Got a great topic for today that there seems to be some debate around. Ville asks: I’ve read some of your work on deceptive strength, testosterone and muscle control but mainly I’ve read your articles and emails. It’s good stuff. I’d like your opinions on some things that been floating …
Listening To Your Body – Whispers and Screams
Recently, I recorded a fun interview with the Iron Tamer David Whitley for my Health Sovereign podcast. That’ll be out in April and I’ll let you know when it is. But he said something that was amazing and I wanted to share with you today. It’s on the topic of …
New Science of MENTAL Recovery for Exercise
Many years ago I heard legendary wrestler and coach Dan Gable speak. There was one thing that he said that stood out to me and I still think about it every once in a while. Why? Because it describes a principle that is easily missed by most trainees. It certainly …
The Recovery Mat
This is something I have personally been using for quite some time, but haven’t let anyone know about, until now. That is laying on top of an acupressure mat after working out. After hearing about these mats I started doing this. Then, I read in Tim Ferriss’ Tools of Titans …
Beast Snatch Progress
As you likely know if you’ve been paying attention, my main training goal right now is snatching the 48kg or 106 lb. kettlebell 100 times in ten minutes. When I initially conceived of this goal, I thought I’d be able to make short work of it. I proved to be …
More Deadlift and Chinnup PR’s
As I mentioned earlier I feel like my progress is accelerating. Here are two more big PR’s for me that happened back to back. The first is a partial Jefferson deadlift. Working at about a 3/4 range of motion this is a fairly powerful position. I know I could have …