How to train the “old school” way
If you want a way of training that is so effective it’s hard not to find yourself stronger and more in shape (a lot of the time scant few months after starting) you’d do well to take your cue from the so called “Silver Era” of bodybuilding. Now, I make no bones about the fact […]
Witness a monster
Few days back I decided to see if I could rustle up some online personal training clients via a little Google search advertising. Time will tell if this was a smart move or a blasphemous cash sacrifice to the Big Tech Gods. Whatever the case, I put a bunch of effort into creating a very […]
How playing the contrarian leads to hassle free results
“feels like the internet just supercharges everything out of all moderation and pushes everyone to compete in a really extreme way. It’s the reason I liked your stuff when I came across it – no crazy mad promises – but really direct. It’s unique!” So opined a former client and now good friend of mine […]
Short letter to young Phil
Short letter to young Phil Behold some tidbits of advice that, had my younger self had access to, would have negated much stress and hassle: * Stop pretending your BMI is hovering around 30 “because of muscle”. You are fat. Do something about it before you worry about anything else. * Bodyweight training isn’t ghey, […]
The hassle-free approach to training
Something that has never “worked” for me is calculating my weights using percentages and closely tracking the number of reps I complete, length of my rest periods, and so on. Why? Loads of reasons. But the biggest one is that I don’t care enough about my training to spend time getting down in the weeds […]
Why I won’t be my daughter’s training partner
Paraphrasing another question on how I will introduce my eldest daughter (and two other kids) to training that comes up in conversation from time to time: “Are you going to train with Connie when she is older?” The short answer is no. The longer and more interesting answer is, obviously I’ll show her the ropes […]
Common beginner mistake on the training front
Occasionally, I run the thought experiment of, “How would I train differently if I had my time again?”. My most recent conclusion goes as follows: Easily the biggest mistake I made was right at the beginning when I jumped into lifting weights (and only lifting weights) without doing sufficient preparatory work. It’s important to keep […]