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Do You Deserve It: The Ugly Truth About Getting the Body You Want

February 24, 2016 by Andrew Ferreira 1 Comment

Wolf urine. I can buy that on Amazon and it can be on my doorstep in two days. Now I’m not sure I could find some good use for some wolf urine but before you write me off like some kind of weirdo, stay with me for a second. It’s Tuesday night and I’m sitting […]

Filed Under: Human Performance, Mental Game, Motivation Tagged With: 4 Hour Work Week, Charlie Munger, Danger & Play, Gorilla Mindset, Lean Startup, Mike Cernovich, stoicism, Wall Street Playboys

How to Build Muscle: Divorcing Ego From Training

February 16, 2016 by Andrew Ferreira Leave a Comment

The Problematic Male Ego Freud referred to the “ego” as the realistic part of the brain that seeks to mediate the demands of both the “id” and “super-ego.” Others have thought ego to be the manifestation of testosterone and the inner circuitry of the male brain that has propelled the masculine identity of arrogance and […]

Filed Under: Build Muscle, Look Better Naked, Mental Game, Motivation Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, bryan krahn, building muscle, john meadows, mountain dog training, strengthhouse, testosterone, tnation

How to Improve Your Mental State: Movement is Medicine

February 4, 2016 by Andrew Ferreira Leave a Comment

December was a dark month. I didn’t train once; and by train, I should really clarify what I mean. Us fitness snobs love to differentiate between working out and training because it inflates our elitist muscles. No. I didn’t do fitness once. No sweat, no movement. To understand why that matters, let’s take a quick […]

Filed Under: Human Performance, Motivation

Student Spotlight : Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is by Hanna Riley

April 1, 2015 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

A note from Chad – “Hanna and I started our training journey a little over 5 months ago now. She frequented one of the gyms I work at, and right away upon seeing her was impressed by her quiet determination to train hard. You just don’t see that very often anymore. She also moved so […]

Filed Under: General, Human Performance, Mental Game, Motivation, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: Chad Rodgers, girls gone strong, Hanna Riley, show me strength, Yoga

5 Things Everyone Wants From A Training Program

November 25, 2014 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

  As coaches, we can easily fall into a big trap. I’ve seen it before, and I have been guilty of it in the past, but no longer do I let myself fit into this category I’m about to tell you about. As for me, I’ve been a baseball coach, pitching instructor, and more recently, […]

Filed Under: Fat Loss, Motivation Tagged With: Chad Rodgers, eric cressey, jim wendler, online training, program design, weighttraining.com

Some Nights It’s Cold

October 17, 2014 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

  I put my head under that steaming hot shower head to give myself a small taste of what I don’t want to be. Slowly, I turn the knob all the way in the direction of the blue C at the bottom of the handle. I close my eyes and tell myself as the water […]

Filed Under: General, Human Performance, Mental Game, Motivation, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: Act of Valor, cold showers, George Bernard Shaw, resistance, steven pressfield

How a Poem Changed My Career & What It Means To Be a Professional

October 7, 2014 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

    A little over four months ago, I decided to retire from my interesting journey as a professional baseball player. It was to my fortune that I was lucky enough to play for nearly 9 years as a pitcher in both the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins organizations, respectively. My first seven years were […]

Filed Under: General, Human Performance, Motivation, Pitching, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: Atlanta Braves, Doug Mientkiewicz, If, Minnesota Twins, Rudyard Kipling

20 Reasons You Are Mentally Weak

August 29, 2014 by Chad Rodgers 8 Comments

Going through life, facing different challenges and obstacles, it’s sometimes interesting to take a look back to see how you dealt with certain situations. Many times you can give yourself a big pat on the back for sacking up and doing the right thing, but other times you are left with a pit in your […]

Filed Under: How to Build Discipline, How to Build Mental Toughness, Mental Game, Motivation Tagged With: Essentialism, Greg Mckeown, Mental Toughness, motivation, NDCQ

6 Weeks To Shredded: I Need You

August 12, 2014 by Andrew Ferreira 1 Comment

I pride myself on being a self proclaimed above-average writer. To continue to toot my own horn, I generally find that I am able to convey high level scientific concepts in a manner that is both informative and more importantly enjoyable all while still giving you the ability to directly apply whatever I said to […]

Filed Under: Fat Loss, General, Motivation Tagged With: brad pilon, eat stop eat, intermittent fasting, leangains, Martin Berkhan, shredded, stubborn fat

Monday Motivation! (Productivity Edition)

August 11, 2014 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

You can catch updates about our training, and learn more on our philosophies on becoming awesome on the field and off at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.       What’s up, everyone? I hope the weekend treated you well. Today I want to narrow down some of the motivational stuff we normally post, and give you some actionable, and […]

Filed Under: General, Motivation, Uncategorized Tagged With: chad howse, fastcompany, Leo Babauta, Lydia Dishman, productivity, zen habits

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