It’s harder to unlearn something than it is to learn something. Once your brain latches onto a piece of information – no matter how erroneous it turns out to be – it doesn’t want to let it go. What you learned first becomes your set-point against which all other information now must be compared. Marketers… Read More, Baby!
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Q&A: 21-Day Squat Challenge Explained
I’m really bad at predicting which of my articles are going to become popular. I could have sworn that the recent post I did for Breaking Muscle called, “The 21-Day Squat Challenge” would have just flown right under the radar. This would have been fine, as the point of putting it up wasn’t to have… Read More, Baby!
Bret Contreras Gone Wild – An Interview With The Glute Guy
I tried my best to contain the beast! But as you’ll see in this eye-opening interview … that’s nearly impossible with a guy with as big a personality as my friend Bret Contreras. There’s a lot of great take-away info in this interview. Including: Why is Bret Contreras known as “The Glute Guy”? Should he… Read More, Baby!
Gwen Sisto Interview is UP
Our first ever interview on Weightlifting Academy is with my BWFF (Best weightlifting friend forever), Gwen Sisto … only seemed appropriate: We talk about a lot, but some of the main stuff that will help you in your weightlifting is: A big heel doesn’t make you a bad person The importance of volume in your… Read More, Baby!
Science Is Wrong? On The Under-Determination Of Fact – Samurai Strength Ep. 12
Does the sun revolve around the earth? No. Why did people believe such a crazy notion? Were they stupid? Of course not. The trouble with science is that it just doesn’t give us the level of certainty we humans seem to obsessively (and desperately) want. But don’t let that cause you to despair. Quite frankly, I… Read More, Baby!
How To Squat Like An Olympic Weightlifter in 6 Easy Steps – Samurai Strength Episode 11
Squatting is at once one of the easiest things to teach in the gym, and one of the things most trainees do horribly wrong – which increases the likely hood of injury something fierce! I believe in having my lifters squat as often as they can possibly handle it given their time constraints (as was made abundantly… Read More, Baby!
Can Watching Star Trek Increase Your Snatch? Yes!
I wrote an (only slightly) tongue-in-cheek article over on Breaking Muscle called, “Are You Geeky Enough to be a Weightlifter?” Yes, of course, I’m playing around a bit. But, I’m partly serious. The skills, the mental tools, that geeks have access to are tools you NEED to develop to be good at the sport of… Read More, Baby!
Intermittent Fasting Basics
Peter and I tackle Intermittent Fasting on the High Octane Body Podcast for our Auspicious episode number 7. In this review you’ll learn … That the number 7 has a cool sound effect Why fasting is not unhealthy, in fact, it may prolong your life What Sasquatch eat … Why fasting is not “weird”, it’s… Read More, Baby!
Weightlifting Technique – Gwen Sisto at the 2012 National Championships – All 6 Lifts
Below are all six of Gwen Sisto’s attempts (and makes, she went 6-for-6) at the 2012 Olympic Weightlifting National Championships. I’m putting these up for two reasons. The first is that Gwen is super-duper cool, and I’m proud of her. The second is because I think you could learn a lot by watching her technique…. Read More, Baby!
