How to Do More Pull-Ups and Push-Ups Thanks to everyone who took me up on my push-up and pull-up challenge yesterday. These 2 exercises are so powerful at strengthening and sculpting almost ALL of the muscles in your upper body – it’s truly amazing. Push-ups hit your pecs, shoulders, triceps and core. Pull-ups – your [...]

How many push-ups and pull-ups can you do? I have a pull up bar in my basement – about 8 feet away from my desk – and I’m embarrassed to admit that I rarely use it. Really…I have no excuse. So today, I thought I would get myself accountable by shooting video of me cranking [...]

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s post where we looked at the best form of cardio for burning fat. Nacho Libre (picture on the right) is one of the most ridiculous movies ever made. It also happens to be one of my favourites. In it, Nacho (played by Jack Black) makes a number of “mistakes”, in [...]

This is a very interesting topic and merits further investigation. Is the elliptical the best form or cardio? How does it compare to running or even rowing? In order to answer this question, it’s first important to understand 2 things: 1. We burn roughly 5 calories for every liter of oxygen consumed. 2. Inefficient movements [...]

Hope you enjoyed yesterday’s post and that you’ve realized just how important regular stretching truly is. We’re back today with another great contribution from our friend Kris Fondran and the Shapeshifter crew. Take it away Kris… **************** Nothing compares to the wonderful feeling of lying on a massage table while someone rubs, kneads and caresses [...]

My friends Adam and Ryan over at Shapeshifter recently introduced me to their latest “secret weapon”, yoga expert Kris Fondran. And today, Kris is going share some new insights about the incredible power of flexibility – in case you needed a little reminder. Take it away Kris…  It’s important to stretch if you want to [...]

Today’s video is all about helping you create a compelling vision, setting achievable goals, and harnessing the power of visual goal setting. Watch and enjoy…

Interval training is powerful and in today’s video I’m going to show you need to be using it, especially if you want to burn more fat! Cool? In today’s video you’ll learn: what interval training is all about and how it can get you better results in 1/3 the time of conventional cardio the best [...]

Each week I’m going to do my best to put out a post that is dedicated to answering your questions. This is one of them. I can’t guarantee to answer every single question I’ll ever get asked, but I’m going to do my best to help you out as best I can. Plus, at the [...]

Every time I see a new infomercial with some weird ab machine it makes me cringe. I guess the allure is that most people don’t want to do any actual work and that suits these gimmicks nicely since they promise “EASY ABS” in just a few minutes. SIDE NOTE: What are your thoughts – do [...]

We’ve been in California since last Wednesday and IT finally hit me! I’ll tell you what IT is in just a second. But first, by the time you read this we’ll be en route to Santa Barbara after having spent a day in Laguna Beach and 4 days in San Diego. The California coast is [...]

As promised, here is the next workout video I’ve filmed for you from sunny San Diego. In this video, you’ll discover what I think is the #1 workout tip you need to know about. Applying this one tip will help you get stronger, burn more fat, and take your fitness to a whole new level. [...]

I had a great stair workout in San Diego yesterday morning and I put together this video to show you how I kicked my own butt (and how you can do the same) Plus, there’s a guest appearance from a special little someone. In this video you’ll learn: how to mix up your stair workouts [...]