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…
Recently over on my Facebook page, I asked for some input on topics for content that people would be interested in. I will likely be putting most of these in a video format, but there could be some articles coming as well. This was one of the questions that I got that seemed rather interesting,…
Week 2, Day 2 – Max Effort Upper Stretch and Warm-Up Close Grip, 2 Board Bench Press 45×5, 95×5, 135×5, 185×3, 225×3, 275×3, 295×3, 315×3 205×5, 235×5, 265×8 Wide Grip Bench Press 185×10, 225×8, 245×7 Incline Dumbbell Bench Press 60×15, 70×10, 70×10 Inverted Rows – 5×10 Dumbbell Hammer Curls – 3×10 JM Press – 4×20 Stir the…
Stress is the name of the game at the moment as I work my way through the thick of finals week for this semester here at Purdue. To be honest, getting in the gym and training has been, and always will be, my go to when I am going through a period of high stress.…
How to Fix A Good Morning-Style Squat – John Clark John breaks down one of the main technical reasons that lifters tend to pitch forward in the squat. We can typically look at a lifters elbow position, and this will dictate where the bar will go. If we see the elbows shoot back (I…
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…
I’m back at it! After a very long deload week I am officially back into offseason powerlifting training. I missed posting about the last two training sessions before the week started due to a full schedule which even involved a trip to the Elitefts S4 Compound with Purdue Barbell for a seminar with Dave “Under…
I’m going to tackle one of the most common issues that I see happen during a squat. There can be a host of different errors and issues with this complicated lift, but a very common mistake is having the hips rise drastically out of the bottom of the squat, and essentially a good morning occurs.…
Recently I had the pleasure of traveling over to Elitefts with the Purdue Barbell Club to get in a coaching session. This turned into an article over on Elitefts.com. There are some great coaching points and things that each lifter is training to work on, and in this video you can see all the little…
I particularly don’t like to just ramble and post lousy content, that’s not my style. But this is straight unedited (maybe reviewed so it doesn’t look like a six year old wrote it). But I’ve pretty much had enough with mediocrity these days. Coming from the strength world, there tends to be more and more…