A few months ago, at football practice, one of the coaches was talking about the relationship between physical conditioning and the role it plays in the mind. Of course this was right after we had just finished up with sprints and most of us gasping for air.
The coach, who just happened to be on a [...]

I just got back from a small vacation in my small home town of  Ticonderoga, NY. While I was there I did what we are supposed to do on vacations, relax, rejuvinate, attended barbecues, and drank a few cool beverages.
With that said I also got in a strength training session. There are a couple ways [...]

Today I wanted to talk to you about direction.
More specifically…
The direction you are taking towards your strength and fitness goals.
Are you headed in the right direction or do you find yourself starting out on the right path only to end up lost, or traveling in circles only to end up where you started off.
Well here [...]

To all my readers out there, past, present, and future. I need to ask for a favor.
I would like to know what you want me to talk about on the blog and in my newsletters. I want to better serve you and the best way i can do that is give you what you want [...]

Have you gotten out of your comfort zone lately? I know I have and have a video to prove it! Keep reading and you will see the video below.
I’ve traveled to Michigan from upstate NY (12 hour drive) twice in the last month for a photo shoot for some possible fitness modeling and acting.
You see [...]

In this post I would like to discuss BALANCE, and
more specifically a balanced training program. What I mean by
that is, are you working your body equally in the front, back, sides,
and in all planes of movement?
If not, then you may be on your way to an injury or already have
had one. Plus imbalanced training programs [...]

It’s been a long journey since I picked up my first barbell at 14 years old in 1988. Since then I have gained almost 100 pounds of lean muscle, played college football, semi pro football in Europe, got certified as a strength/ fitness coach and am now a competitive amateur bodybuilder.
During these last 21 years [...]

In today’s post I want to discuss something that most of us don’t
think about, but is a very important part of achieving your strength and
fitness goals.
And that subject is SKILL.
What a lot of us fail to realize is that to achieve a high level of strength
and fitness it takes skill.
Skill is defined as:
1. a : [...]