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Training notes & video breakdowns

The writing that goes with the videos — form cues, program context, and answers to the questions people ask most.

Prepared As Hell

Fitness was never about avoiding death, disease, or injury. It's about being ready to fend it off when it arrives — and a fractured foot two weeks before my wedding just proved the point.

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Diagnosis, Treatment, Follow Up — and Nothing Else

A fractured foot, a five-minute appointment, and no mention of sleep, diet, or mobility. Some thoughts on the narrow scope of how healthcare actually gets delivered.

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Don't Overthink It — Just Do the First Set

The same way you can psyche yourself out of a workout, you can psyche yourself into one. A trick for showing up on the days you don't feel like training.

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Man Plans, God Laughs

Two weeks before my wedding, I broke my foot playing soccer with the kids I coach. A day-one upper body workout from inside the walking boot.

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A 10-Minute Bodyweight Workout for the Road, a Warm-Up, or a Finisher

5 exercises, 10 minutes — a routine that works as a warm-up, a finisher, or the whole workout when that's all you've got time for.

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How I Learned to Swing a Kettlebell — and Why It's in Every Foundational Strength & Kettlebells Workout

A progressive kettlebell circuit — from basic 2-hand swings to a 7-move complex — and how it shaped Foundational Strength & Kettlebells.

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Upper Body Strength: The Superset Structure Behind Most of My Workouts

Low-rep supersets, grip work, barbell rows, pull-ups, and hanging leg raises — the structure behind most of my programs.

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