Category: Exercises

  • The week – training, stress, busyness

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    Over last weekend the servers on which the application that our team has spent the last 2 years developing crashed. Major IT infrastructure failure. 7 days laters things still aren’t right. If’s fucked with my head, no doubt. It’s a big deal and we have people relying on our application – somewhat critical. It does…

  • The benefits of the goblet squat

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    Strength in your legs is a big deal. Your legs take you everywhere you want to go and a set of good legs will leet you bound up stairs, run, and feel great everywhere you go. Developing your legs helps with your overall body development and it makes it easier to get around. The full…

  • Expand your rib cage using the pullover and Alan Calvert’s tips

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    If you were to plot your sitting over time, I suspect you would find it is increasing as you get older. Unless you have a career where you need to move around a lot, it’s easy to default to a sedentary life. Sure, you might exercise, but that sitting is a killer, particularly if you…

  • Single Leg Balance – a quick reminder

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    It’s really important to do something to improve your balance and your hard-pressed to beat single leg balance. One, it’s not difficult. All you have to do is just stand there. 30 seconds to one minute per foot, 3-5 times per week. Or everyday just to keep it simple. And while you do this, you’re…

  • Kung fu stances for strong, springy legs

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    Your legs will feel amazing with these exercises. Every step you take will feel better. You’ll bound up stairs. Your feet, ankles, and knees will get stronger. Your legs will become more flexible. You’ll feel a connection to the ground you’ve never felt in your life and your balance will be incredible. Sound good? It…

  • Steve Cotter’s Tech Neck Solution

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    Keeping my shoulders open is still a challenge. In 2004 I tore my left pec, and that has altered my left side. Working at a desk since 2003 has rolled both shoulders forward. Looking down at a screen hasn’t helped, either. It’s a common condition—head forward, shoulders rounded forward. One of the teachers who I…

  • Do these four exercises and be really strong

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    At some point I discovered Elliot Hulse while watching YouTube at night. Watching YouTube is kind of a guilty pleasure. I can’t stand TV, but I think YouTube is great. You can search for whatever you want and once you get close to your topic, YouTube starts giving you a bunch of other stuff you’re…

  • The benefits of the deadlift

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    My home gym has swelled with equipment but these days, I find myself returning to the simple barbell. And more specifically, the deadlift. I’ve written about this exercise before, but it deserves more digital ink because it is awesome. Let me start with a quick story—a real quick one. This weekend, kids in the street,…

  • Chin ups, dips, and pistols

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    Check out this bad boy: A little walk on a path and you find one of these suckers and you can get in a great workout. Chins, dips, and then pistols. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. A few circuits of these killer exercises and you’ll have quite a workout. Start with 8 reps for each exercise…

  • The Behind the Neck Press

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    This vilified exercise has always intrigued me. I had some early bad experiences with it, but the words of Rob Lawrence (not a famous lifter by any stretch, but frequently cited by Pavel Tsatsouline who is more on the famous side), who basically said, “It’s not a bad exercise if you have the mobility, have…