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Being Zen While You Workout: Killer Outdoor Training

With more and more focus on body, mind, and soul, more people are focusing on the "experience" of working out and not just the workout itself. Creating environments that make you feel happy and stress-free ... Continue Reading

The Truth About Falling Off the Wagon

The Truth About Falling Off the Wagon

What is it you feel whenever you fall off the wagon? It’s usually disappointment, discouragement, and perhaps a touch of self-loathing. These emotions are like quicksand to forward progress unless you know ... Continue Reading

Flexibility Versus Mobility: What Do You Need?

Flexibility Versus Mobility: What Do You Need?

What do you think of when someone talks about flexibility? Is it the ability to bend over and touch your toes? Or maybe it conjures up images of ballet dancers and yogis, easily dropping into the ... Continue Reading

Make Monday Your Favorite Day

Make Monday Your Favorite Day

It’s not just important to make health and fithess a priority in order to live a long, healthy life—it’s critical. As I discussed in my last article, there are days where we miss a workout due to work ... Continue Reading

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Use Yoga to Improve Your Lifts

Over the past couple of years, I’ve made it a priority to do yoga once a week–whether it’s taking a class, or doing poses in my hotel room when I travel. Yoga is a perfect complement to my weight-training ... Continue Reading

Mobility Isn’t Training: Find Balance in Your Workouts

I think the strength and fitness industry is changing its opinion on mobility work to be much more positive and inclusive, which is fantastic. With so much information out there it's hard to say that any ... Continue Reading

Push Up Progressions for Everyone

Have you ever felt frustrated at not being able to do a decent push up? Some people just seem to pop those reps out with complete ease, yet for the majority of people a great push up alludes them. What ... Continue Reading

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Every Step Is a Gift

Becoming an athlete when you’re already in your 30s is a funny thing. I don’t have any glory days to look back on from my teens and 20s, because aside from a few (very mediocre) years of wrestling in high ... Continue Reading

What Improv Theater Teaches Us About Mobility

I recently read an amazing book called Do/Improvise by Robert Poynton. He makes a compelling case for creative improvisation as a way of life, and what’s even more fascinating is that these same lessons ... Continue Reading

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