by Bob Vandersluis Training is pretty difficult, and can challenge the best athletes to work past current physical and mental thresholds.  Trying to be your best at anything almost always makes you feel like you're failing [...]

by Bob Vandersluis "We want to be simple, not just safe" - Mike Boyle (Functional Strength Training Coach) Unfortunately, the glitz and glam of some new crazy looking movements, catches the eye of people and lures [...]

by Bob Vandersluis All people consume 3 macro nutrients through nutrition.  Carbohydrates, Protein, and Fat. All three macronutrients serve important functions, and each vary in quality. Carbohydrates can be simple or complex, full of or lacking in [...]

by Bob Vandersluis As athletes, we need to think about nutrition in a different light than the general population.  Calories in and calories out becomes more than breakfast lunch and dinner.  It has to become [...]

by Bob Vandersluis  Do you ever wonder what you should be eating in your off-season, pre-season, before a game or on all of the other days of the year?  You're not the only one.  I've [...]

by Bob Vandersluis The "Big" 3 movements that powerlifters practice in order to be elite in their craft are the Hip Hinge (Deadlift), Squat, and Horizontal Press (Bench Press). If you're thinking, "I am not [...]