Change is hard—that’s why people have a difficult time doing it.  Life is busy, our time is limited, and 1,000 different things are pulling us in 1,000,000 different directions.  It’s tough to keep on the path toward progress while also managing the craziness of our everyday lives.  That’s the reality we’re faced with as modern...Read More

Here’s something you’ll find easy to believe: most fitness marketing doesn’t tell you the whole truth—shocker, right? From As Seen on TV gadgets, to hyper-fast fat loss advertisements from the new gym around the corner, to detox programs, we are inundated with information that tells us that transformation is low-effort if we only do what...Read More

When it comes to conditioning, there’s been a concerning trend in the personal and group training world over the last few years: more is better, and harder is best.  Conditioning has been approached with a mindset of, “If you’re not dead after every workout, what was it for?” And while that might be okay every...Read More

I know what you’re thinking- that this title was just to grab your attention- and that may be so, but there’s absolute truth to it.  We want you to take the laziest approach to being incredibly fit, which you may know this as the minimum effective dose, and we can show you how. What are...Read More

Often imitated, rarely duplicated, the Turkish Get Up is a beast of an exercise!  Imagine, you’re lying on the floor with a 70# kettlebell, and you need to figure out a way to get that bad mambo overhead, all the way to a standing position, without tearing your shoulder apart and dropping it on your...Read More

We've got a guest post today, from our brand new coach, Lori Lindsey. Bringing Lori on board is one of the easiest decisions we have ever made. Her personality is magnetic, her accolades speak for themselves, and her aspirations align perfectly with where we are looking to take Beyond Strength Performance NOVA, LLC. Beginning November...Read More

One of the biggest mistakes we’ve been seeing in the gym lately involves the use of the wrong grip for a given lift.  Many people don’t realize it, but we should be using different grips for different lifts.  Today’s video should help to get you off on the right foot- er, um, hand.  Yeah, hands....Read More

The hinge is arguably the most important pattern for everyone to learn.  The hinge sets us up to RDL, deadlift, swing, clean, bent over row, hit an athletic stance, jump, etc…  Unfortunately, it’s also commonly performed incorrectly. In this week’s video, we present four drills to help dial in your hinge.  Now, you don’t need...Read More

Our nutrition habits can make or break our body composition goals. Today we show you the best nutrition habit, ever. You don’t need to count macros to get lean.  In fact, eating “by the clock” completely overrides the most accurate caloric intake gauge available: How do you feel? Eating “by the clock” is strict adherence...Read More

[Pictures of the new gym at the end!] Today we start with a story- a true story that happened recently, right here at BSP NOVA.  But first, a little background info… Every time a member finishes a semi-private training phase, we have a brief discussion to see where their head is at.  That discussion typically...Read More