You used to be great, now what?
The hardest part about getting older is understanding you are never as good as you once were. There was a time when I could play 80 minutes of rugby, deadlift 700+, and bench in the low 400’s. I was an […]
Branding
Why the Evidence Based Fitness World is “wrong”
Hint, it isn’t the science It is the over reliance on data over people. How so? There is more than “eating less to lose weight” which is often telling people what they mostly know. Considerations such as: Health history Diet […]
A Haunting in St Joseph
This weekend, my wife and I went to a Paranormal investigation at a historic mansion in St Joseph, Missouri called the Wyeth Tootle mansion. It’s been reported to be haunted and “verified” by paranormal teams, staff members, and previous skeptics […]
Today I am 44
This has been quite an eventful year since I turned 43. In the span of 12 short months a lifelong dream came to fruition, I purged a source of immense pain and self-loathing from my soul, I battled depression and […]
I need testers for A.S.S. 2.1
Finalizing the touches on my magnum opus program. It is ready for mass testing! A.S.S. 2.1 – Real Fucking Strong is the working title 1. Contingencies for faster or more steady progress. The ability to customize volume for older or […]
How to tell your friends no
Where there is progress there is a pushback How many of you had to deal with people expressing their unwelcome opinion to you such as: “Why you workout so much?”“You are no fun, eat this with us”“You don’t drink like […]
Why Strength Training?
Forget the usual bullshit, these are why… Because you can add another rep, another pound, and see progress happen on the bar. Because you don’t have to diet yourself into a skeleton shell to prove to anyone you work hard. […]
Commandments of Ashman
The church of Ashman Strength Strength is eternal and relative. All things physical build easier with strength For every push an equal and opposite pull is ideal Weighing and measuring every meal is still an eating disorder, regardless of how […]
The simplicity of training part 1
The older I get and the busier I get with my life, the more I see a need for a focused, simplistic attack on my training. This came about as more of a need rather than a want. I want […]
Desperately Seeking Savages
This title is a nice sublime reference to a popular 80’s movie, so I suppose I am showing my age… Let’s face it, you want to move well, feel better, be stronger, and look good. You don’t have to fake […]