Crossfit vs Cross-Training
Before opening Spartan Fitness in 2012, I had a choice to make. Open up either a Crossfit gym or my …
Functional Training in the Berkshires
“Functional Training” is a termed used freely in the fitness industry. At Spartan Fitness, we do train for function but …
Nutritionism
What do you see in this picture? What I see and what you see may be totally different. Here is …
Fitness-ism
Fitness-ism 101 A reductionistic perspective of human performance based on recently popularized and simplified standards at which human levels of …
10 Ways to Guarantee Bad Knees
I have worked with my fair share of ‘bad knees’. Lifestyle change is the number one way to improve knee …
Fed Up: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
On a cold and damp September evening I sat down with a BLT in one hand and a beer in …
It’s What the Cavemen did and Other Exercise Fallacies
I sat there watching a guy on Youtube, boxjump, clean, and bearcrawl. No biggie, right? These are all exercises that …
Present Bias (Procrastination)
Here is a little taste of the bitter truth- Present Bias (Procrastination) is very much a part of our lives. …
The 10 Physical Skills(+1): A deeper look
Crossfit introduced me to the 10 Physical Skills years ago and that has fundamentally switched my training style. I am …
What have we learned from the Kevin Ogar tragedy
I just finished ‘The Story of the Human Body” by Daniel Lieberman. I highly recommend it. By finishing the book …
Fitness Culture: Pseudo-Crossfit
Last Fitness Culture post: History, Icons, and the Waterfall Effect A fascinating shift is taking place in the Fitness …
Train Smart or Train Hard?
On Training Hard vs Training Smart I’m a big advocate for training smart. My reason? There isn’t enough of it. …
Fitness Culture: History, Icons, Waterfall Effect
For the Fitness Culture: Preface click here The Culture of Fitness. I have to admit, this topic has been …
Fitness Culture:Preface
The fitness industry has the potential to be something that it often isn’t. Much like the web. Jaron Lanier, a …
Is Crossfit Really a Cult?
“Crossfit is the Scientology of Fitness’ I’ve heard this line a handful of times. But is Crossfit really a cult? …
The Top Five Key Attributes for Training Success
Over the years of personal training you begin to see patterns as the most successful clients tend to share the …
The Machines Can’t Die
This is the (quasi)counter-argument to the machines vs functional training argument. Eric Stevens contributed an article on his theory that …
Movements vs Muscles
‘Movements over Muscles’. If you know any smooth talking trainers, I bet …
The Running Argument
Running, more specifically Endurance Running. Every other day, someone seems the need to drop their two cents on running. It …
Shopping for a trainer-10 item list (or 10 improvements if you are a trainer)
Health, Fitness, and Performance is my profession, it is one of my many passions. I take pride in my work, …
Understanding self proclaimed ‘Elitism’
How do we differentiate between actual elitism and self proclaimed elitism? Actual elitism is defined through action, history, and experience. …
Why we don’t WOD part 1: Case Study
Fair Warning This is an article written to articulate my experience as a health professional, trainer, Strength and Conditioning Specialist, …
Bandwagons and Professional Stability
I am not one that hastily jumps onto bandwagons. I’m typically skeptical and hesitant to dive into something (most …