Most fitness experts will tell you that spending your money on nutritional supplements is a waste of money, but I disagree.  There is definitely a place for supplements provided your at minimum 70% compliant with a good nutrition plan.  Besides, with the unfortunate lower quality of our foods these days, a sensible supplementation program will [...]

With Memorial Weekend coming up in five days (and four for a lot of you), the fat loss tips, tricks, and questions are coming at a furious pace having me whip up a quick and easy bodyweight “fat flush” program for you.  Now keep in mind that although the program is titled “Fast 5 Fat [...]

*This blog post initially started as a private email to a small group that I am training right now, but as I got into the meat of my advice I realized this could help even more people, such as my blog readers. The short story of my group is that they have just completed 4 [...]

Ok, the videos below aren’t necessarily a breakdancing move, but they certainly look like you are about to perform one.  These cool movements come courtesy from Circular Strength Training protocols, which I learned from my buddy Adam Steer from Bodyweight Coach a couple years ago. The first video shows Adam demonstrating the basic leg swoop, [...]

Alright, so like I said in the previous blog post, I’m going to switch gears here and talk more about more lessons learned in the fitness arena and how to be more awesome in 2011.  Get ready for the Barney Stinson quotes 10 Minute Workouts Are Legit – If you have the appropriate combination of [...]

Yesterday I shared my reflections on 2010 and some of the lessons I’ve learned.  So today, I figured I’ll just lay out the rest and get on with it. * Technology Is A Double Edged Sword – with today’s coolest gadgets from the iPhone, iPad, Droid’s, etc you would think that the ability to multi-task [...]

This blog post is a reflection on the many lessons learned and relearned in my frenzied and furious year of 2010, in which, if you also follow the Chinese zodiac was the Year of the Tiger. The year of the Tiger represents explosiveness, disagreement, disasters, but also big and bold moves, and that no task [...]

These days everyone is looking for the holy grail of diets, or that secret food to help burn more belly fat.  Let me just end it now by saying you’ll never find it, ever.  So get over it. Now there are certain foods that when combined appropriately with other foods, can create close to the [...]

If you’re struggling to lose fat or if you’ve hit a plateau in your fat loss program, but know that your workouts are appropriate for your fat loss goals, you may need to take another look at your nutritional macronutrients. Macronutrients are simply the nutrients that provides your body calories for energy, such as protein, [...]

Workouts can get boring quickly and the end result is simply no results. No results leads to quitting your fitness program or even quitting the gym completely. “Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits” – Author Unkown It would be nice if we could just slap that [...]