About ten years ago, I put myself through a little experiment to see how exactly much muscle I could gain in eight weeks. I decided to do this after getting into a friendly disagreement with a colleague that insisted he had gained 6 lbs of pure muscle in the same...
I want to share a quick story with you that will help explain why so many people do endless intervals and high-intensity workouts and yet never really have the conditioning they should… A few years ago, I was in NYC doing a workshop for a group of trainers at...
When it comes to interval training, just about everyone out there has an opinion on the best way to do them. What most people agree on, however, is that key to getting the most out of interval training is intensity – it’s usually called high-intensity interval...
When I look back at the beginning of my career as a conditioning coach, I hate to admit it, but I was probably more successful than I really should have been. I was studying everything I could about energy systems and working with some of the best combat athletes in...
For many coaches, nutrition is a topic that can be the source of a lot of frustration. We know it’s a crucial piece of the puzzle, but with all the (often conflicting) information out there, it’s hard to know what legitimately works for improving health and...
One of the all-time great wrestling coaches, Karl Gotch, once remarked that “Conditioning is your hold,” meaning that great conditioning can be a powerful weapon against your opponents. But what if you’re not training for an opponent? What if you just want to look...