I met Nick Nilsson at Joel Marion’s Super Bowl party. He’s such a quiet and pensive dude, I can see why he’s been given the name ‘The Mad Scientist of Exercise’ because while everyone else is chatting it up, I’ll bet Nick is secretly dreaming up new movements on a variety of apparatus, whether it’s … Continued
My friend, Nick Nilsson, also known as the ‘Mad Scientist of Muscle’ has a cool move for you here: This is a great movement for maximizing back development. You’re going to perform two distinct movements for your back in one set. You’ll start with a normall pulldown movement, then holding the handle in that bottom … Continued
I recently did a survey with you and found out that 92% of you use bodyweight exercises in your training. (Thank you to those that did that survey.) With that in mind, I wanted to share this article from my friend, Todd. He’s a bodyweight genius. Take it away Todd: 3 Reasons You can Gain … Continued
If you want to increase your pull up power, I have some tips for you. Pull ups are all around bad a$$ and well worth your while to spend some time working on them. No only will you look like a rock star doing them, you’ll shape your physique and improve strength in other areas … Continued
Body weight workouts are super fun, especially when you’re in a rush, can’t get to the gym and have limited equipment. This workout is a keeper for all the above reasons. Granted you need a pull up bar, but a tree branch, door jam, or a shower curtain rod would do the trick 😉 (note: … Continued
I’ve been talking about training for the older adult and how you may be surprised to learn that training LONGER can actually be detrimental and AGE you faster than a shorter effective workout. Sadly, I go into the gym and see WAY too may people slogging it away on cardio machines. I wanted to … Continued
I know you’re dying to hear how things are going here in Tampa. If you hadn’t heard, I’m here with the biggest fitness guru’s in the world including Joel Marion, Josh Benzoni, Vince Delmonte, Adam Steer, Dave Ruel, Mike Whitfield, Craig Ballantyne and a ton of others. You’re probably wondering if there are any casualties … Continued
I have a guest post for you up today from my friend, Steve Mckinney. He has an interesting perspective and a great home workout for you. Make sure to comment and give your feedback in the comment section. Deal? Here you go… It was Christmas morning 1988 and my mother woke me up. She … Continued
This is my friend Adam Steer, he’s a fellow Canuck and all round cool guy (as expected, since he’s Canadian and all 😉 He’s into body weight training and has written a cool post for us today. In the past, bodyweight training has often been an afterthought for a lot of people. But it looks … Continued
Saying good bye is tough. I sent my Dad off yesterday morning in -25C weather. He had an 8 hour drive home to BC, but I think I thoroughly tired him out. Thanks to my good ole pops, my kitchen is looking pretty good if I do say so myself: Waiting on the counter top, … Continued