Archive for January, 2009
“A solid scientific foundation, the wisdom of years of training experience and the passion to reach creative fitness solutions.”
Welcome to my website, www.myintelligentfitness.com. This website is dedicated to providing an intelligent view of the exercise/fitness world. No hype. No hidden economic agenda. No perpetuation of “gym myths”. Just honest, straight forward fitness information based on solid scientific research, education and “in the trenches” practical experience.
The greatest reward I receive from fitness consulting is witnessing the moment my clients “get it”. It could be learning and realizing the importance of proper technique, the mind-body connection. It could be the moment a goal was reached, body fat loss or improved athletic performance. It could be the correction of movement pattern deficits that result in the reduction of pain and a greater freedom of joint movement, a greater sense of well being. The common theme is that the client’s life quality is improved and the role of exercise and fitness is firmly established in their life. My mission is to improve fitness “one rep and one client at a time”. I believe this website will allow me to reach more people. Enjoy!
“Stupid is as stupid does.” - Forrest Gump
Since returning to a commercial gym after 25 years, I am shocked by the current gym culture. Few members understand the basic concept of “gym etiquette”; unloading bars, re-racking weight plates and dumbbells and just generally cleaning up after themselves. Moving about the gym in an iPod induced stupor; these spoiled suburban brats seem totally aware and unconcerned how their actions affect the gym experience and training quality of those around them. Examples have been recorded on various forums and websites for years but until I witnessed the stupidity, I thought that they were exaggerating for comic value and the shock effect. I was wrong. It is worse than I thought it could ever be. Read the rest of this entry »
When I was young, innocent and naïve, I sat in the front row at the fitness circus. The experience was colorful, loud and raw. I trusted anyone who seemed to know more than me. And having been brought up in the Midwest, I also tended to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Well, almost everyone, even at a young age, I found it hard to believe that Joe Weider invented every training principle ever conceived by man or beast, especially when I read it just six months earlier in Peary Rader’s Ironman Magazine. Read the rest of this entry »