Training Germaine
For the past 10 weeks, I have had the pleasure of training one of the most determined and hard working women I have ever met. She isn’t an athlete. She is not a figure competitor. She is not an on-and-off trainee, someone who tries it for a little while, cancels a few times and then […]
Everybody can do a great pushup. Here’s how.
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That’s my plan. Jack Black It took me a long time to understand how to do a push up correctly. Everyone has their opinion of how to teach a push up. To be absolutely honest with you, I actually learned how to correctly perform a push up […]
Sometimes it takes a 4 year old to remind us that PLAY is good.
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are […]
Review and Video of Strongman/Strongwoman Clinic
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. – Tommy Lasorda Strength. Power. Determination. Effort. Skill. We all have the ability to be strong. We all have the power to change our lives and to change people’s lives. This past Saturday, we had the pleasure to change people’s lives through […]
How A Girl Trains: Part II
Right now my training program consists of the big lifts – squat, deadlift, press (bench is a work in progress – no video to show just yet but coming soon..). My assistance work focuses primarily on Romanian deadlifts, glute bridges and hip thrusts, body rows, push ups, chin ups (for all upper body lifts), lunges […]
Wouldn’t we all feel great if everyone…
Recently, I read a letter to the editor in The Baltimore Guide about some very basic things that people could do to make life just a little better for themselves and their neighbors. Things like “Actually come to a full stop at stop signs” and “Take their shopping carts back to the store entrance.” I […]
Bottom’s Up!
Today, I would like to show you two pictures of myself. Taken exactly twelve months apart. In the first picture, notice the sunken eyes and chicken arms. Focus on the flat, almost non-existent butt. I was trying my best to look sexy. Ugh. I am pretty thin in this picture. About 130 pounds, which is […]
Strongman/Strongwoman Clinic with Mike McKenna
We are very excited to announce the first in our series of specialty workshops. On August 20th, we will have Mike McKenna lead a strongman /strongwoman clinic. Mike is the owner and head coach at McKenna’s Gym. Mike is a USAW and USATF Certified Coach, a competitive Olympic lifter and strongman. Additionally, Mike is a […]
Top FiveX3 Training Exercises for a Flat Belly ;-)
Now that summer is here, I can share my top five exercises for a flat belly: Close the refrigerator. Squat. Deadlift. Pushup. Farmer walk. Bonus exercise: Make sure that refrigerator is still closed 😉
Move Better. Then Move More.
We want to move, we should move, but when we move our options are limited by our abilities to move well. We bounce between a minimal training effect, nagging injuries and idle times when we become sidelined by our movement problems, tuned into injuries and flare-ups. Quality exercise requires a minimal investment of time and […]
