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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion. Don’t we all have inertia in our lives? Either we are stuck in a state of rest on our couch and perpetually talking about getting started.. Read more →