. You can find humor in just about any situation. Laugh at yourself – no one’s perfect. When appropriate laugh and make light of the circumstances. (Naturally there are times that you should be serious as it would be improper to laugh.)”

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”- Oprah Winfrey I’ve posted this before, but I’m sharing it again because it is still true and all too often we need to be reminded of what we have.

Deep squats may build thicker legs than shallower squats. Squatting with the knees below parallel with the hips produces a greater knee extensor moment (quad focus), whereas shallower squats tend to use more of the ankle. Deeper squats also activate more of the gluteus maximus during the concentric portion and more of the vastus medialis.. Read more →

It always perplexes me when I see people posting that they’re starting an 8/10/12 week cutting phase. All I can think is: “How do you know your body is going to get as lean as you’d like it to get within the span of a specified number of weeks. And if you’re not as lean.. Read more →