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• May 3, 2011

  Don’t Train Your Abs…

  …the way you normally do.  It’s not working, and it can be bad for you in the long run.  You may love doing 1,000 crunches a day, or you may hate doing 1,000 crunches a day.  Either way, you heard somewhere that it was the one and only way to develop that coveted six pack. …

• May 2, 2011

  Atypical Barbell Exercises

  Note: I wrote this post last week, but never had a chance to take my own video clips of exercises.  I saved it but never posted it, but I decided to use videos from other people and post it.  Sorry for the weight, and for living in a cave recently.  (Yes, that’s a bad joke,…

• April 22, 2011

  The Plague of High Squats

  It happens in every country, on every continent.  All around the world, people are squatting high, and the reasons are endless.  Some people just want to move more weight; reducing the range of motion allows for this.  Pack on the plates, bro.  Others mistakenly think that squatting is bad for their knees, because their dad,…

• April 21, 2011

  Don’t Let Front Squats Hurt Your Wrists

  How much do you love when people complain?  You don’t, do you.  It’s annoying to hear the same complaints over and over again, regardless of what they’re about.  It may be people complaining about their jobs, about not getting good grades in school, about why Pia Toscano should still be on American Idol, or about…

• April 17, 2011

  Thank You, New York Times Magazine

  This morning, the 2011 New York Times Magazine’s Health and Wellness Issue arrived at my house.  Something about the Times coverage of Wellness issues is appealing to me.  In a time where most media sources publish quick result diets and magical workouts, the writers employed by the times seem to understand more about exercise and…