I’m not gonna lie to ya… I am kinda obsessed with pull ups. I think my obsession started many years ago when I got started into serious strength training and I saw a friend & mentor Dave Dyer do pull ups with 200 lbs strapped to his waist for one rep. It caused a problem [...]
Welcome to my New & Improved Blog! I love to blog, and I love to help people, so I figured a new & improved blog would be a great start to what I plan to be some very big things in the near future. With my blog I plan to really open up everything I [...]
RK : Hey Dean thanks for taking the time to do this interview. I have been reading your blog for a long time now and the information is fantastic. Maybe you can give me and my readers a quick run down on who Dean Somerset is and what is is you do. DS : Likewise, [...]
I am writing this blog post from Sunny San Diego! I’m here “On Business” networking with some of the smartest trainers so that I can become a better trainer and help my members and of course you, if you are reading this e-mail. One of the coolest people I met this weekend were “The Bootcamp [...]
Hi my name is Becky. My friends call me Becka, My New Dad calls me Boopee! I can’t really tell you everything about my past life as it is just too hard and I really don’t want to talk about it much, but my dad thinks it will help some other dogs. I was abused, [...]
I finally have a day off to relax and I am just listening to some Pearl Jam Twenty and playing catch up on what has been one of the craziest, yet busiest weeks of my life. I have been dieting along with my Rippedin42 members for the last 42 days. I always train but [...]
I usually spend a big portion of my Sunday’s reading. Everything from Fitness Blogs, to Investing, Marketing, SEO, Small Business, the works. Here are some of my favorite reads from this week. Muscle Tightness : Overactive Fatigue vs. Dysfunctional Stifness – Dean Somerset (Great read, a bit above average reading, but if you have back [...]
Let me ask you a question and I would love an answer commented below. What is your training goal? BE SPECIFIC, what is it? Do you have one? Is it vague? Saying something like “My Goal is To Workout More” isn’t a goal, or even better I hear this all the time “I want [...]
So the last few weeks my blog quality hasn’t been up to par and I feel bad for that. However it has been for good reason. I have been insanely busy opening my new business “Heavyweights Fitness‘ which is a combination of my gym Heavyweights Training Center & my sports nutrition store Heavyweights Supplements. More [...]
So I am here in Louisville Kentucky at a Starbucks catching up on some work emails and writing some programs so I figured it would be a good time and take a break and tell a little story to help you. Last night after 3 days of intense seminars I took the night off to [...]