20 Feb
Alternative Title: So You Want to Be a Personal Trainer??? In the past year I have received no fewer than 50 emails (plus numerous texts, facebook messages etc.) from folks asking for career advice. How did you transition to personal training? Do you think you made the right decision? How do I make a career [...]
29 Dec
Over the past few years I’ve noticed a disturbing trend where in our desire to keep clients interested we have been introducing an ever increasing array of new and cool exercises to keep them engaged in their training. Many of these exercises are harder and more complex versions of the basics. Most folks have not [...]
23 Dec
My client, Carlos, sent the testimonial below as a thank you for all the work that I put in to help him recover from his injury and return to work. I really appreciate the time Carlos took to write this for me, but it also got me thinking that I should be thanking him as [...]
19 Dec
Back with Part 4 of the series on My Love / Hate Relationship with Crossfit. Standard CYA Language: Make no mistake that I have benefited tremendously from the Crossfit concept and it has forever changed the way I view fitness, but I also have some bones to pick with the overall system and its common [...]
16 Dec
Been thinking a lot about this lately and have had some frustrating conversations regarding this with some of my athletes. The Stopwatch is NOT Absolute. It only provides context. If you compete in a sport where form is not measured, but is dictated by some simple rules like running or swimming then it is an [...]
