A good exercise training journal is essential for anyone who works out with a purpose. It's not rocket science, but laying out your journal properly will make it easier to track progress and see trends in your training process.
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What are the best abs exercise workouts? In Part 2 of this series we get into the specifics of which exercises I recommend and how to fit core strength routines into your training.
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In the humid summer months, sometimes damp clammy skin rubs on other damp clammy bits of skin. After a while, it can lead to major chafing and discomfort. This week’s video shows you how to stop chafing in the gym or on the field.
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If you have knee pain after squatting, this video is for you. These are the 4 most effective techniques that you can do yourself to eliminate knee pain.
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You may have heard of HIIT (high intensity interval training), or variations of it like Tabata intervals or the "One Minute Workout" and asked yourself, should I be adding HIIT workouts into my fitness routine? Why should I do HIIT?
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For lots of people, double unders are a frustratingly elusive skill at first. So how can you learn double unders? After 10 years of experimentation, I’ve honed in on the key beginner techniques. Watch my video to see how it’s done.
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There's an important ying and yang in the pursuit of fitness. You need the right doses of "hard training" and "soft training" to reach your fitness goals and ensure your body will work and feel well long term. So how should you balance your workouts?
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Yoga is a great tool for building a stronger mind-muscle connection and overall body control, and flexibility. But should you be doing yoga? Find out if yoga is something that can help you reach your sport, weight lifting, or fitness goals.
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The most important thing you need to know to make long-term progress on your fitness goals is a concept called 'Training Age.' Your training age isn't your actual age. It's more to do with how developed you are as an athlete, and it affects rate of progress, the kind of program you need, what kind of coaching you'll benefit from, and much, much more.
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Your fitness plan should make you stronger, improve your endurance, and make your body robust so you'll be more resistant to injury. But is some amount of injury a necessary part of training? I don't think it has to be.
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Looking back over the previous year, I was struck by some simple lessons that cropped up again and again in my blog posts, videos, and training sessions with clients. None of these points revolutionary, but I saw so many instances where these principles made all the difference to someone's training that I thought it'd be useful to shine a spotlight on them my compiling this short list.
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Welcome to The Glute Reboot! If anyone's ever told you "your glutes aren't firing", this free video series is for you! Try these glute activation tests, then use the glute muscle exercises to develop better structural balance in your body.
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To be healthy is to have tremendous good fortune. And like most things, it's only easy to grasp the incredible value of our physical abilities when they're threatened. Here are my tips for figuring out the things your body does that matter most, and how to safe guard your enjoyment of them.
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A squat butt wink leads to a decrease in performance, and an increase in pain or risk of injury. No bueno! The most common way to fix a butt wink is to work on improving control and bracing. In this video post, I show you exactly how to get it done.
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Should you really be squatting ass to the grass? Or is there a smarted way to do perfect squats for your body?
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I want you to find patterns behind the injuries you'll inevitably experience to help you return quickly to a state of excellent physical fitness and good health.
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If you have trouble simply balancing when you run, attempt single leg activities like lunges, or when you squat, it could be that weak feet are holding you back. In this video, I show you how to strengthen your feet for better balance and performance.
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Online coaching works really well for nutrition and lifestyle coaching... But if you want to learn how to work out and don't live nearby then I can't, in good conscience, take your business. Here's why...
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Should you use a band to help you get your first chin-up? There are other ways of training through the full range of pulling motion you might want to consider...
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I use these four fitness testing tools because the results represent the basic level of strength, control and movement competency a person needs to feel generally fit... And you'll certainly want to master them if you plan to excel in athletics and sports.
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