Over the past few months I’ve been specializing in working with a number of people on injuries they have. First off let me say I’m not a doctor. Truth is, my anatomy skills, aren’t even the best. If you ask me about muscle attachments you won’t get very useful answers. …
Protect Your Ankles with Two Simple Drills
In my newest post at Breaking Muscle you’ll find two drills to help you protect your ankles and avoid potential sprains while playing sports or working out. 2 Drills to Injury Proof Your Ankles I’ve sprained and rolled my ankles a number of times in my life playing sports and …
The Most Important Thing for Health is NOT Food…
Nutrition is a big topic. And its hotly contested. Everyone that attempts to be healthy has their own opinion. Not to mention its confusing. Everyone knew that animal fat was killing you just a few years ago. But today its healthy, assuming you get it from healthy animals. What beliefs …
Before and After Rehabbing a Wrist Injury
One of the chronic injuries I battled with for a long time was my right wrist. I hurt it back in high school playing football and it was never the same afterwards. This made a lot of what I do really hard. Try doing handstands when its painful to bend …
Building an Indestructible Body
The idea behind the Indestructible Body is about building your body to the point of being injury proof. Not only will these exercises and drills help you to prevent future injuries, but the same methods are used to rehab old and often times chronic injuries. What derails more people from …
Baby Cage
These cages were used to ensure that children got enough sunlight and fresh air while living in apartment buildings. This photo is from 1937. Most people looking at this would say something along the lines of “Wow, that’s a stupid and dangerous idea.” And while I agree that you would …
How to Get Freaky Strong and Cut Fat
A lot of people are wondering how to cut fat and get freaky strong at the same time. Lets talk about basics first. For cutting fat, before anything else you’ll want to focus on your diet. You’ll need to eat less, so your body can burn fat instead of relying …
Big Four Supplements
I figured I’d share just a few tips from the new book, and one new thing I just learned a whole lot about, that didn’t make the book. For awhile now I’ve recommended that most people be on three supplements. Why? Because somewhere between 70-95% of people are chronically deficient …
Fighting Cancer and Changing Behavior
According to the CDC every year 14 million people find out they have cancer. And 8 million people die of cancer each year. That means a less than 50% survival rate. With statistics like that most everyone knows someone that has been impacted by cancer. I certainly have my own …
How One Health Tip Can Impact Your Life
A few months back I shared a single tip from 101 Advanced Steps to Radiant Health in my email newsletter. Here it is again: Tip #74 – Eat Clay Did you know that every mammal in nature eats clay? So did humans years ago before the modern age. Why clay? …
8 Ways To Improve Vitality
How do you become filled with life and vitality instead of feeling worn-out and tired. In this video and article I’ll talk about eight categories to improve vitality: Food Water Air Movement Sleep Stress Beliefs Excitement Most people do pretty well in some of these, but we need to work …
What Drives Me? – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
I’ve received an interesting question the other day. This person wanted to know what drives me to push myself further than a normal gym-goer to become a strongman. Below is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which I already talked about before, but I thought it would be good to include it …
Diet for Strength
Does it really matter what you eat for building strength? First of all, if you are looking to reduce fat or build muscle, then proper diet is essential for those specific goals. Nonetheless, what most people do not realize is that building strength doesn’t have to go hand in hand …
Heel Strike vs Running on the Toes plus Shoes That Help or Hinder
What’s the best way to run? Should you run on your heels or toes? What about various shoes and their effect on the way you run? Our feet are designed in a way which makes it possible to run, walk or just support our weight. There was actually a study[¹] done …
Four Systems of Detox
You may have seen lots of emails about cleansing strategies from other people in the health and fitness space recently. When people talk about detox it is typically only about what you put in your mouth and what comes out the other end. But that’s not the only way the …