Why weight loss alone keeps men stuck in a skinny fat trap Don’t get stuck in a weight loss mindset. Focusing on weight loss, instead of building muscle, could be the one thing keeping you from the body you desire. If you want to avoid being skinny fat, soft, or rocking a dad bod, your…
Are you falling short of health and fitness goals due to a lack of knowledge, or falling victim to self-sabotage? And more importantly…how do you stop yourself from self-sabotaging your fitness results every time you start to make progress and build momentum? Then one missed day turns into another. And another. And you’re back to…
Why More Knowledge Isn’t the Answer Most people run away from accountability and run towards more knowledge. Knowledge without action is procrastination. The problem with knowledge is that it gives an illusion of progress, but it never brings transformation. The only way to see change, whether that’s immediate or long-term change, is through action. And…
My 6 Week Cut: Goals, Results, and Lessons Learned Losing Fat While Maintaining Strength I recently lost 9 lbs of fat, in 6 weeks, while maintaining (and actually improving) my strength. And as with any cut I’ve followed, I’ve got some more lessons to share if your goal is dropping fat while maintaining strength. This…
The myth of the perfect exercise program I’ve spent countless hours, more than I care to admit, trying to craft ‘the perfect program’. I would test them on my own, and if the results were promising, I would run clients through them and track their results. And after trying dozens of variations, tweaking every possible…
Consistency and perfection are not the same in fitness. Perfection is a trap. Consistency is the path to long-term progress. Most think perfection is required when trying to improve their health. The pursuit of perfection keeps men stuck regardless of where they’re at on their health and fitness journey. A perfection mindset will always lose…
This article was originally sent to my newsletter. If you want weekly articles like this to your inbox, click here to subscribe. Where are you getting too attached to a process at the expense of the outcome? I call this the illusion of progress in health and fitness. This might seem backwards from things I’ve…
This article was originally sent to my newsletter. If you want weekly articles like this to your inbox, click here to subscribe. What if you didn’t have to stay on the hamster wheel of always trying to get healthy? What if you could just always be healthy, fit, and confident no matter what was going…
This article was originally sent to my newsletter. If you want weekly articles like this to your inbox, click here to subscribe. Do you ever feel like you’re spinning your wheels with very little to show for it? I spent a lot of my first 15+ years working out from this place of diluted focus…
How I Trained Hard for 20 Years and Still Missed What Mattered The cost of action in fitness can be high, but there is an overlooked cost that is much higher: the cost of inaction. Most overestimate the consequences of action while underestimating the consequences of not taking action. Working out has never been difficult…