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Coach Buck

Helping people understand training and using it as a metaphor to understand ourselves.

10/26/2026

Need to build raw strength for your sport or life? Consider powerlifting
Need to build a massive aerobic engine?
Triathlon might be the way to go.
Both activities have a lot in common while being polar opposites, but they may be your best bet if you have these goals in mind.

10/23/2026

Am I hybrid or just plastic?
7-8 years ago you’d hardly recognize the person I was. I was on the path of absolute strength in multiply powerlifting and I expressed that.
Now, having just finished a 100 mile trail race, I’ve swung my body and mind to the opposite end of things.
I’ve changed in a way that shatters our understanding of genetics and the cultural idea of each of us being predisposed to certain kinds of physical tasks.

10/19/2026

It may be time to redefine this practice. To shift it away from a conversation about passive rest and treating ourselves and more to a conversation about what we need in the moment.

What we need to keep going.

Running a 100 miles has infinite opportunities to stop and even more to neglect yourself and push through, but just like life, you can’t push through forever. You need to care of yourself, so you can keep suffering so you can keep growing.

10/08/2026

As I pack and portion somewhere in the neighborhood of 9000kcal of “snacks” for my race this weekend I am reminded that eating to perform, and especially eating while performing, and eating for health are not the same thing.

When I’m not actively training or about to train, I eat almost zero of these foods (besides the bananas and mate), but smart training means training the gut to tolerate these foods while moving, so I’ve been eating and drinking a lot of them lately and plan to eat and drinking them all weekend.

You need to put gas in the tank, because you need to keep moving forward. You can worry about being healthy later.

10/05/2026

What’s measured gets managed.
Whats managed gets modified.
If we want to be better, safer, stronger in the outdoors in a race or an adventure we need to modify ourselves to fit the task. That starts with smart training.

09/29/2026

In case you felt like you needed a resume, here’s a rough draft of mine as both an athlete and a coach.
Does this make me qualified? You be the judge.
I am now accepting online clients, DM me to start the conversation.

09/28/2026

Community is one of those words. We all agree it’s good and we want one, but how do we build one?
This is one of the many things I’ve been reflecting on since the loss of C. J. Murphy and I think I learned enough during my time there to have an idea of how you can create something like this.

09/23/2026

This is it.

The last day TPS will be open.

The last time clients will be trained here.

The last time the noon crew trains here together.

The last time TPS Method and all of our other programs will be coached.

The last time a barbell hits the floor.

The last time I turn the lights out on what has been my identity for almost 30 years.

Please join us.

I will be in the gym 4:00 pm til close saying Hasta Luego, no goodbyes.

Dom's Sausage Company, Inc. is providing some good and I'll be getting pizza from Pisa Pizza

Come by.
Share your favorite TPS story, hit one last lift, have a drink, give a hug.

Thank you everyone who made TPS One of America's 20 Best Gym's, Best of Boston and more.

09/21/2026

TPS went through many phases. Looking back at videos of the over the years as we celebrate 28 years of business has been nostalgic to say the least.
While I personally wasn’t at the gym during the time in this video, I still feel like I can smell exactly what the gym smelled like during this one.
If you know you know.

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