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…
Do you ever wonder what 200g of protein a day looks like when eating real whole food meals? Let me show you exactly how I hit that without fail…every single day. It’s a common recommendation to aim for a protein intake of 1g/lb of bodyweight. When I first aimed for this target, I thought it…
The body composition trap Over the past 3+ years, I’ve been on an intentional and focused journey of improving my lean body composition. Less body fat and more lean muscle. When my schedule was busier, I had to make this happen with 3×45 minute workouts per week. I honestly didn’t think the results would come…
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…
Why Building Muscle Gets Overcomplicated There’s a lot of confusion about how to build muscle the right way. Sometimes it’s way oversimplified. “Just eat big and lift big.” But more often than not, it’s way overcomplicated: How To Build Muscle: Simplified Today I want to simplify muscle building, whether you’re brand new to working out…
I made some training mistakes in my 20s that I’m still paying for. My body would look radically different today if I hadn’t made some of these critical training mistakes a decade ago. I want to share those mistakes with you today — because you might have made them before too without realizing how they’re…