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Summer is a time of year where it’s easy for things to snowball in the direction you were already pointed.  If you are already on a good trajectory with your workouts, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle, summer is a great time!  Your momentum tends to pick up while you have the

Do you need goals or do you need standards?  A couple weeks ago I saw a post from a friend and fellow gym owner asking this question and it really got my gears turning.     Goals are important.  I’m not going to sit here and say they aren’t.  But many

Oh the quick fix… the cleanse, the diet, the detox, the magic weight loss plant/pill/injection.  Everything is always going to be so fast, so quick, so easy…just   Alan lost 100lbs in a year following this plan.  He has been relentless in his execution and it shows.  He’s built muscle,

Taking an evidence based approach to weight loss, health, and fitness means using all of the evidence.  Sometimes, I write you an article based on the consensus derived from the latest and greatest research.  Other times, I write based on the “clinical” evidence that comes from 10 years of personal

Are you overtrained or under recovered?  Both terms have become popular buzzwords lately and they are referring to similar conditions.  Let’s clarify!   Whether we are talking about overtraining or under recovery, it is all about your ratio of stimulus and response.  Training is stimulus that is designed to get

Someone recently asked me a pretty common question during a personal training session last week.  “Hey Alec, how do I ditch the beer gut?”   It’s a really common question.  There are some things that are unique to the beer gut beyond normal fat loss principles that are worth covering.