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…
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…
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…
Can You Pass These Strength Standards? Are you training with purpose—or just going through the motions? There are certain strength standards for men that you want to be aware of if you spend time in the gym. Too many men wander through workouts, doing the same sets, same reps, and same weights for months… or…
How do you fit workouts into a busy schedule? You probably don’t have time to work out. I certainly don’t have time to work out the way I do. But I do it anyways. Time and money are easy excuses. “I don’t have time to…” and “I can’t afford to…” have stopped many people from…
How This Minimalist Fitness Strategy Was The Mindset Shift I Needed To Transform My Body One simple shift in my thinking transformed my body forever. There was a key mistake I made over and over again, for almost two decades, that kept me from seeing the results I desired in my body. You’ve probably made…
If I Lost My Health and Fitness Overnight, Here’s Exactly What I Would Do to Hit Reset and Get It Back If my entire health and fitness progress was erased overnight, would I be able to get back to where I’m at right now? If so, how long would it take to reset my health…
Deload Week Benefits: Train Smarter, Gain More This year I’m doing something I’ve never done before in my fitness journey. I’m trying to go all in on the deload week benefits. This might be the craziest thing I’ve ever done — crazier than training for a 100-mile race in 3 months. Now don’t laugh at…
Exercise Volume: The Number One Thing I’m Changing This Year to Build More Muscle There are a lot of things you can do to when building muscle, but what is the optimal training volume for muscle growth? I’ve tried a lot of programs over the years. But there’s one thing I’m especially focused on changing…