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Self-control, discipline, will power. A lack of these is a common excuse for anyone who isn't achieving their health and fitness goals. But do fit, healthy people really have more self-control, discipline and will power than those who are not fit and healthy? I say no! From my personal experience I can down a whole tub of Haagen Dazs with the best of them. Leave me alone in a room long...

To elevate the heels during the squat or to not elevate the heels during the squat, that is the question. I can answer that for you but first, do you want the short answer or the long answer? The short answer is, "It depends." It depends on what you're trying to accomplish, the end goal. It depends on the movements the lifter's body is capable of performing. It depends on...

We are currently witnessing a resurgence in the classic gyms from the 1800's and early 1900's. Believe it or not there was a time before the era of fancy, shiny and complex machines that has come to be synonymous with gyms of the late 20th century and early 21st century. Back before the days of the machines people used to use simple but effective equipment such as barbells and Kettlebells...

Losing body fat and keeping it off is still one of the most popular goals among people who workout. Countless articles and blogs have tackled this issue with some amazingly sophisticated information about how the physiology of the body metabolizes fat and how different training modalities affect this process. And all that information is great...but sometimes I fear it's a little too complicated for many and flies right over their...

The squat is one of the most foundational movement patterns that humans are capable of performing. Basically this movement has been ingrained in our DNA. Don't believe me? Take a look at a baby around one year of age who has just started to walk. When they want to pick something up off the ground they don't bend over at the waist with a rounded back like most adults do....

Personally I think one of the most extreme jobs on the face of the planet is that of an office worker. Extreme because it requires the human body to do the exact opposite of what it was intended to do. The human body was intended to move. For our hunter-gatherer ancestors, movement was life. They were a nomadic people who were pretty much constantly in motion. In his TED Talk...