Category: Blog Posts

  It’s Monday, which means it’s time for a brain-dump of the things that have been percolating in my mind over the weekend.  So, without further ado, I give you the inaugural installment of Monday Musings.   A common piece of advice on nutrition I hear from people ranging from layperson to “expert” is to invest in foods or supplements… Read more →

In the past few years, I’ve seen a lot of people proclaim something to the effect of “sitting is the new smoking” or “sitting is killing you”. I’m aware that in attempting to at least partially endorse this view I might come off as just another person who’s repeating the same sensational phrases, but I’ll do my best to make my position perfectly clear.… Read more →

Based on how often people ask me whether or not to do high reps or low reps to “get big,” I expect there’s some confusion on the matter. Should someone who wants to gain muscle perform sets with relatively light weights and high repetitions (i.e., “chase the pump”), or use heavier weights for fewer repetitions? For better or worse, dear reader, I won’t lie to you… Read more →

Today’s post will piggy-back off of the piece Peter recently wrote regarding the pros and cons of the bench press.  I hope to keep it short and sweet.  Or perhaps just short; we shall see.   A few years ago I read an article by Christian Thibaudeau in which he wrote that he had stopped performing the conventional bench press.… Read more →

Today’s article is an oldie but goodie: this is a guest post I did over on Mike Reinold’s site back in June 2013.  I’ve made a few changes and revisions in this version, since I’ve learned a lot of new stuff and refined some of my opinions since I wrote first wrote it; if you’re interested in seeing the original… Read more →

I expect that the majority of people who read the title of this post thought something akin to, “What the heck is a feet-elevated reverse inchworm, and if it’s so awesome then why haven’t I heard about it before?” The answer to the latter part of the question is that I made up the exercise. In fact, I just googled “feet-elevated… Read more →

  It’s September, and (for me at least) that means the start of a new school year.  And with that new school year comes a familiar sight in the gym: frat boys walking in and immediately setting up camp in small groups at the benches.  After spending some time both reflecting on the barbell bench press as an exercise and wondering whether… Read more →

Have you ever been struggling to solve a problem, only to suddenly realize that the answer was embarrassingly simple? I had that happen to me the other day when I was watching a group of people in the gym performing back squats. According to the “mainstream” consensus on back squat technique, the people were squatting with good form, or at least weren’t committing… Read more →