Category: Workouts

Lots of you are working on getting your very first pull up. I’m here to help with some tips.   You can watch the demonstration in the video below and read on for more tips on getting your very first pull up:

If you’re on this blog, then it’s safe to say that you’re looking for a challenge workout of some sort. I love a challenge and will try most anything (within reason). Okay, not quite anything, let’s narrow it down to workouts… I have years and years of training experience behind me and if a workout … Continued

I’ve found the perfect exercise: the burpee pull up. Well, I’m not sure what it’s perfect for…mostly losing your lunch. No one should feel the need to throw money away on fitness gadgets and gimmicks to improve their fitness level. I know more people that go out and buy expensive treadmills and bikes and elliptical … Continued

You have to love a squat challenge. Well, love it and hate it…for me, somehow the squat challenge was the hardest of all the body weight challenges I did. With the dead lift challenge, the hardest part of was holding the bar. When I try it again, I’ll use straps to see what kind of … Continued

Here’s challenge number two. It started with the deadlift challenge: bodyweight on the bar for two sets, one set for max reps without rest, one set for max reps in three minutes. Good times all around. A day after this challenge I tackled the bench. Now I love to bench press. Here’s a secret: I’ve … Continued

With the new year just around the corner, I thought it would be cool to give you the actual FORMULA for quickly and easily getting clients into your fitness business. Mind you, these are not marketing strategies or tactics… I’ve given you plenty of those in past articles and you can find many more of … Continued

Challenge workouts: I’m not sure where I dream these ideas up. They seem like a good idea at the time, but then I get these butterflies in my gut at the thought of actually hitting the gym and doing the workout. I figure this is a good thing…my way of living on the edge since … Continued

Back by popular demand is my pal Rick Kaselj.   Do you have shoulder pain when you try to do push ups or planking? Rick Kaselj has a few tips for you here:   You can check out Rick’s shoulder program here. He’s got a ton of practical things you can do to dramatically improve … Continued

Recently I was at a meeting with some of the top fitness pro’s in the biz. We planned on getting together on the first night after our meetings for a killer workout. As it turned out, San Diego and the surrounding area had a power outage for over 12 hours. So instead of training, since … Continued

Here’s my pal Rick Kaselj who has shared some insights on how to avoid knee pain on the blog before. You can check those posts out here and here.   Today Rick shares a few thoughts on stretching and knee pain:   You can check Rick’s program for those of you with knee pain out … Continued