Being skinny sucks. Trust me. I spent almost all my life underweight, and – if you’re becoming a fitness trainer like I’m attempting to – it really doesn’t boost your resume. In late-January 2011, while living in Taiwan, I weighed a whopping 128lbs (58kg) at a height of 5’6″ (168cm). I dabbled in weight-training for Read more...

Quick – what’s the best training tool available to correct your exercise technique and take huge steps to advance your strength training? …drumroll please… The video camera! Trainees of all levels can use video analysis to transform their exercise form and improve performance and safety. Mirrors, however, don’t offer the same feedback as a video Read more...

In my Exercises You Aren’t Doing That You Probably Should series, I posted twelve uncommon – but awesome – exercises that improve your strength, posture, and movement patterns. But what about the exercises you’re currently doing? Are all of them safe and effective? The sad truth is several cause more harm than good. In this Read more...

Last Monday night, I gave a speech at a local Toastmasters International meeting in hopes of improving my colleagues’ health. I wanted to make an impact, but I knew it wasn’t a Perform Better seminar loaded with fitness coaches – rather, they were hard-working professionals who balanced the daily demands of their work, children, family Read more...

In my first article of this series, 6 Exercises You Aren’t Doing That You Probably Should, I argued that the most important exercises are the ones you haven’t done yet. Well, I promised you more, so here are six more fantastic ones you probably aren’t doing, and why you probably should. Turkish Get-Ups At its Read more...