Optimizing Youth Athletic Performance Through Proper Nutrition
What should your child be eating? Read more to find out how to immediately improve performance.
NutraBio Black Friday Sale
I’m not one to post a ton of sales based adds or other posts on my blog, but NutraBio is having a HUGE Black Friday sale for about a whole week. You can stock up on tons of protein, multivitamins, pre-workouts, amino acids, joint care formulas and MORE! These are their lowest prices of the…
How To Diet During Thanksgiving
It’s that time of year where we all focus on spending time with friends and family during the holidays. As a coach and athlete, one of the many difficulties is keeping our nutrition in line while there are swarms of good, delicious, calorically dense food around us. I work with many people that are trying…
How To Calculate Your Macros
In today’s fitness realm, the If It Fits Your Macros (IIFYM) approach to nutrition is becoming rather popular and gaining some good popularity. While this article isn’t designed to discuss the pro’s and con’s of IIFYM, this is how I opt to coach over 90% of my nutrition clients, and so it’s going to base…
A Methodical Approach to Increasing Your Training Frequency
As someone that works with a variety of clients and people, something that almost always gets brought up is how to add in extra work or training session to a training program. Most of the time, I will recommend that you just follow the program you’re using as written. It was designed in a way…
WATCH: Transitioning to Powerlifting
Continuing on with the Q&A series from my Facebook page, this week I discuss how to transition to powerlifting from a physique-based background. As crazy as this may seem, I think this is the most common way that people get into powerlifting. Majority of us when we start our fitness journey, get introduced either via…
5 Things I Wish I Knew 5 Years Ago
Looking back through my years of training, I realize there was a lot that I didn’t know. Back then, you probably couldn’t have told me otherwise. I was training for local bodybuilding shows, and had taken a vast interest in training and nutrition. I was currently at Purdue University studying Health and Fitness, so I…
RECIPE: Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies
I’ll be the first to admit, that I’m not someone that comes up with great recipes. I enjoy the simplicity of cooking. Meats, vegetables, rice, potatoes, oatmeal. That’s my stuff. Baking? Not so much. I’d much rather just go out and buy whatever it is I’ve got the craving for. However, when you’re dieting down…
2016 NSCA Indiana State University Strength and Conditioning Clinic Recap
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending the NSCA Indiana State University Strength and Conditioning Clinic. I’ve been fortunate to be able to attend a few of these now, and they are always progressing and bringing in some top tier speakers. The education component is a vital aspect of our field, and getting…
WATCH: A Day of Eating With Brandon Smitley – Non Training Day
Seeing how and what certain strength athletes and fitness gurus eat is a pretty popular topic. Everyone has their own way to approach nutrition, and each person will likely have things dialed in based upon what works best for them. I’ve decided to film a few days of my eating for those that might be…