My 3 Biggest Fitness Mistakes …and how you can avoid them When you’re feeling kind of chubby and you hear or see anyone else who seems to have achieved fitness success, it’s easy to be […]
Kaizen, Minimalism, Generalism, & Training Logs
Kaizen: a Japanese term meaning “change for the better”; an approach that values continuous improvement, often via tiny increments of progress. I came across this concept as it applies to business & manufacturing, and I had a low-grade epiphany when I connected this to progress in the gym (or at meal times). Believe it or […]
INSTANT STRENGTH
INSTANT STRENGTH: 2 Tips to Press Heavier NOW If you’re NOT doing these 2 things and you START doing them TODAY, you will experience instant strength,–and you’ll likely see an immediate Personal Record. Such is the power of the “Concrete Column” and the Trigger. Although I may have, at one point or another, been […]
Set Behavior-Based Goals
When you set the goal to lose 5 pounds by Monday, and you weigh yourself Monday morning, it usually goes one of three ways: A. You have lost 5 pounds. Yay! (Followed very shortly by thoughts of, “Did I really, though? Maybe I’m just less hydrated right now…after all, I had that bite of cake […]
Make Yourself Coachable
Are you coachable? Are you coachable as an athlete? As a student of fitness? Are you coachable as a human being? What does that even mean, and how can you make yourself coachable? Dan John described the types of clients we should expect to mee– Wait a second! Did you hear?! I spent 3 days […]