EUGENIZATION.

My brother is an amazing sight on Rock Band drums.  He can (nearly) flawlessly execute songs on Expert setting (which is akin to playing the actual drum tracks).  And as good as he is, there are a whole host of people who blow him out of the water (like this guy, for example).
Now, it’s interesting to [...]

A bit of inspiration for Monday (at least, I know it’s tough for me to drag myself to the gym come Monday).  Mike Hummel bench presses 601 lbs one-armed.
Okay, so it’s not technically “one-armed” since he’s still got part of his arm, but it’s impressive nonetheless.

“Train, do not aimlessly ‘work out’.”
What’s the difference?
Working out implies lack of purpose.  There’s a randomness inherent to the concept of working out.  “Working out” conjures up the image of a gym goer flitting from one exercise to the next, pumping away five or six sets of biceps curls, reading the paper or a magazine [...]

One thing that never fails to surprise new clients is how quickly workouts in a properly organized program become difficult.  It’s all too easy to become disheartened, as if you’ve failed somehow; as what was “easy” for you all of a sudden became alarmingly hard.
“What happened?”, you say, as if you caught a glimpse of physical mastery, [...]

Exercise is more a matter of quality, not quantity. In other words, it’s not how many exercises you do, or how long of a marathon workout you can sustain, but how much you put into each exercise, each rep.
One thing that often catches new trainees off-guard is the degree of effort required of them [...]