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Weight Loss, Strength, And The Rest…

June 15, 2013
Brandon
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Yep, that’s the old scale underneath my feet! This morning it was registering out at a solid 206 lbs.! I’ve never really been too conscious of my weight. Like everyone else I know I’ve had fluctuations in the past due to a change in schedule, diet, the seasons, and my programming, but for the most part it’s been steady floating between 198 and 207 at any given time throughout the year. Bodyweight “specifically” has many variables that can influence it. Anything from body fat, water retention, muscle mass, and immediate food intake can play a big part in the variable of weight. Just click on the read more tab to see where I’m going with this.

Man vs. Gym

June 12, 2013
Brandon
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So in the past few days I’d be lying if I told you I haven’t been thinking more and more about the process of innovation, especially as is pertains to a strength training environment and the availability of equipment. Look this past weekend my friend coach Brad McLeod (pictured above) and myself put on a very informative Kettlebell Power And Speed clinic in which one of the segments was devoted to innovation in terms of teaching one to utilize their surroundings and available resources for some hard hitting strength training tools and strength training tactics. I’ve got to tell you this segment was my favorite and I’ve got to give credit to Coach McLeod for bringing this to the table.

Energy Drink Abuse?

May 22, 2013
Brandon
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Energy drinks

So the other day I had one of my dedicated students Ali come up to me and ask me to do a post on energy drinks. “Well what about them? I asked. Evidently he witnesses a great deal of athletes prior to coming into the gym drinking them like water. To my amazement I was like “What the hell?” Needless to say it supplied me with more content for this blog post so keep on reading if you are interested in learning more about the current energy drink frenzy.

5 Tips To Help You Acquire Super Thrilling Inspiration…

May 15, 2013
Brandon
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Excited for Spring! [Explored!] by GrizzlysGhost

So today I’m steering the topic in a slightly different direction. Not long ago I got an email from one of my readers asking me about my training program. She was telling me that she was probably a bit older (she felt) than probably the majority of my readers. She openly communicated how she had to overcome an overwhelming amount of health issues including cancer.

Living in a small town she had also gotten nothing but discouragement when even trying to mention making an attempt at strength training and getting herself into shape. I simply told her in true Brandon style that those other people discouraging her could kiss her ass and that it was time for her to go lock, stock, and complete beast mode with upgrading her state of health! It was time for her to use this as fuel to prove a whole lot of people wrong!

Like Anything Else… Strength Is A Skill!

May 13, 2013
Brandon
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Skills That Pay The Bills by dulk

So the other day I had a couple of newbies to come into one of my classes for the very first time and with me everyone gets evaluated on day 1. I brought them in and in the usual order of things immediately started working on walking them through my series of dynamic warm ups, the conditioning phase, and then ultimately I had a look at how well they could squat, deadlift, and just move in general. During this process I got some interesting looks from the trainees as I started them in on this approach. I could tell this was a completely new experience for them!