We’re currently in the process of writing a transformation guide. This sucker is going to be awesome—and yeah, I’m totally biased—but seriously. It’s going to cover 5 game-changing topics: Mindset, Training, Recovery, Nutrition, and Community. . Today’s post provides a preview of a piece from the mindset section. Mindset is arguably the biggest factor in...Read More

Thinking about the word power brings some…well…powerful images to mind. Things like rockets taking off, Lebron James taking off for a dunk, and 100meter sprinters tearing down the track at the Olympics. It almost makes power development seem out of reach for normal folks.   Can normal folks ever hope to be powerful?   And,...Read More

I have a crisp 100-dollar bill in my pocket that you’ve been asked, ‘what’s your goal?’ quite a few times in your life. Maybe it wasn’t that direct. Maybe someone asked what you were trying to accomplish—probably your parents, one of your coaches, or one of your teachers. And it’s a good question, we all...Read More

Well, it’s actually most likely that any program she posts is a waste of time… Excuse the bluntness of this conversation, but I just want to be real with you. Your favorite Instagram model has no idea what she’s doing. There’s a slim to none chance that she has any education pertaining to exercise, physiology,...Read More

Last week, in preparation for our Kettlebell Strength Classes that start September 6th, we held a kettlebell swing clinic at Beyond Strength Performance NOVA. We walked the attendees—some were current BSP NOVA Clients, others were new comers—through all the steps it takes to do a successful, safe kettlebell swing.   If you couldn’t make it,...Read More

“Where in the grand heck do I start?”   That’s a good question—we, as people in a bunch of situations, ask ourselves that question. It’s one that people new to the gym ask themselves all the time.   And it’s a good question.   For those that have never exercised in a gym setting before,...Read More

Last week we had a quick chat about why HIIT is not enough to build a body that’s strong, looks good, and has longevity. Well, it would be rude of us to say that HIIT isn’t enough and then not fill in the blanks on the other things that you should be doing. So, today,...Read More

  Let’s pretend that you’re a contractor and you’ve been hired to build a house. I think we can agree that a house is a pretty complex structure, right? It requires a lot of different elements—a foundation, solid walls, good plumbing, sturdy floors, etc. Here’s the catch—you only get one tool to build the house....Read More

We like to think we can tell ourselves what to do—that we’re fully in control and we just need to muster up our will power and get to work. Well, we are silly. It doesn’t really work that way. In fact, it doesn’t work that way at all. We’re a mass of unconscious drives that’s...Read More

This week’s video blog goes over the reverse lunge, using basic principles that transfer to every variation of the lunge. Be sure to check out tomorrow’s Technique Tuesday post to peep a whole lot of lunge variatons- ya know, if that’s your thing… Then, as always, we have an inside look at some of the...Read More