"1 rep max" @ 150kg or 330 lbs. Does anyone else think Ben has some more in the tank? Today I want to give you a glimpse into the journey that Remote Coaching Client Ben has been on for the past six months. Ben is a Chiropractor and family man in his late 20’s and became a Remote Coaching Client in June 2018. Before we started together Ben had been Crossfitting for a few years. He already had impressive strength numbers but had hit a strength plateau for the past couple years

I’ll be honest. I have been triggered in every hostel that I cooked in over the past three months by people making critical comments about me eating healthy or even cooking for myself. Last nights’ comment was especially triggering and I am fighting a fever so I am a little hot-headed. So, today I am going to rant a little bit about nutrition. Eating Healthy Food Is A Privilege, Not Ambitious If you live in Usa, Canada, or Norway then you are blessed to have access to healthy

For some of you this is going to be old news, but for some of you, this might bring a bit of an understanding as to what your "essence” is and your body-type. There are three body-types that are well known in the world of fitness, physique, and nutrition. They are ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. In this blog post I will give you some information on each of these body-types, and what they mean in relation to your health and fitness. By and large your body-type is the resu

Simen is a viking who trains at Crossfit Hunsfos in Vennesla, Norway. He started as a remote coaching client with the main goal of putting on some muscle, and getting strong enough to hit a 500kg total in the Deadlift + Back Squat + Bench Press. The bulk of his training history had been Crossfit and he'd been attending group classes for a few years. He found that it didn't take long before he could do most of the skills (muscle-up, handstand pushups, etc.) but wasn't getting

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Introduction It is flu season, but hopefully it is over by the time you read this. Recently I had a couple of clients become quite sick, and had to miss training. They were both worried about losing progress, and one even had a competition coming up the next weekend. She was so worried she’d lose all her strength and get embarrassed at the competition. She even ignored me telling her to rest, and snuck to the gym to train one evening despite having a fever. I couldn’t really