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Rehab. The place of the magic healing wands that do not even need to plugged in to “work”. The place where you can get a hot pack and an average massage for just a $30 co-pay. The place where the squat rack is only used to hang equipment off of[…]

  Early in your training career your learn the Squat is King! The most widely known full body move on the planet, the squat holds its position at the top (debatably) of the exercise hierarchy of moves. That definitely makes sense considering the long list of benefits in the squat.[…]

Now this is going to be an unpopular opinion… Parents need to start being better role models for their children when it comes to what they eat, how they exercise AND the lifestyle choices they make. As we look at the absolute shit storm that our current societal health is[…]

  Gym Bro – “Dude, I had the most SAVAGE leg day last Wednesday! I still can’t walk straight” Rational Human – “Uhhh, Tim, it’s Monday. You are seriously still sore” Gym Bro – “Yeah man! How awesome!”   Actually, that is not awesome. But unfortunately that’s a relatively common[…]

  We all love machines, dumbbells & barbells to train effectively and get strong. But there are LOTS of other types of equipment to choose too! John has already talked a lot about bands and chains so let’s look at some of the other tools. The goal of this article[…]

I love rows for building a bigger stronger posterior chain and healthy shoulders. And honestly think that row VARIATIONS can be trained daily if undulated properly in programming. But lets call it what it is, placing 7 synergistic row variations together into a weekly program is next to impossible (I’ve[…]

The world of weightlifting is very different from the one I learned growing up. That isn’t to say it has perfectly evolved but naturally the more information begins to marinate our bullshit radars start to go off. I have very vivid memories of going into Phys Ed class as an[…]