September is here, and I’m friekin’ excited for it! It marks the start of my most favoritest season, fall, which English majors love to call autumn. Seriously, doesn’t autumn sound wayyyyyy cooler than fall? Aren’t they both awesome? I’m excited for several things this September, and we should start with the single most important aspect…
Let’s get down to business: I have a new favorite pair of shoes. For the past two months, I’ve been wearing the New Balance Minimus Zero Drop road shoe, and they’re awesome. The latest creation in the Minimus line, these shoes are flat from the front to back, hence the ‘Zero Drop” designation. Most minimalist…
Two weeks ago a wrote a well-received post called Four “S”s for Every Day. If you haven’t read it, the four “S”s were simple: Stretch, Sweat, eat a Salad, and Smile every day. Those are a very vague but realistic 4 goals for you to seek out, but it’s not as simple as, “Do these…
Romanian Deadlifts are like blankets. Seriously, they are, and as August comes to a close, I bet you know exactly what I mean. The evenings are getting cooler, and if you’re like me, you like to wrap yourself in a blanket when you fall asleep. The thing is, if the blanket is too heavy, you’ll…
I’ve spent the summer doing some ‘play’ in the weight room, exploring new techniques and strategies that I may or may not recommend to people. Some strategies are absolutely awesome. Some absolutely suck. (I typically don’t recommend those ones.) However, I’d like to share a little idea with you that sucked for me with the…