You can count on them just like you can count on the sun to rise in the East each morning. Gimmicky diets are not going away. I like to believe there are a growing number of science and evidence based practitioners, such as myself, who will slowly shift the tide of nutritional and fitness dogmas away from the nonsense and towards protocols which actually produce results. But alas.........the gimmicks are just too damn enticing to pass up. No matter how many times we put ourselves … [Read more...]
The Top 5 Reasons You Aren’t Losing Weight On Your Diet And How to Fix Them
It’s Saturday morning, and you slowly start to stir in your bed. The sun has started to peek through your window, and you yawn, stretch, and start to blink away the goobers from your eyes. You wake up to use the restroom, and you remember………”Hey, I’ve been dieting for a week solid, and I’ve been good the entire time! I wonder what that scale says!” You smile, and tap your foot on the glass. The electronic display zeroes out, and you wait in anticipation. What will it read? How … [Read more...]
10 Nutritional Facts To Shred The Fat
With all of the non-stop headlines which saturate the internet, it’s a difficult task to keep the eyes on the prize and the cart in front of the horse. Even the most well-intentioned dieter can lose track of what they are doing on occasion. One of the biggest advantages our online training clients have is a clear-cut plan moving forward to optimize their results. This list isn’t a list of nutritional “superfoods”. We aren’t into discussing the benefits of coconut oil or brown rice … [Read more...]
How To Use Small Gains To Optimize Your Life
1% is a small percentage. Mathematically, this is 1 out of 100. As a decimal, 0.01. If there were a sale for "1% off designer shoes", we would scoff. If our stock portfolios posted "1% dividends", we would wrinkle our eyebrows. If our government taxed us "1% of income", we would jump for joy. (Also, we would start looking to see if hell had frozen over.) In many ways, 1% seems trivial - too small to worry about. At the exact same time, a 1% difference is all that is needed to give you an … [Read more...]
How To Be Boring And Dominate The Fitness Game
The only case I can come up with against "boring" is the fact that it's boring. If you stop to think about the most successful people on this planet, you will find a common theme. That common theme is not the complexity of their system, the "top secret information" in their sales tactics, or the "one, weird trick" they utilized in order to become a kingpin. The common theme of very successful people is the consistent and daily application of tried and true methods in order to … [Read more...]
Ain’t Nobody Fresher Than My CLIQUE (Introducing The Army Of Greatness)
Yes. I did just quote Kanye West in the article title.......... With apologies to Taylor Swift. And George Bush. And the Kardashians. And everyone else Kanye has offended. (I'm pretty sure that's most of the world, but I digress.........) But for real - I want to introduce you to my Clique. And by "Clique", I mean my team. Actually, scratch that, I want to introduce you to my Soldiers. The Soldiers in The Army. The Anyman Fitness, Clients-Only Army Of Greatness! You … [Read more...]
The 87 Week Transformation Picture (How To NOT Sell A Fitness Program)
BEHOLD THE AMAZING, FANTASTICAL, AND SHOCKING FITNESS RESULTS! Come one, come all, and look at the incredible 1 Year, 8 Month, and 18 Day Transformation! That's right, folks, see what the hard working Bo Smith was able to accomplish in just 623 Days! In just 87 short weeks, YOU can have results like him! And after you look at his muscular shoulder and chest, his lean and toned midsection, and hear about the pounds of goo have come off of his body, come learn how he did it! Yes, … [Read more...]
How To Have More Sex If You’re Married With Children
Like most men, I want to have sex pretty much every day. Even on the days I'm tired, I'm exhausted, I'm stressed out, and I really don't "feel" like getting naked and sweaty, it doesn't take much to change my mind. My wife's "closing rate" is a perfect 100% since the day I met her in 2002. What can I say? I'm easily persuaded. Considering we have been together for over a decade, have two children, and have a healthy and loving relationship, we have also had a lot of sex. Generally, … [Read more...]
Your Tears Won’t Save You Now: Life Lessons From A Middle School Classroom
Anna (name changed for privacy reasons) was bawling her eyes out, tears streaming off of her face and dripping onto the review sheet on her desk. She was trying to catch her breath and stay silent all at the same time. But that was no easy task when you're as worked up as she was. Her face was a crimson red, her teeth were clenched, and you could almost feel the palpable disdain she felt for me at that moment in time. I had to do something quickly. Not because of her current state, … [Read more...]
How Liddy Lost 6″ Off Her Waist Without Counting Calories
The job of a fitness coach isn't to provide every client with the same program. Each person is different. They have a different lifestyle, a different set of goals, and a different mental framework that they view the world with. Usually our 1:1 online clients prefer to lift weights and diet intelligently in order to create the proper caloric deficit for fat loss. We don't require "cardio" in anyone's routine. That isn't because there is anything "wrong" with cardio. Cardiovascular … [Read more...]