From Injury to 1306: Lessons I Shared with MOPs & MOEs
When you’ve been around strength sports long enough, you start to realize that pain and setbacks are part of the process. For me, that reality hit hard in 2009. I was already a...
15
Sep
03
Sep
Overtraining vs. Under Recovery: What Lifters Get Wrong
Are you truly overtraining—or are you just under-recovered? After three decades under the bar, I’ve learned that most people don’t know the difference until it’s too late. They grind, push, and convince themselves...
15
Aug
Inside the Mind of a Spine Master: My Candid Conversation with Dr. Stuart McGill
What happens when you sit down with one of the most respected spine experts in the world — and a man who quite literally helped rebuild you from the ground up — and...
20
Jun
Why I Hate the Jefferson Curl
Every few years, the fitness world gets obsessed with a new “cure-all” exercise that promises bulletproof results. One of the most persistent offenders? The Jefferson curl. Once again, I’m seeing it make the...
18
Jun
Why Bigger Disc Herniations Sometimes Heal Better
When people get their MRI results back and see the words “massive disc herniation,” it usually sends them into a tailspin. Understandably so. The word “massive” sounds catastrophic—but here’s the paradox: in some...
