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• June 7, 2011

  Recap of The 2011 Perform Better Functional Training Summit

  Wow.  I don’t even know where to begin.  The weekend was insanely awesome, and I learned a plethora of information that I can apply to my exercise and my clients exercise.  I’m not exactly a fan of brevity, so here comes a long, rambling review of the weekend in chronological order.  I’ll bold key tips…

• June 5, 2011

  Should Your Training Be Fun?

  I just got home from the Perform Better Functional Training Summit in Providence Rhode Island.  I saw 14 different presentations and and an inspiring Q and A session, and my brain may be twitching in my skull after the amount of knowledge bombs dropped by the presenters.  I learned a ton of great stuff that…

• June 1, 2011

  Make Progress Anywhere, Even at Pla…

  When I think about the advice that I like to give people, I feel like I’m playing with both ends of the bell curve.  I tell the people that don’t regularly exercise to go into a weight room, pick up heavy things, and realize that it’s incredibly effective at improving your health and appearance.  At…

• May 31, 2011

  Memorial Day Playground Workout

  If you’re on the up-and-up in the blog world, you read Nate Green’s work.  He writes for a number of different sites, and maintains an awesome blog.  Last week, he posted a post called The Playground Workout, where he uses a playground to get in a functional full body workout.  I used a playground this…

• May 29, 2011

  Get Serious!

  What can you get more serious about when it comes to your health and your fitness?  That’s the question that Todd Durkin asks in the video below, and it needs to be answered.  Todd’s a high energy strength coach and trainer from Fitness Quest 10, a facility in San Diego that offers a “comprehensive, holistic…