Diet Tips: Top 5 Tips for Surviving Your Diet
Following a diet can be hard - here are my top 5 tips for making something hard a whole lot easier.
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The Drop Set – Episode 97: Being Your Own Coach, Part 1
It’s always good to save a few bucks, right? HELL NO, says the coach – but yeah, I get it. Sometimes it’s just not an option, so in this episode I go over many of the logistical concerns of being your own coach. Stay tuned for Friday’s episode and in part 2 we’ll dig in on the technical side of...
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Six Keys to a Successful Off-season
Six Keys to a Successful Off-season Back in episode 81 of my podcast (which you are already listening to, right? If not, click here and redeem yourself – I’ll never know!) my guest was IFBB figure pro Kim Helm and she said something that I couldn’t possibly agree with any more. How your off-season goes determines how your prep goes...
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Evidence of Insanity – My 2018 Photo Shoot Prep by the Numbers
Evidence of Insanity – My 2018 Photo Shoot Prep by the Numbers My clients know this very well, and if you’ve read much on this site or follow me on social media you’ve probably gathered this as well: I can get a bit crazy when it comes to collecting and analyzing data. It’s my engineering background, I guess – it’s not ultimately what...
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7 Reasons Your Last Prep Sucked
7 Reasons Your Last Prep Sucked Raise your hand if you’ve tried to prep for a show and didn’t reach the finish line? Yeah I see you out there. You in the back, it’s ok – put your hand up, I can see it in your eyes…ok, there you go. Now raise your hand if you MADE it to show...
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The Drop Set – Episode 90: Prep in Review!
Well, my prep wrapped up yesterday so I thought it would be a fun exercise to look back and reflect on the whole and dig in to some details. Always a healthy exercise to do a little post-mortem and see what went well and what you can improve upon next time around!
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7 Ways to Slay Your Cardio Harder
7 Ways to Slay Your Cardio Harder Spoiler alert: whether your goal is competition prep for a bodybuilding show or just fat loss in general, cardio is going to be part of the equation. There’s no realistic way around it. For most of the people I talk to and work with, it’s absolutely viewed as a necessary evil. Now yes, there...
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The Drop Set – Episode 88: Doctors and Nutrition, Troubleshooting Digestion
Two fun topics for today – first up, what to make of doctors dishing out nutritional advice? And let’s keep it in the realm of nutrition after that and talk about digestive issues of all varieties and how you can go about troubleshooting them.
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The Drop Set – Episode 87: Excuses
Today, I talk about excuses. Some things are REASONS, and others are excuses. Last week I had some experience with both, so I share my story and go over how I struggled with it, how I failed, how I WILLFULLY elected to suck unnecessarily, and what we can do about it after the fact.
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Workout Logging: My Secret to Force Progressive Overload
Let's start with a quiz. It's simple, so don't worry. It'll take about 3 seconds, and then I'll call for pencils down. Ready? GO! Are you a human being? Do you like to lift? Do you hate hitting plateaus? If you answered 'yes' to all of those questions, then you should be logging your workouts.
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