By: Kevin Larrabee
In less than a week I will be taking the exam to be a Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach. The National Strength and Conditioning Association provides the certification which is the gold standard in the fitness industry. I have planned out three days to study, yesterday was day 1.
I first signed up to [...]

By: Kevin Larrabee
Sorry for not posting much new content lately. I have been very busy between the time I spend at Cressey Performance, studying for my CSCS exam, training, and sleeping. I won’t continue to post my training log as much unless I do something worth noting. For info on our workouts check out Tony’s [...]

Listen to Episode 102 here: TheFitCast102.mp3 (Or Right Click and Save-As to Download
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Hosts:
Kevin Larrabee and Jonathan Fass (Blog)
Jonathan Fass comes on to discuss new fat-loss research, supplements, physical therapy and more!
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Jonathan Fass will be on the show this week answering some mailbag questions. If you have any questions specifically for Jonathan, please send them in with the contact form.

About Jonathan:
Jonathan is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA), a Certified Health & Fitness Instructor (ACSM), and a USA Weightlifting Level-1 Club Coach (USAW). He is [...]

By: Kevin Larrabee

A1) Safety Bar Squats (4×3) 215
A2) Single arm cable row with rotation (3×10) 80
B1) Speed Deadlift (4×1) 225, 2 chains
B2) Hip Mobility
C1) Walking DB Lunges (3×8/side) 40, 45, 50×2
C2) Palloff Press with perturbation (3×20 seconds)
D1) Tony’s Circuit (Rope Sled Pulls, farmers walk, Side and DL Med ball throws)

Good workout, Spike kicked in on [...]

By: Kevin Larrabee
Time to catch up on the log, here is Saturday’s and Monday’s workouts.

Saturday:
Pre-Work: Sprint Work

10 Yd Side Starts x 4 each side
35 Yd Carioca High Step to Sprint x 3 per side
45 Yd Build-Ups x

Lifting

A1) Trap Bar Deadlift 5×2,2,2,4,4  (375, 335)
A2) Kneeling Hip Flexor Mobilization
B1) Barbell Reverse Lunge [...]

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Hosts:
Kevin Larrabee, Tony Gentilcore (Blog), and Leigh Peele
Fat-Loss expert Leigh Peele joins us to talk about refeeds, calories in splenda, her favorite PB2 recipe, and much more!
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By: Kevin Larrabee
Here was last nights workout, sorry for being a day late. Again check out Tony’s T-Nation Locker for some more info and discussion.
A) Speed Bench 8×3 (185)
B1) 3-Board Press 4 x [3, 3, 8, 8,] (285, 255)
B2) Blast Strap Inverted Row 3×10 (15lb vest)
C1) BB Row Supinated 3×6 (145)
C2) NG Standing DB Shoulder [...]

By: Kevin Larrabee
Fat-Loss Expert Leigh Peele will be our guest on this week’s show. To learn more about Leigh, check out her website: avidityfitness.net. Leigh authored the popular fat-loss e-book titled: The Fat-Loss Troubleshoot. To submit questions, please fill out the contact form here, or send an e-mail to “questions@thefitcast.com” Please get in your [...]

By: Kevin Larrabee
Today was day one at Cressey Performance. It was good to see the guys again and to get back into a gym that

Wasn’t over crowded
Didn’t have roided up freaks doing BB curls in the squat rack
Had sleds and medicine balls

I trained at the end of the day with Tony Gentilcore and Brian St [...]