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Selecting Muscle-building Exercises for “Double Duty”
When it comes to program design, lots of people break down not so much on the sets and reps but on the exercise choices themselves. With all of the information and marketing out there it seems like...
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Make It Happen Monday – Announcing the Relentless 90-Day Challenge!
I’m shamelessly stealing this idea from my fellow strength coach Matt Lawrence of Ironman Fitness (Check him out): As of this Tuesday, October 2nd there will be 90 days left in this calendar year. 90...
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Kettlebell Complexes: Quick and Effective Conditioning and Fat Loss
In addition to training athletes, I have a strong and rock star clientele of hard-charging, aggressive, focused adults. You, as a reader of this blog and a fitness enthusiast (unless you’re totally...
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Make It Happen Monday – The Plunge
So I’ve been pretty quiet on this site for a while. As I’ve mentioned, I opened up my own training facility and needless to say, that’s kept me pretty busy! Overall, I’m excited for the new opportunity...
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Strength Coach Interview – Joe Meglio – Part I
One of the great things about being a part of the strength and conditioning community is the ability to connect with other coaches and athletes to bounce ideas off of. There’s some awesome people to be...
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How Often Should I Deadlift?
I get a lot of questions over the day and one that comes up fairly regularly is “how often should I deadlift?”. Well, the short and unsatisfying answer is like everything else in life: “It depends.”...
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Make It Happen Monday – Top of the Food Chain
In the animal world, there’s a natural order of things. Animals are put in basic classes based largely on what they eat and how they do it. In general it goes a little something like this: At the...
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Strength Coach Interview – Joe Meglio – Part II
I’m back with another round of interview questions with Coach Joe Meglio, head coach at the Underground Gym in Edison, NJ, and one of the top rising stars of the fitness industry. If you missed the...
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Make It Happen Monday – Pissed Off For Greatness
Everyone needs a good pump-up speech once in a while, and nobody does it like Ray Lewis. He’s pissed off for greatness, and if Lewis is pissed off, you’d better pay attention. It’s Make It Happen...
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Strength Coach Interview – Joe Meglio – Part III
It’s time to finish up my killer interview with strength coach Joe Meglio! Today we’re talking nutrition, supplements, and what it takes to hit the next level. If you missed the first part of the...
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Make It Happen Monday – 2013: The Year of Personal Responsibility
The end of a year brings about a natural period of reflection and introspection. Depending on how the past year went it also can bring a flash of optimism, satisfaction, relief, soothing nostalgia, or...
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New Year – New 90 Day Challenge!
It’s the start of a new year, and with that comes a new 90-Day Challenge at Relentless Strength Training! The last 90-Day Challenge was a SMASHING success! Goals fell left and right, everything from...
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Make It Happen Monday – Quitters
A little over a month ago I had something happen here at the gym that I don’t experience very often. I had someone join, come in for one session, and quit. I know this isn’t an earth-shattering event...
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That Was Dumb – Three Pitfalls To Avoid When New To Training
Since it’s the time of year where lots of people are starting their fitness programs, I thought that I’d do what I do best: Observe the flaws in what most people do, point them out in a vaguely...
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What Supplements Should I Take?
There are a handful of questions that I get as a trainer on a regular basis. Easily among the top two or three is “What supplements should I be taking?”. In my experience this question comes from one...
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Make It Happen Monday – Put Your Mask On First
“Help other people“, they say. “Give of yourself“, they say. “If you help other people be better, you’ll be better“, they say. There’s lots of that type of advice out there from “they”. I’ve even said...
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Make It Happen Monday – Where’s Your Genius?
Because I’m one lucky SOB I spent the weekend surrounded by some of the best in the fitness business and some bright new up and comers. As usual, some great information was shared and this time around...
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Make It Happen Monday – Pepper, Gnat Crap, and You
I’m seriously blown away by how technology has changed our lives and given us opportunity. We live in a terrific age of information and sharing ideas the likes of which have never been seen before....
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Make It Happen Monday – The Strong Don’t Fear Competition
I had something I’ve been planning to talk about today for a while but I’m afraid it’s going to have to wait. Last night I had a discussion that quite frankly pissed me off a bit but also teaches a...
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Truly BRUTAL Lower Body Workout
My facility, Relentless Strength Training, isn’t just a “gym”. As such, you’ll rarely hear it referred to in that manner. I usually use the word “facility”. There’s a reason for that. To me, it’s not...
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