Over the years, I’ve moved to prescribing exclusively neutral grip pull-ups. The reasons for this are simple: they’re more comfortable and safer, without sacrificing much else. If choosing between two exercises, all else equal, I will always choose the one where…
This afternoon, I’m sitting and writing in the famous New York City chess parlor, Chess Forum on Thompson Street in Greenwich Village, just a block from Washington Square Park. I’ve just wrapped up some blitz games with fellow parlor players,…
I haven’t listened to music while I workout in over a year. Now, I love music. My one and only tattoo comes from the album cover of my favorite record of all time. But, I’ve made the switch to listening…
Landmine training has really burst onto the scene in the last few years. And for a good reason: they provide a unique training stimulus, safer alternatives to traditional barbell training, and only require a barbell. It was over the pandemic, stuck…
Oh, the spiderman stretch. Honestly, I couldn’t think of a less descriptive name. Sure, in the comics that spiderman often enters into the position that’s come to be known as the spiderman stretch, but without this niche knowledge of spiderman’s…
We all know about the Bulgarian Split Squat (also called the rear-foot-elevated split squat). But the BSS has a neglected younger sibling, the front foot elevated split squat. Like many youngest siblings, it’s overlooked, underappreciated, and has a rebellious streak. Well, today,…
I didn’t go to bed for two weeks straight. And I was still a functioning, working, only slightly sleep-deprived person. And in the last two months, I’ve rarely slept for more than five consecutive hours. It’ll make sense. Stay with…