The Playlist of Kickassery Everyone has one. You might have two. Or three, depending on your mood. But, for the most part, every person you see at the gym has headphones on rocking out to…
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Build Glutes without Squats and Deadlifts
Pure American Horse Power A few months before I turned 16, my father took me to look at a few used cars. He’d found what he thought would be suitable, a used burgundy 1996 Toyota…
How to Hip Hinge Better:3 Hip Hinge Drills to Master the Movement
It’s All in the Hips Watching the sunrise off the shore of Miami, the smell of the air as soon as you cross the border into North Carolina, the jolt you feel in your heart…
Game Like a Pro: Wrist Curls for Optimal Gaming Performance
Get Back In the Game During a multi-hour gaming marathon, every gamer has experienced that moment when their wrist and hands seize up thanks to our Darth Vader like grip around our controller. If you…
A How To Guide for Escaping The Dead Marshes of Motivation
“I don’t feel motivated”
When those words seep into your brain you have entered what I call “The Dead Marshes”.
Like Frodo and Sam in Lord of the Rings, we all find ourselves trodding through the Dead Marshes of Motivation at some point.
Tri-Force Training
Throughout history, in cultures all over the world, the triangle has been used as a symbol. In my geeky mind, there is no triangle cooler than the Tri-Force from Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda game series. You can harness the power of the Tri-Force, with pyramid training, and use its power to torch fat, build muscle, and gain strength!
How To Get Back in the Gym: After a Vacation, Illness, or “Break”
“What’s the best way to head back into the gym? After a vacation, illness, heavy workload, etc. you can sense you are gonna hate it at first but you gotta start back up. How do you do it the right way?”
What a Video Game Taught Me About Leadership
For decades all around the world, however, video games have been used as teaching tools, educating kids on a plethora of subjects like history, pattern recognition, critical thinking, and more since the early 1990s. (Think Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Tetris, SimCity, Starcraft, etc.)
If games can teach us how to recognize patterns, develop plans of action, think critically, manage resources, problem solve and more, could a game you play online help you develop leadership skills that you can apply in RL? (that’s real life for those who don’t speak gamer)
We Can Be Heroes (The Fascinating Reason Why Heroes Matter)
Heroes connect us with the humane powers inside ourselves, guiding us to through the trials of perseverance and leaving us with the understanding that anything is possible; so long as you decide to commit to one-hundred percent self-responsibility in this moment in time
We are all looking for a power, a power to overcome our greatest obstacles, that will provide us the strength to live a better life.
Deload to Reload: A Tale of Two Deloads
Your body does not make its gains from all the barbell crushing you do in the gym. Your gains are made when you rest and give your body time to recover. Thus the Law of Supercompensation.