Is your butt soft and saggy like a bag of kittens?
In my book, nothing beats squats, deadlifts and lunges when it comes to shaping those muscles you’re sitting on right now – but sometimes you gotta step back and make sure the muscles you think are working are actually in the game.
This morning, I took Fox 17’s Smita Kalohke through three glute shaping exercises you don’t want to miss.
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You know the ones. Those fully formed, spherical mass o’ muscles you see behind powerlifters, sprinters and female fitness models (mmmmm, fitness models).
Their butts defy gravity while they sit high up on their perch as if they somehow KNOW they’re better than all the other glutes.
…And they are.
So why is it that some butt-iss-ee-moes (as “Body by” Jake Steinfeld refers to ‘em) hang, sag, droop and flop around in the breeze?
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In case you missed yesterday’s preview video, this morning I made another appearance on Grand Rapids’s Fox 17 Morning Show to take Sarah Brodhead through 3 exercises that’ll help you develop arms even Michelle Obama would be proud of.
Anyway, here’s a link to the segment as you’d see it on TV (nothing but Hi-Def news broadcasts at Fox… Brian, you know what I’m talking about ).
And because you know how hard I work to keep my legion of adoring fans (a... Read Full Story
Lesson #3: Surround yourself with people who have already accomplished what you want to do.
While I never broke any records on the lifting platform, I went from a sloppy 400lb squatter as a young 20-something while doing things on my own to a respectable 700# lifter in my mid-20s by training with guys who squatted as much as 300 pounds MORE than me (and at a lighter bodyweight, I should add) who’ve already ‘been there, done that’.
Experience is the best teacher.
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Back in the day when I trained alongside Ed Coan at Quads Gym on Chicago’s south side, I learned many a lesson that still apply to many aspects of my life today.
Lesson #1: Stay focused and do what you say you’re going to do.
If your training schedule calls for you to lift a weight for X number of reps, it doesn’t matter if you vomit, bleed or ‘hershey squirt‘ in the middle of your set – you’ll still be respected if you complete your set. You can al... Read Full Story
I used to give one of my ol’ buddies a hard time when his mom would Nair his back in high school.
Perhaps it’s what they call poetic justice, but I’ve grown progressively hirstute over the years.
Since finally breaking down and going to the table for my first back waxing experience last year, I’ve had to face tough questions. Namely, where do you STOP?
Unlike the naturally occurring tree line near the top of mountains, I think it looks pretty darned ridiculous to go f... Read Full Story
