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Safe Flying

If you’re flying over the holidays try and keep these things in mind:

First: The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution:

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by [...]

The Only Reasons to Exercise

It’s been said before: “You can’t outrun your diet.”

Exercise is NOT the way to lose fat (though some types of exercise can help you lose weight). There are only three reasons to exercise (unless training for a sport then there are five reasons): 1. Building/maintaining lean muscle (including your heart). [...]

A New Wind…

Starting tomorrow: Getting back to writing… Three projects calling me, and I’ve been preoccupied with other things… Also a new 8-week training cycle begins… I can’t wait!

A Morning Well Spent

Normally on Thursday morning I teach a semi-private MMA class… My trainees are out for the day, so I “stole” the time and had a fantastic yoga WO. Joint mobility, bunches of hand (arm) balances, core training, modified Sun Salutation, some Wu Shu hip and leg work… Feeling both wiped out and invigorated at the [...]

Compliments Accepted!

I got a great compliment on my yoga class at Gold’s Gym Loveland today. One of the participants, Robert, told me it was the best class he’d EVER been to! Yikes! I will try not to get a big head about it… Wait till he sees what I’ve got in store for them in the [...]

Comments OUT of CoNTroL

Due to a CRAZY amount of spam and bullshit comments (488 in the last 2 weeks), I am restricting comments on posts to those that actually log in to leave them… All others frack off, and have a nice day!

Hitting the Crow

For a couple of weeks now, I’ve been working on getting my arm balances back into shape… Hitting one-legged crow consistently now, along with crow pose… And I hit my first Planche today! It wasn’t the prettiest thing, but that will come with practice! Onwards and upwards!

Rings One

Gold Medal Bodies – Rings One

Two of my friends — that also happen to be two of my coaches — RMAX faculty head coach Ryan Hurst and RMAX head coach Jarlo Ilano (along with CST instructor Andy Fossett) have put out a stellar product for muscle building called Rings One. It uses principles [...]

A Few Testimonials

Trainers live by referrals and testimonials… It is the life-blood of the business.

Here are a few that I’ve received recently:

I’ve worked with Chuck since October of 2009. I was looking for a trainer with a great deal of knowledge and experience.  I competed in Athletics at a very high level so training was [...]