Jordan Ellis · May 9, 2026
Last spring, I hit a wall. My garage gym had become a hazard zone. A full rack of fixed dumbbells lined one wall — 10s, 15s, 20s, 25s, 30s, 35s, 45s — and navigating around them was a workout in…
Jordan Ellis · May 7, 2026
Last spring, I hit a wall. My morning walks had become genuinely boring, and my bodyweight routine had plateaued hard. I’ve been a personal trainer and strength coach for over 15 years, so I know exactly what plateau feels like…
Jordan Ellis · May 6, 2026
After 15 years of coaching athletes, I thought I had core training figured out. Planks, dead bugs, cable crunches, hanging leg raises — I had my toolkit and I trusted it. Then a competitive CrossFit athlete walked into my gym…
Jordan Ellis · May 4, 2026
I’ve been coaching clients for over 15 years. In that time, I’ve heard every excuse for stalled progress imaginable. But one pattern kept showing up again and again: people were wildly off on their protein intake. Kitchen scale protein tracking…
Jordan Ellis · May 3, 2026
I’ll be honest with you. For years, I coached clients through squat progressions while wearing flat cross-trainers and never thought twice about it. Then one of my longtime clients — a 42-year-old guy named Marcus — came in one Tuesday…
Jordan Ellis · May 1, 2026
Last spring, my garage gym took a direct hit. A pipe burst overnight and destroyed my cable machine — the one piece of equipment I relied on for pulling work, rotator cuff rehab drills, and tricep finishers. Replacing it wasn’t…
Jordan Ellis · April 29, 2026
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…
Jordan Ellis · April 28, 2026
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…
Jordan Ellis · April 26, 2026
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…
Jordan Ellis · April 25, 2026
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,…