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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

How to Successful Train Women: 5 Keys to Master

January 30, 2015 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

I caught myself thinking the other day, “Holy shit..I train a lot of girls.” I mean, I know I train mostly women, but there have been some critical things I’ve had to adjust in my coaching style, beliefs, and programming so that I was consistently cultivating success and results for these hardworking ladies. They deserve […]

Filed Under: Human Performance, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bret Contreras, girls gone strong, mike robertson, training women

Hard Training Beginnings & 6 Fun “Post-Baseball” Exercises

December 19, 2014 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

    Its really something how one’s training can evolve over the years as an athletic competitor. You always try to seek out the best ways to become better at the given time, and when you take a look back on many years of different styles of physical preparation, it’s really cool to see how […]

Filed Under: Build Muscle, General, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: 5/3/1, Bodybuilders Inc., Cressey Sports Performance, eric cressey, Fat Gripz, jim wendler, Performance Central

Guinea Pigs Got Shredded

October 28, 2014 by Andrew Ferreira Leave a Comment

It feels pretty good when people make you look smart. A few months ago, Chad and I released our program, “6 Weeks to Shredded,” and were in the search of guinea pigs to test out our methods. I unabashedly proclaimed that the science was too good to fail and seeing results was all but guaranteed. […]

Filed Under: Fat Loss, General, Uncategorized

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

Humbling Exercises for the Egotistical Lifter

September 5, 2014 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

    Are you that guy? You know, that person in your gym who thinks they know it all, or claims to be in elite shape? I think we all either know somebody like that, or have even been that person before. I know I have. It’s only human nature to want to be the […]

Filed Under: Build Muscle, Look Better Naked, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: ben bruno, brutal exercises, Dan John, farmers walks, loaded carries, paused squats, prowler

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

3 Reasons Your Effort Isn’t Producing Results

August 5, 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.   I’ve been feeling sorry lately. I really do. I feel terribly sorry. Not sorry in the normal context, like being sorry for a mistake or something, but for my people…My beloved people […]

Filed Under: Build Muscle, Fat Loss, General, Look Better Naked, Nutrition, Uncategorized Tagged With: 5 3 1, Andrew Ferreira, Chad Rodgers, Coaching Program, diet, mark rippetoe, starting strength, tips

What Makes A Person Change Who They Are? by Yvonne Morgan

August 1, 2014 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

Note from Chad : It was almost exactly 8 months ago when I approached a very focused, very motivated woman in my local gym, where I am a strength coach. Interestingly enough, she was doing some fancy yoga moves, while I was sweating and cringing on a pvc pipe, trying to roll out some knots. […]

Filed Under: General, Motivation, Uncategorized Tagged With: guest post, Yvonne Morgan

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