Strength Training | John Sifferman

How to Climb a Tree – Your Primal Homework Assignment is to go Tree Climbing

Now that winter is behind us, my focus is shifting back towards more primal activities. Things like walking, running, tree climbing, and rock climbing are coming back into perspective as fun and viable exercise options. With my recent introduction to MovNat, I’m more than inspired to start taking better advantage of the great outdoors and […]

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The 100 Day Challenge – will you commit to making positive changes in your life every day for the next 100 days?

I’m going to piggy-back the 100 Day Challenge idea that my coach, Scott Sonnon presented on his FlowCoach Blog. The idea is simple: take the next 100 days to achieve your goals and focus on making positive changes in your life each and everyday. Sounds simple enough, right? But how do we ensure that we

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Exclusive Interview with World Renowned Strength and Conditioning Coach Adam Steer: What's New In Health-First Fitness and Strength Training

There’s a bit of a story behind this interview, so if you just want to listen in, scroll down and click the green play button. Basically, it’s a technological miracle that I’m even able to bring this to you today. Upon recording this amazing interview with Adam, I logged into my teleconference service to retrieve

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The Pareto Principle and Fitness Compliance – The Difference Between Working Out, Focused Training, and a Lifestyle Integration Fitness: where do you fall on the spectrum?

The Pareto Principle (aka paretos law) states that 80% of the results come from 20% of the effort. Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto came up with the 80 20 rule when discovering that most wealth is accrued by a minority of people (20%). I think paretos principle can be applied to health and fitness as well

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My Fitness Evolution – from 11 years old in my parents basement, to finding childlike freedom as an adult

It all started when my Dad bought me the Marine Corps 3X Fitness Program for my 11th birthday. This book taught me how to do pushups, pullups, and situps like the Marines, and I was ecstatic about it. More importantly though, it piqued an interest about getting stronger, and being all that I could be.

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