Pain is the adversary of every goal in fitness.Whether you want to build muscle and strength, expand endurance, or just look better naked, pain will always hold you back. In some cases, it will rob y

Like over-training, over-dieting is taking a helpful habit a bit too far, for a bit too long, which can place your mind, body, and lifestyle under chronic stress.The best way to avoid and recover, fro

Motivation is the emotional fuel that powers your daily fitness habits. Trying to lose weight, build muscle, or improve performance without motivation is like using your phone with a dead battery.Dan

Diet and exercise options abound! We've never had so many options for getting in shape, and more are being created every day.It's good to have choices, but too many choices can make it hard to decide

Comparisons between calisthenics and training with free weights abound, and one of the most common is bodyweight extension work vs weighted extension work.In some ways, comparing bridges to deadlifts

Classic push-ups and pull-ups are great, but they are not the best choice for everyone and all scenarios.The classic techniques may overload some people; others would be underloaded. Even when basic

I receive questions all the time from folks asking me if they are screwed just because one aspect or another isn't optimal.Maybe they aren't sleeping like a log 8-9 hours a night.They could be living

Calorie hacking is the practice of "hacking" caloric energy from the body through using short-term increases in calorie expenditure or decreases in intake. Each calorie hack is not meant to be long e

I chat with my long-time mentor Zach Even-Esh about his latest book, building real-world strength, and why you need far more than just weight and reps to get strong in life.Check out Zach's latest ins

Food guilt is about feeling bad about yourself whenever you eat a "trigger food". Most of the time, such foods are deemed "bad" or detrimental to your goals, like weight loss or better health.Ironica