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
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?
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
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
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
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