The Bone Health Blueprint

Building and maintaining your ability to generate power becomes increasingly important as you age. And when it comes to bone health, it’s not optional, it’s essential. Power is your ability to produce force quickly. It’s what helps you catch yourself when you trip, stabilize when you lose balance, and move with confidence in unpredictable situations. Training for power stimulates your nervous system to recruit fast-twitch muscle fibers, the ones responsible for producing higher force and fast...

Ep. 81: Position Statement: Exercise guidelines for Osteoporosis Management and Fall Prevention in Osteoporosis Patients A position statement provides the author(s) stance on a topic based on the sum of all the evidence of a debatable topic. Osteoporosis treatment and management is not one-size-fits-all. Personal history, background, capacities and abilities of each person will differ, resulting in different approaches for combating or preventing bone loss. However, having a defined str...

This was an interesting study done in premenopausal women, ages 20 - 35 years old, during a 26 week long investigation. Three groups were used, a resistance training group, step-aerobics high impact group, and a control group. The resistance training group completed a strength training routine at 65-80% of their 1RM, 3 times per week using the following exercises: leg press, back squat, leg extension, leg flexion, seated calf, standing calf, back extension and abdominal curl. The ...

In this episode, I dive into the research behind an intriguing combo: high-intensity progressive resistance training paired with self-talk. The featured study explores how these two strategies affect muscle strength and functional performance in older adults—and the results are worth paying attention to. I break down what the study found, how self-talk influenced outcomes, and what it all means for designing effective, evidence-based training programs for aging populations. Whether you’re a c...

Here’s why your split routine isn’t working… Let’s say you decided to do something adventurous and go on an ice fishing trip. You hit up the outdoor store and buy a ton of new equipment, warm clothes, supplies, etc. You jump on the plane and head to somewhere cold with a frozen lake. The day is finally here and you’re out on the ice starting to drill and pick away at making your fishing hole. Brutal work by the way. You finally get to fish and have a decent first day and catch a few fish. You...

Progressive overload, simply stated is doing more work than you’ve done before, strategically over time. It doesn’t have to be linear, and really shouldn’t be. However, when you zoom out there is a trend in the upward direction. Here are a few ways to apply an overload to your current routine… 🔹Gradually adding more weight over time (again, non-linear but the trend line moves upward when you zoom out) 🔹Adding more reps 🔹Adding more sets 👉🏻The 3 above are ways of increasing o...

We've all ridden that wave of motivation to complete a project, pass a test, get that promotion. We've especially learned to rely on it when it comes to exercise. On the horse, off the horse, waiting for that drive to be strong enough to put a few solid weeks together. But what if motivation was just a front? A Trojan horse even. Motivation is tied to emotion, and we all know how quickly our emotions change from day to day, minute to minute. And the emotion that drives motivation is FEAR. F...

Your brain is hard wired to keep you safe, to keep you alive. It doesn't necessarily care if you are alive and thriving. You know what I'm talking about... ahem survival mode. Your nervous system is so hard wired for survival that your brain will do everything it can to keep you comfortable and using as little energy as possible. Think about it, how many times have you skipped a workout because the house was warm and cozy, it was dark and dreary outside, your slippers were already on for good...

First, let's set the expectation. If you reduce the rest interval between sets of a given workout, your capacity noticably decreases over the course of your working sets. What does get taxed, however, is your aerobic energy system. When rest intervals are lengthened, your ability to produce the desired reps over the course of many working sets is spared which results in a higher training volume. Moral of the story, shorter rest intervals improve your aerobic energy system, longer rest interva...

Athletes & everyday functioning people have a time, whether it's in season or on vacation/travel, where training time is decreased compared to the typical routine. And with that less training time we start to worry at what point will I start to see decrements in my abilities, things like strength and muscle size? This investigation dives into comparing two groups of training, one using high intensity with low volume training, compared to moderate intensity and higher volume training. The ...

Craig has a wealth of knowledge in the health & fitness industry. Over the years of applying his craft & his gift, he has pared down the need for flashy objects & complex training programs. With mastery comes simplicity and the utmost respect for the basics. It's not just about what is accomplished on a single day of training, but what is accomplished every day of training, day-in and day-out. Craig shares his training style and passion for movement throughout this episode with th...

A big thank you to Dr. Hannah Brandt for being a guest on the show. Hannah and I share a similar career story, as we were both previously institutionalized professionals turned entrepreneurs. Hannah's background is in physical therapy where practicing in the current "one size fits all" model never settled well with her values and style of practice. Which lead to her own flourishing practice of online health coaching and personal training. Dr. Hannah has an impactful backstory with her own per...

Thank you to Hannah for cutting into your bedtime and being a guest on the podcast! For those of you who don't know, most of my episodes for this show are recorded "late" in the evening (~8pm) after the kids are down, so if rambling on a tangent occurs you now know why. On this episode we dive into conversations centering around fitness and family. Both of which can take a considerable amount of time from the day, but when done harmoniously, everyone can benefit. Hannah also gives some insig...