Microwave Dangers? Top 5 Claims vs. The Evidence

As a fitness professional, I often get asked about Microwave Dangers. Questions like, “Is using the microwave oven bad for my health?” “I’ve heard microwaving changes the molecular structure or water/ food making it less nutritious or unhealthy. Is that true?” “Does the microwave cause cancer?” My reply to any and all questions like this is …

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A-List Exercises: Upper Body Pushing

As I stated in my A-List Upper body PULLING exercises post, with the endless variety of exercises personal trainers and fitness enthusiast have from which to choose, it can be confusing to decide which exercises to use as the foundational (cornerstone) lifts for their strength training programs. To make life easier, I’ve put together this A-list exercise series …

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Full Spectrum Bodybuilding: Triceps

If you’re anything like me, you’re always interested in finding new and improved ways of training. In this article I’m going to show you how to apply the Performance U FSB system to your triceps training so as to ensure constant muscle growth. Read the full article at MuscleMag.com

Personal Training: Workouts for Women vs. Workouts for Men

Before I head out to Seattle, WA this weekend to teach at the IDEA Personal Trainer Institute West Conference followed by a one day seminar at Vigor Ground Fitness, I wanted to address some concepts and controversies about designing workouts for women vs. workouts for men. Some personal trainers say that women should train like …

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Why Smart Trainers Believe Stupid Things (Part 1): Bias Toward Positive Evidence

I recently did a facebook post, which stated, “Topics such as spinal rehabilitation and biomechanics have such grey areas and so much conflicting information that we really don’t “know” anything!  For example, research has continually failed to show how postural, structural or bio-mechanical factors are linked (if at all) to pain and dysfunction, or if  “compensations” …

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The Countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Bodyweight Work Out – Featured in Experience Life Magazine, Dec 2012 issue

We designed The Countdown Workout to be a body-weight-only workout you can do virtually anywhere in just 10 minutes. Here’s a video from the folks at Experience Life Magazine showing you how to do the Performance U Countdown Workout – This video, also from produced by the folks at Experience Life Magazine, displays our techniques for making …

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2013 STRENGTH CRUISE: 4 Presenters & 4-Night Caribbean Cruise

The Strength Cruise was created to give fitness professionals a one of a kind fitness conference experience, which provides you with both a top notch Education and an amazing cruise Vacation all rolled into one can’t miss event!  On the 2013 Strength Cruise you’ll get the opportunity to spend your time learning, training, eating, drinking …

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