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How To Build Confidence, Feel Younger and Look Better Naked
Spoiler alert! This is not a lengthy read. Resistance training is the answer. It’s only a piece of the puzzle based on the fact that eating fast food everyday and continuing to sit after work while doing bicep curls will … Continue reading
Walk It Out
“Walking is to exercise as eating sugar packets at Dunkin Donuts is to nutrition. Yes, if you were starving you could get calories from sugar packets. That doesn’t mean it is good nutrition.” – Michael Boyle I always found this … Continue reading
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Had A Bad Day
As a coach I spend my days doing my best to make people better and encouraging them to stay positive when things sometimes don’t go the way they had hoped. I’m constantly reminding people that PR’s (personal records) aren’t going … Continue reading
Man Skills Vol 2: Strong Men Speak
If you haven’t read The first installment, go do that now. I’ll wait. Man Skills: 9 Ways to Elevate Your Manliness I recognize that my vision of manliness may be biased–even though I am right. So for your enjoyment I … Continue reading
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The snatch: not an “advanced” swing
No matter what your goal, sport, or athletic ability is, you should be doing kettlebell swings. A quick rundown of what the swing does: -It trains hip extension, which is the foundation of all athletic movements. -It stretches the … Continue reading
One of these Get-Ups is not like the others. One of these Get-Ups doesn’t belong.
Can you tell which Get-Up is not like the others by the time we finish our song? (Sesame Street reference? Yes, please.) The Turkish Get-Up is an old exercise. It has been around for I don’t even know how long, … Continue reading
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Suggested Reading
A Joint By Joint Approach To Training – Michael Boyle Eliminating The Stopwatch – Greg Everett Interesting insight from Greg. He is a great coach and an intelligent writer, as well as quite funny, although not as much in this … Continue reading
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Happy New Year! Make 2011 your best yet!
Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a fun, safe new years eve, and watched a lot of sports on new years day. I’m not going to beat around the bush here, everyone reading this gained some weight over the holidays–and … Continue reading
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Exercising vs. Training
Most people at your local gym are exercisers. They are chasing “the burn”. Coach Pat Ward has said it like this, about just exercising, “There isn’t really a rhyme or reason to what you are doing. It doesn’t build on … Continue reading
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Pressing People
When you run out of weights, pick up your friends.
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