Here’s your chance to check out my newest article – “More Gain, No Pain” – in the May 2010 issue Men’s Health magazine…FREE! You can read the entire article and view videos of all the exercises here, at the Men’s Health website. Or, click on the magazine cover below!

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An injury doesn’t have to cancel your workout! Use these exercises to work around sensitive spots and still make gains!

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This article offers a Performance University guide to exercising through an injury by making these simple swaps.

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One of the exercises demonstrated in my Men’s Health article is not performed in the video as I’d like to see it done. Perform the Anterior Reaching Lunge in the way demonstrated in the video below over the way demonstrated in the Men’s Health video.

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Are there any injuries you’re currently trying to workout around? Did you find these exercises helpful? Post your comments!

A few weeks back, I had the pleasure of doing an interview with Joe Hieler for his website – SportsRehabExpert.com.

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If you don’t know: Sports Rehab Expert is a one of the best educational resources for Advanced Personal Trainers, Sports Coaches, Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, Athletic Trainers. I can promise – You will not find a website with more valuable information from the industry’s top names than Sports Rehab Expert.

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This interview is a must listen because John and I talked in detail about many new topics such as:

- Should you load a skill?.. You’ll be surprised at my answer!

- RMT Training

- My new approach to flexion exercises

- Efficient vs. Inefficient exercises

- Why I don’t use corrective exercise

- Asymmetrical loading

And plenty more!

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To listen to my entire interview FREE – Click on the Banner below:

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Once you’re on here SportsRehabExpert.com –  Scroll down to the Performance U logo to find my interview.

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Be sure to also listen to the other FREE interviews on Sports Rehab Expert form such names as Stuart McGill, Gray Cook, Mike Boyle, Shirley Sahrmann and more…

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Alli and I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Kevin Larabee of the hugely popular Fitcast.

You can listen to our entire interview free on itunes or Mp3 download here. Our interview starts at the 1hr mark.

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In this interview, Alli and I revealed all the details of how we got her into sick shape for her figure competitions.

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Here are just a few things you will learn in this interview:

- The exact training split Alli uses when transforming her physique

- How we combined conditioning and strength training to maximize fat loss and prevent overtraining

- How we undulated our cardio/conditioning training for  better results

- Some of the creative interval training workouts we used to “keep things interesting”

- Key advice every female needs to know about getting started with Figure training and figure competitions

- What Alli did to still lift heavy and get a smaller, leaner, stage ready physique

And, plenty more killer training for Figure competitors and figure athletes!

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Go here to listen to our entire Fitcast interview or click on the logo below. Again, Alli and I come on at the 1hr mark of this Fitcast episode.

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Along with my article gracing the cover of the April 2010 issue of Mens Fitness magazine – I also have the honor of having a Three-part, Dynamic Warm Up routine featured in this Month’s issue of Women’s Health Magazine. My workout / Warm-up is featured on pg.56-57 of the issue pictured below. (more…)

I have the honor of designing the “Gain Muscle,Burn Fat” workout article featured on the cover of the April issue of Men’s Fitness Magazine! (more…)

Go here to listen to this interview FREE!

Training Tip by Nick Tumminello

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Most people don’t fully engage their shoulders and back in a pushup, says Nick Tumminello, C.P.T. But you can…

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Training Tip by Nick Tumminello

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You won’t fully engage your back and shoulder muscles if you rely solely on your arm, says Nick Tumminello, C.P.T. Instead,…

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by Nick Tumminello

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Hate Swiss balls? Coach Nick thinks you should reconsider! Incorporate these movements into your program; you may be pleasantly surprised with the results.

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Guest Blog by Nick Tumminello / Jn 20, 2010

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As a strength coach who works with high level athletes and an educator who trains the trainers – I’m always being asked what I think is the biggest mistake trainers, athletes and exercise enthusiasts make in the gym. My answer is always “most don’t’ train the CNS”. You see – there are actually two ways to get stronger and improve performance. One way is physiological based which is done by putting on muscle size (hypertrophy) through typical bodybuilding style protocols? The other, lesser known, but possibly more important way of getting stronger is through neural based training. This is accomplished by using faster, more explosive exercise protocols like the ones I’m going provide later in this article.

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