The other week I posted a message with my case against personal trainers. (If you missed that you can read it here.) That contrarian perspective yielded a lot of response, but people agreeing and disagreeing. Today I specifically want to share a message from Tyler I’m a personal trainer and …
How to Fix Chronic Pain?
Travis asks… “You mentioned emotional/mental blocks to healing. This is the great question: what to do to prevent or redirect chronic pain? I’ve watched so many folks go through knee/hip replacement surgery in my life and also celebrities and aging athletes. The great question is what causes and sustains pain. …
Negative Self-Talk in Health & Fitness
Number 9: Be on the Lookout for Mental Blocks and Negative Self-Talk. That negative self-talk is really important. So if you hear, “Oh, I can’t do that!” If you hear yourself say something like that or maybe even just think it, it’s like, “Ah! There’s a belief behind that!” And …
I HATED Myself
When most people see me tear a deck of cards in half, or snatch a 106 lb. kettlebell over and over and over again, they’ll ask me odd questions like: “When did you learn you could do that?” As if this was an innate talent I discovered that I had …
How Sig Klein Saved My Ass!
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that my primary goal is the beast snatch test (100 reps with the 106lb/48kg kettlebell in 10 minutes). While I initially thought, this would be a pleasant side goal that I could knock out with a little work, it has …
Do You Have Any Of These Limiting Training Beliefs?
Here’s a list, in no particular order, of some beliefs that could hold you back in a variety of ways. I’m don’t have the motivation to workout Only beginners make fast progress I don’t have great genetics I’m too old to do a handstand It’s not possible for me to …
I Sucked at Squats
Take a look through my youtube channel. Until recently you wouldn’t find any videos of me squatting heavy weights. Not like the deadlift, where there’s tons of videos up. Take a look at my body and you may see why. I’m not built to squat. Although this is true, in …
Podcast: NLP for Strength Training Part 1
I’m about to embark on a three week training course in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). Over the next couple weeks I plan to share a few of the things I learn from that session, but in this podcast I wanted to give you a base in case you haven’t heard …