Are you ready for a workout and nutrition program that is GUARUNTEED to reshape your mind, body and spirit for incredible strength all around? WE ARE BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS! One of the main culprits to not making progress is diving head first into a murderous training program and rigid eating style. […]
The Minimal Effective Dose: Hardstyle Training in Minutes a Day
Have you ever had one of those moments when you looked over your schedule, and realized that you were truly crunched for time to exercise? Busy lives filled with work responsibilities (bills bills gotta pay the bills!) taking care of our families and loved ones, let alone having enough time to get to the gym […]
The Kettlebell Kick-Starter: WELCOME TO GREENSBURG PENNSYLVANIA!
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Greater City of GREENSBURG: This blog post is dedicated to YOU! You may have heard of a certain red-headed kettlebell instructor making her way back home for all things strength, endurance, and obviously more awesome via kettlebell training. I AM BACK IN THE AREA! I now operate out of Virtus […]
Welcome to the Twister: Hang Training, Grip Strength, and a Drill You Need for Upper Body Dominance
Since we are on the subject this week on obstacles, we are going to be looking at a specific obstacle that gave me a ton of heck at the Ohio Spartan Beast Race. Welcome to the Twister! Ok ok ok! For those of you in the calisthenics realm of things, practicing this kind of […]
The Double Kettlebell Swing: What it is, Why You Should Do It, and Putting this Lift to the Test
WELCOME TO WORKOUT WEDNESDAY! This month on our VIP elite forum, we have been working on a ton of swings to get back to basics. Today, we are going to use our beloved swing to double up our strength and conditioning. Grab two kettlebells of equal weight and get ready for some double kettlebell swings. […]
The Loaded Carry: Kettlebell Training for Endurance Drills
Coach: I need you to grab these two logs and follow me into the woods. Me: Where are we going ? How heavy are these logs? Coach: That doesn’t matter. None of that matters. Just follow me! Welcome to Duff Park, located about half an hour from the city of Pittsburgh. I found myself at […]
Pressing Through Difficulty
Yesterday I had a discussion with one of my friends in the obstacle racing community. She had told me that she entered into the sport to deal with a very serious problems stemming from her suffering with PTSD. While I do not know the entire details of the traumatic events that lead to such suffering, […]
Strength in Weakness- The Spartan Sprint
“As I climbed out of the police car I could feel my heart ready to leap out of my chest. I carefully listened to the officer’s instructions and tried to do as he said, while the two inebriated passengers in my car watched breathlessly. The rain poured down hard on me as I took the […]