From Desk jockey to gym owner

I'm an electrical engineer (and now personal trainer) with big dreams of owning my own warehouse/athletic performance gym in Minneapolis, MN. I believe that anyone with any genetics can be transformed into an athlete. I love to make you laugh, but I hate hearing excuses. Work your ass off, get the results, have fun afterwards.

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Day of No Shame: MN State Fair

My buddy Vinny Vasquez had “no shame december” and a week long trip that turned into “no shame trip to the west coast”. Can’t say that I’ve ever had a week or a month of no shame.  So, I thought I’d try out just a day to start…

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Training Update

Why, hello again! Long time no communication, eh? Sorry about it. Moving on….I’m pretty lazy (as has been noted several times), and this is me writing a cop-out post about my progress as of late…

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The Most Anabolic Things in Life

I woke up around 3am this morning, slipping in and out of sleep paralysis, and for some reason, I could NOT get this post out of my head. Not real sure what it was. At first I was just thinking about food and meal timing. Then it turned into lifts and exercises. Lastly, I started thinking about daily activities, like doing karate in your basement with a Samurai sword, that are also highly psychologically anabolic (read: make you feel badass).

So, without further ado, here’s my list…

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Intermittent Fasting Methods

Not gonna lie, kids. I’m not really in the mood for this. Well, I’m not really in the mood for anything but sitting here and watching “Rome”. But, I’m hoping as I get writing it will help cheer me up a little. So, shall we get started?

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The 3 Phases of Your Drinking Career…and More

I’m not one to f*ck with nature. Nature naturally runs off cycles. There’s high’s and then there’s lows. You need examples? Weather, the stock market, the climate, your bank account…everything! Whether you want to accept it or not, everything runs in cycles. The best you can do is love life when you’re “high” and ride it out when you’re “low”.

So what does that bit of philosophy have to do with drinking? Idk (I don’t know). I just wanted to sound smart in my drunken stupor as I write this…

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4th of July Weekend Training Sessions

Aye-yo!!!

I will be home (again) over the 4th of July weekend and would love to help the wonderful people of the Ladysmith/Holcombe/Cornell area (and beyond). My thoughts are 3 days of training opportunities. This is what I’d like to do…

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I Lost 80 Pounds!!

If you want to read about the background story, click here. I’m tired of typing tonight (lots of updates) so just take a look at what Derrick has to say…

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The Anti-Guru

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you know that I say a lot of “ridiculous” sh*t, especially when it comes to nutrition. Things like, “if my fatloss stalls for a week, I increase my calories, not decrease them.” Or, “I ate a family size package of brats over the weekend and lost a pound.” When it comes to training, people don’t understand why I would EVER do 13 sets of 8 reps on just 1 lift. Why is it that I do the “crazy” sh*t I do?

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“I Lost 40lb. in 2 Months”

A lot of people aren’t going to read this today. Just so you have a frame of reference, it’s the day before Memorial Day and yesterday was the day I officially celebrated my certification. When I woke up this morning, needless to say, my brain was not fully functional. There were many many beers drank and way too much sun for this albino. Oh yeah, I was telling you about something. So, I woke up and had a random email from one of my supersweet readers. She just wanted to let me know that my nonsensical ramblings have helped her lose 40lb in 2 months!

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Dave’s Guide to Farmer’s Markets

I just got back from the Farmer’s Market and had so many random thoughts whilst I was there, I needed to hurry up and get back to my apt. so I could get them down before I forgot…..and the caffeine induced hilarity wears off.

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