Comparing touch and go and reset deadlifts: Deadlift how you please with either touch-and-go or reset. Neither option is better or worse, they simply have different purposes. Generally speaking you’d progress from reset deads to touch-and-go deads as you become more proficient at the movement and you increase your capacity. Why? In touch-and-go deadlifts there […]

A moment for our society that now praises big ass booties, but used to praise no shape, pancake butts. Let us please do better. Sweet Jesus. No matter your genetics, or societal standards (which will change in 10 years), the hip thrust is the mother of all glute exercises. And I am here to help […]

The deadlift might be one of the most feared and poorly performed lifts in globo gyms, crossfit boxes, and garage gyms everywhere. Let’s get some facts straight before we dive into form, cues and specifics. Deadlifts are a compound lower body pulling exercise. They are largely a posterior chain movement (glutes, hamstrings, upper and lower […]

Want nice shoulders? Bench press. Want a stronger chest? Bench press. Want stronger pulling? Bench press. Want to get big ol’ tiddies? …get implants. Bench pressing can certainly help develop your pectoral muscles, but it’s likely not adding a cup size to your actual breasts. Mmmk? I cover bench press in depth in both Movement […]

What is your weakest lift and why is it overhead press? But seriously…why though? I added 2.5 big ones (pounds) to my strict press the other day. So you can basically call me Arnold now. In all seriousness, strict pressing is a thing for a lot of female lifters. They feel WUH-EAK. WELL, news flash […]

The back squat might be one of the most widely performed exercises in the gym. From your gym rat, to newbs, to crossfit and powerlifting, you can find the back squat. This means there is a lot of room for error. And while not every back squat pattern needs to be same, there are some […]