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…
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…
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…
Build Your Body Burning fat and getting lean isn’t as complicated — or as time consuming— as you might think. When done right, fat loss should only take up about a third of your year at a maximum. The other two-thirds? That’s where you focus on maintaining, building muscle, and boosting performance. Losing weight shouldn’t…
Build Your Body It’s easy to overlook how much your small, daily choices matter. This works both ways: Shortcuts in the smaller things will cut short your success in the bigger things. Avoiding shortcuts might be the one thing that finally gets you where you want to go. The bad news? One shortcut can trigger…