Here is the practical portion of last weekend’s presentation on Programming for Maximum Strength.  What you are in for: About an hour worth of video Coaching cues, technique, and warm-up strate

May 9th 2015 Marks the first meet for the Heavy Hitters Power lifting team. It was a great meet filled with friends, family, adrenaline, first timers and Personal Bests. Recap of Hardcore Power lifti

Happy Memorial Day! This weekend I was fortunate enough to present to a group of peers and fitness enthusiasts.  I presented on program design for maximal strength gains.  For those of you that attend

There are a number of different tips and tricks out there that promise to improve your strength.  Some are good, some are questionable, and some are downright lies.  If I can share with you only one t

As a personal trainer, I am often asked by clients how their strength stacks up against their peers.  Now, I believe age plays a role in strength potential but this is only minor compared to one’s tra

Today’s post comes to us from personal trainer Micah Faas CSCS.  If you do not already know Micah, he is a very bright and talented trainer from Minnesota (which means he is also very polite).  

Recently, friend and author of the Belly Fat Effect, Mike Mutzel, invited me to be on his podcast “High Intensity Health.”  I was humbled by the invitation and thrilled to work with Mike o

Prioritizing Training Goals The short answer is: it depends. Training is a balancing act between many different variables that interplay with each other to create an end result.  The end result should

As a women whose training partner is a man, I can say cutting weight next to him is very annoying. Doing the same weight cut as my training partner seems to be quite more of a struggle for me than it

As a fitness professional, I spend a lot of time in the gym.  It can be a wonder of how someone such as myself could keep up a high motivation for training myself and others.  After working with clien