A New Body Ethic
Fitness professionals have an uncomfortable truth to face: if the goal of our industry is to improve consumers’ lives through better physical health, we are largely failing. Diseases related to sedentary …
Read This Before You Do Another Squat (Then Do Several, After)
Squats are cool. Some of you probably disagree with that, but I’m going to do my best to convince you otherwise. For those already onboard the awesome-squat train, I’m about to make your squats safer, smarter …
The Great Thing About You, Part 2
Every day you get up out of bed, put your feet on the ground and casually walk around your house. You go up stairs, reach for cereal boxes from the top shelf, …
Fix Your Flat
Have you ever had a flat tire? With anything like regular driving, you’re bound to get one eventually. The ones that explode on you while doing 80 on the freeway are …
Guest Blog! Understanding Inflammation (and Anti-Inflammatories)
We’re hearing much more about inflammation than ever before. Between television doctors and magazine articles, the information coming out about the inflammation response and how to stop it is confusing, to …
The Great Thing About You, Part 1
Being part of the fitness world means talking about muscles a lot. Muscles can be improved and in the frenzy to improve them in the best, most revolutionary way, it’s easy to forget that there …
Food Fight! Why We Struggle With Healthy Choices
There must be something wrong with the majority of Americans who don’t meet the recommended levels of daily physical activity, calorie limits, and fruit and vegetable consumption . . . or, …
How to Talk to Your Trainer
I begin each of my training sessions by posing a simple question to my clients: “Is there anything special you would like to work on today?” With new clients, their answers …
What You Don’t Know About Upper-body Strength
Last time, we talked about wrists; for many of you, it opened up a whole new range of motion, eliminated the pain of bearing weight on the hands, and led to …
No Shame: An Open Letter to a Daily Hiit Blogger
Here’s a quick reminder for journalists, authors and bloggers: if your article title is a question that can be answered in a single word, you might want to double-check whether it’s …
A Discussion on Obesity (That Isn’t Flagrantly Annoying)
If you want to watch the world go crazy, just become a specialist in something. Specialists arguing amongst themselves can reach a frenzied pitch of nonsense faster than the U.S. congressional …