Today I’d like to share a separate blog post by Mike Warkentin from Two Brain Business that got me thinking about the health and fitness industry in general. Give it a read first maybe, and then come back to my closing thoughts. If you like
The deadlift is a fundamental functional movement that everyone does, everyday. It’s simply picking something up off the ground and standing up with it. If you do that with a book, a baby, or a barbell, it’s still a deadlift. Today we’re going to talk
I told my wife quite some time ago that sometimes I would rather not tell people I meet that I own a gym or that I’m a trainer because it completely changes the conversations I have. I find that people want to talk way more
A couple years ago I read Ben Bergeron’s book Chasing Excellence. It tells the story of his process in building some of the fittest athletes on the planet in their trek to win The CrossFit Games. This book came back to mind this past week
Last year we got a Peloton bike for our house. My wife was excited for an exercise option she enjoyed at home. I was excited to have an alternative form of exercise I could do for myself and with clients who had bikes. It’s been
Do you always wear gymnastics grips? Do you always use chalk? Do you race to the rack to use the same barbell every time? Or hang from your favorite pull up bar every chance you get? A lot of our clients love the variety they
Professional athletes are not more motivated than you are. Olympic athletes don’t just “want it more” than you either. You may not realize this, but the best athletes in the world have the same struggles with motivation that you do. So what’s the difference? They
Today we feature an article by CrossFit MetroEast Founder, Josh Nimmo. For years, I thought all I needed was that passion for fitness and the rest would take care of itself. Boy was I wrong. Being a passionate trainer made me very good on the
