Body Fat vs The Look

While body fat percentages might be fun to brag about on the internet, they really do have very little bearing on your diet or exercise programming. If you’re training for fat loss, it ultimately comes down to how you LOOK. Aside from getting some back pats on the internet for reporting the most ridiculously impossible.. Read more →


How Long Until I Can Compete?

Question: How long will it take for me to be ready to compete? (and this is literally all the information supplied; just that question). Answer: Well for starters I can’t answer that question for you because I don’t know who you are, have no information about you whatsoever, don’t know what you look like, etc… Read more →


The X Pounds Per Week Mentality

Don’t get caught up in the “X pounds per week” mentality as there is truly no way to know how YOUR body will respond to any given program. Focus instead on executing the right actions and be patient. You can’t choose your rate of progress, but you can choose your actions. If you do that.. Read more →


Overcoming Negative Thoughts

Do you ever stop and think about just how much we focus our energy on negative thoughts? What is it about negative thinking that is so consuming? Mistakes and failures – who really sets out to waste time focusing on this stuff? I’m going to go way out on a limb here and say ….. Read more →


Drop the Ego, Lift for Tension

Two gym observations. If you get one rep on an exercise WITH the help of a spotter, logic would suggest it’s silly to add more and more weight each successive set. You’ve already got too much weight on the bar. Poor spotter was power upright rowing while this clown was incline benching … But was.. Read more →


The Space Between Stimulus and Response

Client: “Because of a personal matter that happened on the weekend I deviated from the plan and ate everything in sight.” Me: “No. Because of YOUR CHOICE OF RESPONSE to a personal matter you deviated from the plan. The matter itself did not cause you to deviate. You CHOSE to deviate in response to that.. Read more →