by tfurman | Apr 16, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Fitness, Health, Strength, Strongman
“Black and White Thinking”, as defined by Wikipedia — , “In psychology, a phenomenon related to the false dilemma is black-and-white thinking. Many people routinely engage in black-and-white thinking, an example of which is someone who...
by tfurman | Mar 25, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Diet, Fitness, Health, Strength
“Many trainers and coaches often claim they don’t use bodybuilding concepts because they don’t want their athletes to become like bodybuilders. We feel this view lacks common sense because anyone in their right mind knows damn well that doing some...
by tfurman | Mar 22, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Diet, Health
“Who’s the bigger idiot, the idiot or the idiot who gets fooled by the idiot?” — Orson Welles In our current time, discussing subjects and ideas on Facebook or internet forums has replaced, to a large degree, the interactions that occurred in...
by tfurman | Feb 5, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Health
Very clearly, years ago, I was reading the MMA.TV forums, called the “Underground”. There was an area for Defensive Tactics specialist, Tony Blauer, of Canada to post to those interested. He repeated a methodology that he did not invent, but for some...
by tfurman | Jan 9, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Diet, Fitness, Health
After the holidays there is a rush to, “lose weight”. Almost everyone worries if they picked up extra poundage over Thanksgiving and Christmas. As if dieting in January, after those same old resolutions are made, has a different effect than dieting in...
by tfurman | Dec 15, 2014 | Articles, Blog, Body Weight, mobility, Suspension Training
While there are an infinite number of motions that the human body can attempt, the gross, common or main movements can be summed up in just a few. Dan John likes to summarize them this way. Upper Body Pull Upper Body Push Squat Hinge Weighted Carry My preference is...
