I’m sitting by Gate 151 here at Pearson Airport in Toronto waiting to board a flight to San Diego where I’ll be attending the first ever TTSummit run by my good friend Craig Ballantyne. I’m really looking forward to meeting all the new and potential Turbulence Trainers and talking shop about what’s new in the ...…
Here’s an embarrassing admission… I’ve never barbell squatted more than 275lbs. From a relative standpoint – someone who’s been a coach and personal trainer for 13 years – that’s not very good. I’ve never enjoyed squatting. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE squats as an exercise, but squatting myself in my own training, I HATE ...…
I think it’s important for EVERYONE to be ATHLETIC. Whether your goal is strength, muscle gain or fat loss, being athletic – and in turn, training like an athlete – will never go out of style. Why? Well, because athleticism is something that can benefit us in our everyday lives. So that means that we ...…
As I’m writing this, I’m looking outside and it’s raining. I hate the rain. I hate riding my bike -my primary method of transportation- in the rain. The other unfortunate thing about when it rains is that my muscles seem to automatically tighten up. So on a day like today, when I’m scheduled to deadlift, ...…
I had a really good deadlifting session yesterday. In fact it was a great training day altogether. If you didn’t know, I’m a huge fan of 90s Hip Hop, and I got a hold of a great new Old School Mixtape from one of my favourite music sites – HypeTrak.com. So with Pete Rock, Gang ...…
It was a long weekend up here in Canada, so we took the kids to the beach on Sunday to watch the sunset. It was beautiful. On the 3 hour drive home, I got to spend a lot of time thinking – since everyone was asleep. And one of the thoughts that came into mind ...…
