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If you train long enough there is one absolute guarantee, you will make mistakes! Most people look at mistakes as a negative, but in fact they teach us so many valuable lessons. We learn what works fo… Read more

One is for serious strength. The other is for firming and toning. One is for packing on functional muscle. The other is to sculpt. One is for increased performance in just about everything. The other … Read more

This blog initiates the first in a series of 4 posts with companion videos about effective ways to better utilize the hips. While I’ve invented nothing in the series, I have hopefully ordered things i… Read more

Life happens. Injuries happen. We don’t live our lives, packaged in bubble wrap. Last year Eric told me his shoulder pain was worse. It was interfering with his sleep and daily life. He has been a cli… Read more

I have to be honest, I have somewhat of a love affair with pressing weight overhead. In my early years of lifting I loved to bench press. I was pretty good at the bench press in even in high school, b… Read more

The Goblet squat and the Front squat are two of the most important, and most neglected of RKC exercises. In this video, Master RKC Keira Newton demonstrates with student Brittany Branch where some p… Read more

When I sat with my colleague, good friend and level 4 Z-health trainer / RKC Steve Pucciarelli to create a viable kid’s program to compliment the UTC (www.TheUltimateTransformationChallenge.com), we a… Read more

Have you ever looked at a professional athlete in total amazement as they gracefully move through the air in a gravity-defying move to score a game winning goal? Scratched your head in total confusion… Read more

Distance running was indispensible; it was the way we survived and thrived across the planet. You ran to eat and avoid being eaten; you ran to find a mate and impress her, and you ran off with her to … Read more

The windmill is an outstanding advanced kettlebell move that combines shoulder stabilization, thoracic rotation, plus hip and hamstring mobilization. Mastering this exercise will improve functional qu… Read more

I have always wondered which exercises gave me more bang for the buck. I like going to my gym and knocking out quick workouts and I don’t like to waste my time training with isolation exercises. You c… Read more

I’m imagining this is you, exercising. I can’t tell you how many people walk into my gym with neck and/or shoulder pain. Okay I can, it’s a lot—probably half. There are a couple of factors that cause… Read more