Strength and hypertrophy are often lumped together in conversations around training. That’s because there is heavy carryover between methods used to attain both of these results. BUT there are fine differences and that’s what today’s episode will cover. If hypertrophy – aka muscle growth – is your main goal in comparison to strength, or strength […]

Make no mistake this is not a shred for summer episode. But after training clients for a decade, I know that summer comes with resistance to the gym, more time outside, perhaps more adult beverages, and social gatherings. And fitness can take a backseat. But it 100% does not need to. It can actually become […]

First off, the lack of education you’re sent home with after this massive abdominal surgery should be malpractice. It’s truly incredible.  I did not plan for a C-section at all. I mean, I planned for the possibility of a C-section as far as my birth plan went, but I was not at all prepared for […]

So I lied, and there are only seven program mistakes and how to fix them. But I digress. Let’s begin Program Mistake Number One Switching things up way too often. As I do programs by other coaches, I am reminded that even some of the most educated people in the space make changes well before […]

I remember saying during my internship at University of Portland to the head coach, I don’t know sports. I don’t know positions, or what people should be doing. So I questioned my ability to be a strength coach. And Bradford Scott essentially said to me that we are more so in the business of optimizing […]

I adore the topic of this episode. The idea of lifting technique is the literal reason I created Movement 101 in 2017 after rehabbing from a back injury that happened during squatting back in 2014-ish. Now, I would be lying if I said that this back injury didn’t lead to me becoming a bit of […]