OK OK OK… so we may have been a little sneaky with the title of this article.  Yes, it’s called, “6 Exercises For Amazing Arms,” but what we are really going to give you are 6 exercises that are awesome for your entire upper body, and several of them are great for core and trunk stability as well.  Cool? You see, many times when people think of “arm” exercises, they think of small isolation movements [...]

    Squats have been called “The King of Exercises,” and with good reason.  There are very few exercises out there that have the potential to increase strength, change your body composition, and make you feel like the ultimate bad-ass in the gym quite like the squat. The problem is, most people don’t perform squats correctly, and that’s totally understandable.  Squats are a very complex exercise and there are a lot of moving parts, and [...]

Heavy carries are one of my absolute favorite exercises ever.  They are challenging metabolically and muscularly, they are incredible “core” work, and it doesn’t get much more “real-world and functional” than having to carry odd, heavy objects (ever tried to move a Tempur-Pedic mattress? YIKES!)     Most of you are probably familiar with a basic Farmers Walk exercise where you pick up dumbbells, kettlebells, plates, or farmer walk implements and carry them for each [...]

  The more requests I get for pull-up and chin-up advice from women, the happier I get. I cannot tell you how cool it feels to see so many ladies working towards pulling themselves unassisted over a bar. The female strength revolution is in full effect and it gets me pumped! But, let’s be honest. Pull-ups and chin-ups are hard effing work. Progress can be slow and unnoticeable and it can get quite frustrating. This [...]

As the saying goes, “abs are built in the kitchen” though it never hurts to have a solid repertoire of core exercises to not only get stronger but also complement those six pack, nutritional efforts. As we get closer and closer to the midriff  baring months, here are 10 of my commonly used core exercises for both myself and clients. Note: You won’t find a traditional crunch on this list. While many (ladies especially) associate the [...]

The split squat (often called a lunge or stationary lunge) is an exercise that is revered and feared by many. There are very few exercises that have the ability to humble you or leave you as sore as a split squat. There are many variations of the split squat, but they have one thing in common: most people butcher them like crazy!       Here is a checklist of things to think about before [...]

  I normally do some sort of activity every single day. If I’m not lifting I’m doing yoga, or at the very least I’m doing some type of cardio. I like to move and sweat every day. Perhaps I’m a little crazy, because there’s this little voice inside me that whispers of the universe imploding if I happen to take a day off. Alas, the body sometimes needs a break. As much as I like [...]