No Limits Coaching

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I’m was reading ‘No Limits’ a book by Michael Phelps last night. I’m not all that far into it but one thing is abundantly clear. He never would have gotten to where he is without his coach. Sure there is a lot else that went into his winning eight gold …

Building Vital Power

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What is vital power? Bernarr MacFadden, the father of physical culture, explained it as such: “Vital power is more than the capacity to pursue your work with comfort! It is more than the power of endurance! It is, as has been said, life itself! It is the force that is …

Achieve Your Training Goals Teleseminar

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I’ve been training for many years now. Gone through tons of different programs using a multitude of tools. From dinosaur training to kettlebells, combat conditioning to barbells, gymnastics to feats of strength and many more. I’ve gotten stronger along the way and I like to think I’ve also learned a …

Forget Resolutions

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The New Year is well upon us. But I’m not here to talk about resolutions. To me the idea of New Year’s resolutions are a joke because of all the baggage they hold. Despite the root term of being ‘resolute’ they are anything but. And if you can make it …

Your Progress in 2008

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We’re coming up on the end of the year. The question you have to ask yourself is: Are you happy with the progress you’ve made this year? Its always a good time to look back and see how far you’ve come. What your major accomplishments of the year were. I’ll …

Focusing on One Skill

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Recently, I haven’t had a lot of time to devote to hand balancing. What with family visiting, traveling around and all that entails. So I had to cut down on the time I practiced hand balancing. Especially when you factor in that hand balancing is just one aspect of training …

Challenge Workouts

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The majority of the time you should be content to make small jumps improving in your workouts. Great progress over time is made by these small steps. But once every so often its great to challenge yourself. Doing a workout that is longer and tougher than the normal fare. Over …

Training Simplified

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Have you heard of Occam’s Razor? It’s often quoted as “All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.” Though this was originally a scientific principle it applies to your training just as well. There’s a time and place to do complex exercises and some crazy feats of …

10 Ways to Get Motivated to Train

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Happy Labor Day! We’re into the last third of the year. Almost the home stretch. Are you on pace to accomplish your training goals for the year? Personally I almost skipped my workout today. But the little gremlin in my mind telling me to do so was defeated and I …