- “The family is a haven in a heartless world.”  ~Attributed to Christopher Lasch

Yesterday my wife’s grandfather passed away. It reminds me how important family is and that we should take every chance to enjoy the time we spend with them on this earth!

- I am attending Ryan Lee’s Bootcamp with some of the top fitness professionals in the world. It is another step in becoming better, better as a man, fitness professional and athlete. My goal is to reach and help more people, make a better life for my family, create more free time to enjoy with my loved one’s and take over the world (damn, I’m getting carried away….dissregard the last one……insert evil laugh here). If you want to become the best at what you do then seek out people that are very successful and surround yourself with them, learn from them. What have you done lately to get better?

- Sometimes you cannot train as planned, especially when traveling. Don’t let this be an excuse to not get your workout in. Today my brother, Jeff and I used the hotel gym late at night to get our fix in (it was actually not a bad gym compareed to most). As we did not have tons of equipment we still used what we have. The training session consisted of 6 non stop rounds of:

- DB Snatches x 5 reps/each arm

- Chin Ups (slow eccentric) x 8 reps

- Alternating MB Push Ups x 8 reps/each arm

- Lateral Lunges x 8 reps/each leg

We finished with some trunk work and stretched. Definitely left me feeling better…….

- I don’t watch too much TV but I do love the I Wanna Work For Diddy Show. You can say what you want but the man is driven! Notice how I did not mention the people that are fighting for the job…..

- Since I just had some issues with my low back after pulling it in a session last week I feel that anyone that has low back pain will aleviate the pain with some hip stretches. Most times the hip flexor that is pulling on the spine and causing the problems, is the psoas. It is hard to get to in most cases, so I got a great tip and video from Joe Defranco….

That has to feel good….at least later on!

If you have any questions about anything strength and performance related, please post them on the blog and I will get to them  a.s.a.p.

 

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