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…
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…
*This was originally sent out to those subscribed to the Body [re]Build newsletter. Click here to subscribe* Let’s help some men escape dad bod prison. It’s not that most men don’t want to get healthy, lean, or jacked. Or to move from ‘dad bod’ status to ‘that dad’ status. You might say you don’t care…
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…
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…