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Why I Train Alone

“How do you stay motivated?”

“How do you deal with training alone? I just can’t do that.”

“I need people pushing me to train, otherwise, I couldn’t do it.”

“I don’t have that sort of motivation. If I don’t have someone to train with, I just won’t do it.”

I pretty much have heard it [...]

Enter the Cold

Well, it’s that time of year and it happens:

No matter what you do sooner or later it will catch you.

You catch the common cold.

Or maybe I should say, it catches you.

So what to do?

Well, for one thing:

stop your training and exercising.

That can be tough, I know, because sometimes [...]

Back Issues and the Dead-lift

Well, here are some general thoughts on this.

First off, I am no back specialist. So what I am about to say, take with a grain of salt.

I am speaking from my own experiences with back pain. I blew my back out moving a 600 pound air-compressor at a place I worked at over [...]

Shoulder Problems and the Bent Press

This is partly in response to a thread started on another fitness oriented site. The OP,  (Original Poster)  “bongoman”, in that thread was concerned about his AC joint (Acromion Clavicula joint at top of shoulder) and also in trying to get his lat to tense up while pressing a weight overhead with one hand.

He [...]

One Brick at a Time

Well, of course, that’s how you build a house or other brick structure.

So what does it have to do with you and I?

That is how you get stronger, faster and tougher.

One brick at a time. It takes time and effort. It takes patience. It takes persistence. And sometimes it means taking a [...]