Pull ups are brilliant for fat burning. Did you check out the workout that our mutual pal, Mikey and I did?  It was chalk full of  ‘awesome sauce’ as Mike would say, although I think the ‘awesome sauce’ sort of turned Mike’s stomach by the end of the finisher. By the way, I love Mike’s Workout Finishers. Clearly they’ve done wonders to help him drop over 100 lbs. I’m sure you’re enjoying the same benefits of his workout finishers. I love them for my own workouts and inflict them on my clients regularly in my fitness boot camps. Adding pull ups to your workout finisher will really increase intensity and torch fat. All fine and good. But what if you can’t do a pull up on your own steam? Is Continue reading…

A really nice couple came into the gym last week and was asking me about gym membership prices.  They were both wanting to lose weight and they had a look of “it’s time”.  I’ve been doing this now for years, and that particular look never gets old.  It actually excites me. They proceeded to look at my before and after photos on my business card and started asking me questions.  But their mindset wasn’t right.  How do I know?  The first few questions that were asked were about supplements, especially “fat-burners”. This is where it bums me out.  Because honestly, when it comes to losing fat, accepting that it’s going to take hard work and perseverance is one of the biggest pieces to the puzzle of losing weight permanently.  Some Continue reading…

While in Vegas, I got to hang out with some very cool people, including  John Romaniello.   We got to discuss workout finishers, intermittent fasting and even hormonal training to help with those trouble  spots (like the love handles). I had it filmed (before we were told NOT to film there… whatever). On top of that, I filmed some finishers for you with Liz Dialto, Shawna Kaminski and even Romanz  himself.  I actually dropped some weight just watching Roman and Shawna going back and forth between pushups and jump roping.  Good times. I’ll be posting the finishers soon, including the one where Shawna whoops my butt in pull-ups.  I felt defeated.  We did a countdown of goblet squats and pull-ups (well, she did – I did a countdown of goblet squats Continue reading…

I am on a flight from Charlotte to Phoenix.  Eventually, I’ll finally be in Vegas to absorb some cool stuff from other fitness pros.  I never paid attention to my departures and didn’t realize that I had 2 layovers. The good news is that it allows me a little more time to give you some awesome tips to help you finally win in 2012.  I guess you could say that you’ll be “winning”. It’s too late for that isn’t it? I’m always behind on that stuff. I just read some really good articles, including a couple that one of my clients gave me.  It was refreshing to see that the world of workout finishers is getting bigger after seeing an article in Oxygen magazine. Hooray for saying no to cardio. Continue reading…

I talk about Metabolic Resistance Training a lot. I even preach it.  But shamefully, I never really explained it all in full detail. My bad. The truth is that some people show up at the gym, hop on the treadmill, bike or elliptical, do a few crunches or some silly ab machine, crank out a few pec deck flies and claim, “I just did some metabolic resistance training”.  They hear about it on TV or heard about it on some blogs (including this one).  I’m here to explain a few things: What truly is metabolic resistance training The difference between metabolic resistance training and metabolic conditioning (you can actually do both with the same workout…. uuuummmmmm, hhhmmmmmmm I can’t think of a third bullet so I’ll make up something at Continue reading…

First of all, if you need to catch up, you can read part 1 of this series by clicking here.  It’s kind of like Tivo, only cooler. In part 1, I talked about the stability ball leg curl with a cheesy woman doing this cheesy thumbs up at the end of the demo.  Most leg programs unfortunately ignore the hamstrings.  I’m a “more bang for your buck” kind of guy, so you’ll never see me use the seated leg curl machine to work the hamstrings.  For one thing, I find it awkward.  My two favorite hamstring exercises are the stability ball leg curl (seen in part 1) and the Romanian deadlift.  Let’s curl on to it.  <<Tomatoes thrown>>  Insert “boo” here ====>  “Booooo”. Romanian Deadlift Now, here’s the deal on Continue reading…