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The job title personal trainer is synonymous with “body problem solver.” And there’s no bigger issue to solve than the problem of weight loss. Call it a great mystery. We’re at a time when [...]

There’s an epidemic in the strength training world: we have people who can’t seem to decide on what to do in the gym. They either do too much….or too little. Lost in this spectrum is the concept [...]

The saying “calories in, calories out” comes from the concept of energy balance. And energy balance, which determines if you lose or gain weight, is one of the most confusing concepts in the [...]

Pop quiz hotshot!   When you go to the gym, do you have a general plan? If the answer is yes, then we’re off to a good start. Do you know what exact exercises you’re going to do? Even better. How [...]

George Orwell once said “myths which are believed in tend to become true.” While Orwell was a great writer, an exercise scientist he was not. Over the years though, certain myths have [...]

This past summer I had a client approach me with a simple goal: he wanted to gain 10 pounds. Sounds pretty simple so far, right? Well, not so fast. This young stud played AAA hockey and not only [...]

Achieving a high metabolism is big business: thousands of books have been written on the topic along with countless workout DVD’s and specialty gyms all designed to jack up that metabolic rate. [...]

If you’re two tenths of a second slow on the playing field, then the play passed you by. I’m paraphrasing here, but this was a quote from coach strength Dave Sandler. In a nutshell, Dave was [...]

If there’s one thing that’s overlooked in the nutrition world, it definitely has to be the power of fruits and veggies. While many people get wrapped up in the workouts, or how much protein to [...]

Way back in the day, people had real world problems. You read about them in history books: chicken pox, rickets, the black plague….being chased by a bear on a hunting trip. Nowadays these issues [...]