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Can Mental Toughness Be Coached?

March 30, 2017
Brandon
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After 15 years of coaching experience, training courses, continuing education, and many other levels of professional and personal development the one single variable that matters most when it comes to building on one’s fitness, strength, and performance is your state of mind. The mental side of life is what carries us. It’s the catalyst and the sustainability of a given behavior. Mental toughness is in short supply these days, but it’s not something that is completely extinct.

3 Great Exercises To Prime And Mobilize Your Hips, Knees, And Ankles

February 23, 2017
Brandon
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So I’m sure you’ve had those days where you walk into the weight room knowing it’s squat day and you feel tight as hell and realize that you need to work to mobilize your hips, knees, and ankles. After 8 hours of a stressful workday, a long commute in the car, and too much Netflix in the evening it’s easy to fall into the trap of getting that all too common hip, knee, and ankle immobility that can train wreck your squat day.

Quality Traits: The Professional Coach vs. The Amateur Coach

January 19, 2017
Brandon
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Today I think it’s worth examining what quality traits to look for in various coaches and trainers. After all, in today’s fitness arena we’re bombarded with readily available information and resources at the click of a button and many people put a great deal of faith in these online coaches and training resources simply because of their notoriety. So with that being said what do we look for in a quality coach? Read on my young Jedi to explore this question a bit further.

Black Friday And Cyber Monday Deals

November 24, 2016
Brandon
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I can’t believe it’s that time of year again. Have we trained a whole year already? Regardless, every year the crazies go and camp out at stores and miss valuable time in the weight room and with family in hopes of getting a small discount on some storefront item. I don’t get it. It defies logic, but if you’re one of those individuals wanting to take an easier path then make sure you spend the next 90 seconds in the comfort of your home doing all of your shopping right here!

3 Guaranteed Ways To Build Hard Lean Muscle As Fast As Possible

November 10, 2016
Brandon
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Are you serious about trying to build lean muscle?
Do your workouts produce optimal fitness and optimal results?
Are you looking to get straight to the point with your training concerning results?
Are your lean muscle gains coming too slowly for your expectations?

People are motivated by different things. Because of this building lean muscle always seems to find a spot in the equation. When it comes to fitness what do you value? Do you motivate yourself to look better? Are you motivated to feel better? Do you motivate yourself to perform better for the purpose of competition? Are you just motivated to burn off that $3.00 combo value meal?

I only ask these questions because the thing that makes one individual tick may not have any bearing on the next person. Well no matter what motivates you the thing that makes all of this work is lean hard muscle and today I want to talk about three guaranteed ways you can achieve just that!