New Article Up and E-Book Update

by Christopher Smith on May 26, 2013

Hey everyone I realize this blog has been a little slow lately. There’s been a lot going on and I’ve been busy behind the scenes. Expect a new post sometime this week.

In the meantime I’ve got a new article up over on Bodybuilding.com to hold you over. Aside from some minor changes this is essentially the exact program I used to put on about 10lbs of muscle over the past few months. So…ya know…you might wanna check it out.

Pre-Exhaust Training: Order Your Movements For Maximum Growth

Also, for those of you have are curious about the rescue e-book I’ve been working diligently to get it ready. It’s about 98% complete and I’m expecting to be able to roll it out in the next couple of weeks. Of course I’ll be letting everyone know when it’s available.

 

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Secret Project Announcement: E-Book Coming Soon

by Christopher Smith on April 30, 2013

Loyal Train Better Fitness supporters,

If you’ve been following me on Facebook you’ve probably seen mention of an ultra-mega top secret project that I’ve been working on for the past few months. Hopefully I’ve had you filled with so much suspense that it’s triggered an anabolic adaption in your physiology.

Also, if you’ve been following this blog for any length of time you know that animal rescue is a cause that is very dear to me. So with that said, here’s what’s been going on:

Together with a number of the brightest, best minds in the fitness industry I am compiling what will possibly be the greatest compendium of strength & conditioning knowledge to ever grace the interwebz. This sale of this e-book is going to raise money for a local no-kill animal rescue in NY: Tuff Tails Animal Rescue.

This outstanding book represents a broad spectrum of training information unlike that seen anywhere else. Ultimately it will contain information on:

  • Warming up
  • Mobility & flexibility strategies
  • Training Nutrition
  • A whole bunch of goddamn amazing strength & conditioning programs

I don’t want to reveal the authors just yet but suffice it to say that if you are reading this and have heard of me, you have damn well heard of them as they are 200x more awesome than me.

I hope to have the book ready to roll out by the end of May and will keep you up to date as it gets closer to release.

In the meantime, do me a favor and share this post so that together we can get some anticipation built up for this project. I guarantee that it’s going to be freakin’ amazing.

I mean, who doesn’t like puppies and lifting heavy shit?

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Q&A Tuesday – Board Pressing, Improving the Squat & Post Workout Nutrition

April 23, 2013

Lately I’ve been doing lots of Q&A sessions over on the TBF Facebook page – if you haven’t joined us over there you probably should. There’s an overabundance of awesomeness that happens there daily. The point is that I’ve been getting some cool questions over there and I thought I’d share some with you. Board [...]

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T-Shirts Are Now Available!

April 22, 2013

Ok bros and brahs. I’ve been meaning to get some shirts printed up for oooooh about two years but never really got around to it. I’m incredibly excited to inform you that I finally got my ass in gear and Train Better Fitness t-shirts are now available. So if you want to look extra sexay [...]

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Building A Better Bench Press

April 17, 2013

Ah, the venerable bench press. For half the lifters in the gym it is their love. Every Monday, without question, is bench day. Upon greeting a new member of the gym tribe the traditional greeting is of course “How much ya bench?” Then there are the rest of us. For us, the bench press is [...]

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The Good, The Bad and the Crossfit

April 10, 2013

This post has been brewing for a long time. Crossfit. If you train seriously the name has become pervasive in your daily life. You will inevitably see someone at the gym, on the street, on the train or in the bar who “does Crossfit”. It’s everywhere. Turn on the tv and you see the Crossfit [...]

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Advanced Muscle Building: Pre Exhaust

April 2, 2013

There are quite a few advanced training techniques that are just bro down to the core but none so much as the classic pre-exhaust approach. It has the best of everything: isolation movements, compound movements, a pump and muscle building. Pre-exhaust like most effective, advanced techniques is incredibly complicated, but I’ll give you a crash [...]

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An Excellent Testimonial – Stronger, Leaner, Better

March 23, 2013

In the past two weeks I’ve received a couple of awesome testimonials from people who have used my programs to great success. I posted about one of them on Facebook a few days ago. Here is an email I received from Chris C. who used a program I wrote for an article on Bodybuilding.com and [...]

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Ladies Can Do It Too: Stronger Pull-ups, Dips & Pushups

March 12, 2013

A question I get all the time from female trainees is how to improve on doing bodyweight movements like pull-ups, dips and pushups. I love getting this question because it shows that these women are interested in getting stronger and haven’t fallen victim to bullshit methods that say you should never lift anything over 3 [...]

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Winning Battles – Guest Post from Paul Carter of Lift-Run-Bang

February 21, 2013

Today I have a guest blog from my friend Paul Carter from over at Lift-Run-Bang. Paul has been in the strength game for almost as long as I’ve been alive and is the guy who helped me get ready for the Raw World’s this past October. Always a good read from him so check it [...]

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