Tonight I read this article from The New York Times that my friend Dean Somerset posted on his Facebook profile. "Why Women Can't Do Pull Ups." You can read the article by going here. Reading this made me smile. Here is a pic of our trainers at HWTC. They...
Sometimes ya just gotta lift heavy sh*t. Was my form textbook? No. Could I have lowered the weight and done a textbook swing? Yes. Do I care to always have perfect, textbook form? NOPE. Sometimes ya gotta lift heavy and have some fun. I am not one of these guys that thinks that...
If you want to find what really works in fitness, just look to the past. Multi-million dollar businesses have convinced people they need "stuff" to make their training better. One of those things is sneakers Long before Vibrams were cool, the old-school athletes and champions had harnessed...
I treat motivation the way I treat most things in my life. It's something I read, watch, and listen to EVERY DAY. Every day I train, eat clean, brush and floss my teeth, shower or bath, say thank you, and practice gratitude. These things are IMPORTANT to me. The...
It doesn't matter where you start, what matters is where you are going. Meet Laura. Laura started training with me a few months ago at my gym Heavyweights Training Center. When Laura started, she could barely do a push-up from her knees. She was not highly athletic. She didn't have...
I started reading Eric Cressey on T-Nation many years ago and ever since I don't think I have missed an article or blog post he has written. Not long after I started reading Tony Gentilcore stuff on T-Nation and then Tony's blog as well. In other words...
It has been a great weekend at Defranco’s Gym doing our CPPS Certification with Joe DeFranco & James Smity (aka Smitty). This has been a great experience and we have all learned a ton of great information and met some amazing people. On top of that...
You know the phrase "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"? Well I am going to break that rule, and share with you some of the top tips I learned from attending the Charles Poliquin Bio-Signature Conference in Las Vegas. OK, so this is not really...
So I have been in Las Vegas for what seems like an eternity now. Two weeks of Vegas has taken its toll on this guy. Most people don't know it, but I am VERY anti-social and have serious issues with people and crowds. It's something I...
Back in January of 2012, I had the opportunity to attend a two-day seminar in Arizona with professor of spinal bio-mechanics, Dr. Stu McGill. Dr. McGill is one of the top in the world when it comes to knowledge on the lower back, spine & core....