The Inside Out Strength Blog
Simple and practical strength training and nutrition strategies for those looking to build muscle and burn fat (without spending their life at the gym)
There was a show on TV a while back—maybe it’s still on—called Hoarders.
I never watched a full episode, but I caught enough previews to understand the premise. They’d go into someone’s home—usually ...
What if second guessing yourself was the secret to success?
I did a quick search on second guessing, and I wasn’t surprised by the results:
 I’ve always been told not to second guess myself, to tr...
You probably don’t have time to workout.
I certainly don't have time to workout the way I do.
But I do it anyways.
Time and money are easy excuses.
“I don’t have time to…” and “I can’t afford to…”...
One simple shift in my thinking transformed my body forever.
There was a key mistake I made over and over again, for almost two decades, that kept me from seeing the results I desired in my body.
Yo...
I can count on one hand the times I've been sick in the past 24 months.
I'm not even just talking about being hung up in bed all day type sick.
The really bad kind of sick.
I haven't had a single o...
If my entire health and fitness progress was erased overnight, would I be able to get back to where I'm at right now?
If so, how long would it take?
Tomorrow I turn 35.
Which sparked some thought o...
I've succeeded at a few things in my health and fitness career:
- I've squatted and deadlifted over 500 lbs
- I finished a 100 mile ultramarathon (with only 3 months of training and never having run m ...
It took me over 20 years to finally reach single digit body fat percentage.
Thanks to sports, I fell in love with fitness at a young age.
I've been seriously training since age 14.
I've been strong...
There were times of my life where traveling or vacation set me back big time with my health and fitness goals.
I would live ultra restricted leading up to a vacation, and then go off the rails as soo...
This year I'm doing something I've never done before in my fitness.
Maybe the craziest thing I've ever done, that makes training for a 100 mile race in 3 months seem easy.
Now don't laugh at me.
It...
There are a lot of things that you can do to try and increase muscle growth.
And I've tried a lot of them.
But there is one thing that I'm especially interested in changing this year to add more mus...
Are you looking to drop some belly fat or get bigger arms?
Data can help.
Want to get an edge mentally, have more energy, and be more productive throughout the day?
Data can help.
Do you not care ...