If you’ve ever coached endurance athletes, you know the IT band is a relentless troublemaker. Three years ago, one of my longest-standing clients — a 42-year-old recreational marathon runner — showed up to our session barely able to descend a…
I’ve been coaching clients through heavy lifting and high-intensity training for over 15 years. In that time, I’ve had exactly one consistent complaint about wireless gym earbuds workout sessions — the earbuds fall out. Not sometimes. Constantly. Mid-squat, during a…
Last spring, I had a client — a 38-year-old dad named Marcus — who kept missing his upper body sessions. His gym commute was killing his consistency. So I told him to grab a doorway pull-up bar and do three…
Three years ago, I had a client — a 38-year-old former college linebacker named Marcus — who hit a wall. Hard. His squat had stalled at 315 pounds for six straight weeks. His bench wasn’t moving. He was sleeping well,…
Three months ago, I was standing in the squat rack at 87% of my one-rep max, and something felt off. My brace was inconsistent. My lower back was taking more beating than it should. After 15 years of coaching and…
Last spring, I hit a wall. Not a motivational wall — a physical one. I was running my clients through a brutal 12-week strength block, and my own training was stacking up fast. Four days of heavy lifting, two conditioning…
Last spring, I had a client named Marcus — a 38-year-old sales executive training for his first powerlifting meet. He was hitting all his numbers in the gym. Squats at 315 lbs for 35, deadlifts approaching 405 lbs, bench pressing…
Last spring, a client of mine — a 42-year-old firefighter named Marcus — deadlifted 315 pounds right through my last pair of bumper plates. Not a crack. A full split, right down the collar. I had been running my home…
If you ask me what the single best training split is for intermediate to advanced lifters, I’ll give you the same answer every time: push pull legs. It’s not trendy. It’s not complicated. It works — and the volume of…
If I had to pick one exercise that every lifter — beginner or advanced — needs to master, it’s the squat. It builds more total muscle mass, demands more full-body coordination, and transfers to more real-world movement patterns than almost…