Monthly Archives: December 2007

[Have fun with this article.  I had fun writing it, and am completely aware of my role as archetype for the King of the Snobs - Chip Conrad] How to be a Training Snob Faute de mieux drives me to … Continue reading →

Yet another crappy training franchise opened in Sacramento, with another bunch of passionless trainers teaching a handful of eager clients more of the same boring, diluted nothing that our commercial fitness industry is famous for. During a livid rant I … Continue reading →

The body part of the millennium, that sexy landscape of bumps and grooves which is a key factor to many folks being in the gym. The six pack, the flat stomach, the tight belly, those chiseled abs. Give me a … Continue reading →

Here’s a thought: Any excuse you can think of falls into one of two categories, Fear or Laziness. Let’s play a little game and see which of the excuses from these lists below fit into which category (and keep an … Continue reading →

We, as ‘freethinking’ flesh packets trying to get by with the least amount of work possible, are quite capable of setting limits on ourselves with imagination and glee, just to avoid any real work or discomfort. So I’m perpetually inspired … Continue reading →

Dave Tate put the germ of this idea in my noggin, which has since been washed around by the spam and lime jello between my ears into my ‘concept of perpetual learning,’ or, to borrow from my ‘guru terminology kit,’ … Continue reading →

The First Lifters Let’s pretend. You’re you, maybe a tad younger (in my case, let’s make that a pretty big ‘tad’), and the calendar reads 200 years earlier. You want to increase the ability of your body. Basic wisdom seems … Continue reading →

(quick reminder: SPINE WORKSHOP this weekend!!) This blog world is full of people who actually WRITE stuff, important stuff, and network with other blogs with viral efficiency, creating an elaborate web, almost world-wide some would say, of information and darn … Continue reading →