When it comes to getting in shape, being strong and looking awesome, one of (if not THE biggest) factors is NUTRITION. You can't out-train a bad diet. Today after I got home from traveling I stocked up on good foods from the local grocery store, and decided...
Bill Phillips Transformation Camp Bill Phillips had a huge impact on me. It all started with Muscle Media 2000 magazine (if you remember that magazine, you're old like me, and you remember just how awesome that magazine was). Along with Muscle Media 2000, Bill Phillips also owned...
On June 30th, we set what we call a "Stretch Goal" for our "Rippedin42" members. Every time we do a Phase 1 transformation, we usually get about 800 lbs. in weight loss in total, which is beyond amazing for just 42 days. However, I felt the...
I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived. --Will Smith It has been exactly one year since I took a big step out of my...
I made it a goal of mine to really focus on my own training, nutrition & goals for the last 5 weeks, coinciding with the "Rippedn42" & "Bultin42" programs that finish up this Saturday. It has been one year ago this week that the doors opened...
No matter where you are in life, you have everything you deserve. You have the body you earned (or hate). You have the job of your dreams (or a job you settled for). You have friends that make your life amazing (or drain the life out of you). You...
About 10 years ago, I blew my back out doing Sumo deadlifts, it was not a fun experience. It was not a fun experience, and years later with a herniated disc, deadlifting has not been on the training menu. But the last year or so I have...
If you had asked me even five years ago if I thought I would be a strength coach and own a gym, and I would have said you were crazy. Now I coach one of the strongest & fittest groups of girls around, in a class...
Got a guest blog post here from my friend and fellow Certified Turbulence Trainer, Mike Whitfield. Mike has lost over 100 lbs. and is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. I asked him to do a guest blog post on "Metabolic Finishers" as once...
Lower Core Training TipsWhen it comes to core training, there is mass confusion as to exactly what "core training" actually is.I view the core as pretty much the whole torso, and at times when locking or bracing, I look more at the WHOLE BODY working...