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How To Become Instantly Stronger, Part 3

by GEOFFN July 26, 2010 Philosophy

I have something to confess.
I am easily distracted.
I don’t think I have ADD or anything like that, I think I’m just naturally curious. I’m interested in the world around me. It’s a big, beautiful, wonderful world – famines, disasters, and wars excepted.
And that can be a major problem when attempting to get work done.
For others, [...]

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Little things…

by GEOFFN June 29, 2010 Philosophy

“Don’t sweat the small stuff” it’s been said.
But what if the “devil’s in the details?”
Little things make a BIG difference.
Here’s one for example – weight distribution in the feet when pulling or squatting.
Here’s another – head and eye position when pressing overhead.
And another – the idea of “neutral spine” – does it have more than [...]

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European Kettlebell Tour, Part 2 – Paris

by GEOFFN June 23, 2010 Philosophy

Wow – can’t believe I’ve been back home almost 2 weeks already!
One thing’s for sure – it was a great trip to Europe.
So, Part 2…
We flew to Paris on Monday, the 31st. We took a late flight cause I thought we’d be cooked from the RKC. I was pretty close to right.
Again, my lovely wife [...]

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What Does It Take To Achieve This Level of Strength?

by GEOFFN May 16, 2010 Philosophy

I just finished watching HBO’s excellent mini-series, The Pacific.

Whenever I encounter documentaries about World War II, arguably the most brutal war the world has ever seen (or not seen as the case may be for many of us), I am incredibly moved by the strength of the men who volunteered to fight on the side [...]

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Pushing Your Vegetables Around The Plate…

by GEOFFN March 17, 2010 Philosophy

When I was a kid, I hated vegetables. They were ALWAYS the last thing I ate. Salad consumed last. With lots of milk. I always ate the most enjoyable stuff first, while it was warm and yummy. If the veggies got in the way, I just pushed them around the plate – you know – [...]

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The “Law” of Training Results, Part 3

by GEOFFN March 3, 2010 Philosophy

Everyone wants it now.
Scratch that – we all want it yesterday.
But that’s just not how things work.
That’s just not the way nature is set up.
When a farmer plants his seeds to grow a new crop, he doesn’t cover them over and expect that overnight, or instantly, that new crop will appear. That’s just foolishness!
But that’s [...]

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The “Law” of Training Results, Part 2

by GEOFFN February 25, 2010 Philosophy

In my last post, I shared the first part of the Law of Training Results, which is really the Law of Compensation. The first part, the Law of Sowing and Reaping, was simply that whatever you plant (sow), you harvest (reap).
Part two is similar, but much more powerful. It should, when fully understood, make us [...]

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The “Law” of Training Results, Part 1

by GEOFFN February 23, 2010 Philosophy

There’s a lot of talk lately about training results. And that’s a great thing. It’s getting people excited about training again.
But really, there is nothing magical or mystical about getting results from your training.
To get results from your training, you must simply follow the Law of Compensation, which is comprised of three parts.
The first part [...]

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Does FMS Methodology REALLY Work?

by GEOFFN February 11, 2010 Movement

Ok, I’ve been off the grid primarily for two reasons – updating websites and I’ve been exploring a lot of FMS (Functional Movement Systems) / CK-FMS methodologies.
Now that’s probably a pretty strange statement considering I started this blog 4 years ago to write about my Z-Health experience.
There is A LOT of controversy within the fitness [...]

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The Coolest New Thing I’ve Learned…

by GEOFFN January 30, 2010 Philosophy

I spent last weekend in Vegas at a Marshall Sylver seminar. For those of you who haven’t heard of Marshall, he’s one of the smartest, most entertaining speakers I’ve ever heard.
Anyway, one of his guest speakers, Chuc Barnes was speaking on Priority Management. (Great Presentation by the way…)
There was the usual Franklin-Covey type stuff, which [...]

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