Strength training is the fountain of youth. That’s not hyperbole, either. It’s science. Over an 18 year period, researchers studied 8,762 men aged 20-80 and found that those men who built and retained strength throughout…
How to Improve Your Front Rack Position So You Can Front Squat like a Boss
If you’re skipping front squats because the position hurts, I would love to tell you to stop being a baby and get comfortable with that discomfort because it goes away after time. But I won’t…
The Best Damn Bodyweight Workout (That You’ll Never Do Because Bodyweight Exercises F*cking Suck)
Your vacation is finally here. All that time you’ve spent dieting to lose that unsightly belly fat and all those hours you invested into the gym to chisel out your rock hard muscle is about to…
The 3 Best Ways to Workout While Traveling
9 inches x 14 inches x 22 inches. Anything larger than that and airlines require that you check your luggage. But for most trips, you don’t need much more than a carry-on and one personal…
3 Super-Simple Tips for Keeping Hunger at Bay
Good God, it took long enough. But at long last, the scale is FINALLY moving in the right direction — you’re losing weight. And it’s about damn time, too. You’ve spent weeks of hitting the…
4 Protein Packed Taco Recipes for Summer
Fact: tacos have existed for close to three millennia. Traditionally comprised of three ingredients—corn tortilla, filling, and salsa—the taco has become an international symbol of Mexican cuisine. Sadly, when I first got into fitness, I assumed…
The Last Jedi of the Fitness World: Front Squats
Here’s the thing: people either love The Last Jedi or the vehemently hate everything about it and want to burn Disney to the goddamn ground. Now look, I get that in today’s world of the Internet…
How to Get (Long-term) Results at Planet Fitness
Let’s talk Planet Fitness for a minute. And no, I’m not here to lambaste the company. (I mean I do find it extremely hypocritical that they claim they’re “judgment-free” and yet they won’t allow tank…
The Kick Ass Lessons I Learned from 37 Different Books in 2017
In 2016, I read more books in a single year than I had probably read my entire life. That sentence is about 42% hyperbole. Now that I think about it, it is possible that I read…
The Secret the Greek Gods Didn’t Want You to Know
Why You’re Zeus, Athena, and Poseidon All Wrapped into One In the Summer of 2000, the third single off Vertical Horizon’s hit album, Everything You Want, was released on the radio. After their second single…