Impossible Perfection
As a trainer and gym owner, my line of vision is almost exclusively focused on my world. To the rest of you, our little first world issues seem inconsequential, but to us they are our business. Such as… When I […]
Athletic Hypertrophy
Not sure where this blog is going but I do know where it’s been
The beauty of an app like Timehop is looking into the past and seeing your social media and stored memories. Some of those memories are wonderful, much like the ones I had from last year as I was preparing to […]
Business owner checking in here!!!
A somewhat lifelong type of dream came true for me this month. We opened a gym called Kansas City Barbell at 1714 Holmes Street in the East Crossroads section of KC. How did this happen and why did this happen? […]
What is important?
Part of being in the business of fitness and health is the inevitable occasional crash you get inside when you give over and over again to improve others. I don’t want you to read this and think this is me […]
Don’t do this, do that – exercise edition
We have all heard the dogmatic rules of lifting from misinformed “coaches” like: There is no reason why you can’t deadlift Squat or else The bench press is the king of upper body exercises The Smith Machine is worthless (my […]
Ashman Strength Book #2 is here for the buying
Several years ago I put out A.S.S. book 1 as the program that helped me regain control of my own lifting. It was a simple layout cycling main lift intensities in a pretty basic block system. You cycled through higher […]