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You Must Have the Wrong Guy



You Must Have the Wrong Guy

Not surprisingly, a lot of people get offended by the fact that I am not in the business of promoting fitness. When I post something to this effect on FaceBook or Twitter some people get very upset and even call me mean names. (I have feelings, ya know)

Now I know this may come as an odd statement, considering what I do for a living and the fact that I am a part of the fitness industry. But I really don’t care to “give the gift of fitness” to people. I’m [...]

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Training Related Stupidity



Training Related Stupidity

Here’s a list of some training related items that I personally find to be really, really stupid. This is all in good fun, but I realize some people will be very offended. I would expect nothing less…

The supposed inverse relationship between reps and rest periods. According to this rule you should rest longer when you are doing sets of three than when you are doing sets of twenty. So if you squat 455 for three you need way more rest than you do when you squat 295 for twenty. The [...]

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Random Thoughts



Random Thoughts

– Whoever came up with the idea that this is the proper way to write a workout obviously failed first grade:

A1) Bench press
A2) Bent over row

That is not how you write an outline!!! Didn’t you learn that in elementary school??? Why are so many people doing this? It is completely ass backwards and wrong! Dave Tate was the first to point this out to me years ago and I thought, “Man, how could I ever be so stupid?” You know how? Because I am that stupid. But there are many [...]

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Sick of Your Gym?



Sick of Your Gym?

I was in public gym training last night; a situation I don’t like to be in. I walked in and right past all the girls on the treadmills and stairclimbers.  Immediately I was pissed off.  Don’t these nitwits know that there are endless roads to walk on and plenty of stairs to run up?! Why would you possibly get in your car and drive 15 minutes across town to WALK ON A GODDAMN TREADMILL?! Why not just walk to the gym and back? Are people really this stupid? You’re gonna [...]

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"When You’re Ten Years In, Holla Back Then"



I checked my voicemail one day last week and had a message from a good friend of mine saying, “Dude, I almost fell out of my chair when I was reading an online training forum the other day and saw your name on there right in the mix with all the pencil necks. What kind of loser are you turning into? Actually, what kind of loser am I turning into even being on those training forums?”

Both, good questions. And I plead guilty as charged. I got sucked [...]

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