Even if you really suck at something, you can get great at it. By great, I mean really great. You can become an expert. I am going to tell you how. Train using “deliberate practice” to become great at just about any measurable skill. What does that mean? Swedish psychologist, Anders Ericsson, published almost exactly […]
Athlete Profile: Nicole Cammarata
Nicole trains in the evening and it is widely thought that she will have the best squat in the gym within a few months because she is showing no signs of stopping and seems to show no stress in her face while she lifts. Her squat has gone up 53.5 kilos and her deadlift has […]
Women Should Avoid Lifting Weights Or They’ll Get Bulky
Many women of all ages, weights, heights, and backgrounds lift at Chicago Strength & Conditioning. Before we started lifting here, we were all fragile, sweet, and movie star skinny. Since joining Chicago S&C, something weird has happened. Every single one of us is now masculine, aggressive, and bulky. Like Gaston from Beauty of the Beast […]
I don’t do any cardio and I lost 15 pounds
“You’re doing cardio too, aren’t you?,” my doctor asked when I saw her last month. “Nope,” I say. “I just lift heavy weights. That’s all.” My doctor clearly never hears about this barbell stuff and I can tell she wants to argue and suggest that I add cardio to my workouts. But the conviction in […]
I suck at sports but I want to be a great powerlifter
I have always been a mediocre athlete. Born with little body awareness and nonexistent intrinsic understanding of how to perform a new movement or task, when learning any new physical feat, fear and an immediate awareness of how bad I am at learning new things flood my system. The truth is, I have always been […]