Recently, I got my latest blood work back. And I was happy to find I hit a new PR in both total and free testosterone! 992 ng/dL Total Testosterone And my Free Testosterone came in at 17.2 ng/dL. I have a post going into more detail about the results over …
Workouts that Build Your Brain
I love science…but it’s not without it’s problems. One of which is that we often have theories that are just plan wrong. Remember the idea that the brain didn’t grow new neurons as an adult, and wasn’t capable of change? Couldn’t be more wrong. Jim wrote in response to the …
Death by All Causes
Are you familiar with the term “death from all causes,” sometimes also called “all-cause mortality?” In longitudinal research, that is studies where the same data is collected from the same people over long periods of time, this is something that can often be found. For example, one group of people …
Rerunning a Mental Program
I put together a multi-faceted plan to get back in action on the Beast Snatch, and finally achieve this big goal. One part of that plan was for mental training. And one aspect of that was to listen to my own Fitness Maximizer hypnotic tracks. While I also do self-hypnosis …
How to Plan for a Big Training Goal
I’m settled into my new house, and things are mostly back to normal. However, much that I want to go off in a new training direction, I still have a big goal I need to hit before I can do that. The Beast Snatch Test. I was closing in on …
Diversity of Fitness
Jim sent this in (along with a question for another day): “BTW, a really impressive thing about you and your web site. It is amazing how many different things you have studied. Handstands, heavy partials, old time stuff, bending steel, etc. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else with such …
Ido Portal – Just Move
Recently, this documentary was release. It is titled Just Move and is about Ido Portal and his teachers regarding movement. For anyone interested in movement (and hint: everyone should be considering you move throughout your life) this is worth watching. You can find more of the movie, as well as …
How Stretching makes You Weaker
Photo Credit: Trainer Academy The research pretty much agrees. Static stretching before exercise makes you weaker. In 2013, Luka Simic et al did a review of all the studies on the topic, as written in “Does pre-exercise static stretching inhibit maximal muscular performance? A meta-analytical review.” They found a total …
Standard stretching sucks… Here’s what to do about it
The following is a guest article from Peter Tzemis, creator of Anabolic Stretching. Stretching. Most people just don’t do it. And I don’t blame them – considering half the time you feel like your just wasting time sitting in uncomfortable positions. The main problem with conventional stretching programs is that …
How Long does Mobility take?
Paul asked the following question inside the private group for Strength Health Mind Power Inner Circle members: “My naive question would be how to get good mobility work done in the shortest time possible. I was doing Pavel Tsatsouline’s routine from Super Joints (the easy one!) and it was taking …
Strict vs. Explosive One Arm Rows
In a recent post I talked about using strict form or not and the differences in each. One of the exercises that is a good description of this is the one arm row. And so, in the following video you’ll see a demonstration of a strict row as compared to …
Strict Form vs. Not
A couple weeks ago I put up this popular article all about form, and how it’s really different than most think. And on that note, I wanted to address a similar area. Should you be super strict with your form? Or should you “cheat,” use a bit of “body English,” or, …
Mental Toughness in Workouts…You’re Doing It Wrong!
Susan: “It’s getting there. It’s getting there. No pain. That is a big thing. Natan: “Didn’t Logan say ‘No pain, no gain?’” (Everyone laughs) Logan: You just gotta try harder — that’s it! If you’re not getting results, you’re not trying hard enough! Some people believe that honestly! It’s kind …
Practicing, Training, Testing
Number 5, this is kind of an idea I’ve developed and found very useful. Understanding the difference between practicing something, training, and testing. So with testing, this is where you’re in a competition or you’re really going all out, see what you can do — this is where you break …
How to Use Your Imagination for Exercise
Hey everyone, you guys can do this while you are sitting. This just underlies the importance of the imagination in going further. Just go up straight. Take your right arm and go behind you. And notice how far you get. And come back. Neutral. Now just imagine yourself being able …