Epic Fitness & Performance LLC

03/23/2025

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09/07/2024

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08/17/2024

https://originalstrength.net/blog/2021/08/16/don%E2%80%99t-let-moving-kill-you/

I recently had the painful pleasure of helping my son move into his college dorm. Painful, because for eighteen years, he’s been running around in my house and in my heart. Pleasurable because he’s now on the adventure of spreading his wings and learning how to fly. 

01/21/2024

https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2024/01/17/cardio-strength?fbclid=IwAR2mB1-MEN-YT84nDPYiJdt2TyOBh_W-9Tz6xbdAngGJ44dxbx1JVasp-I4

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01/17/2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/01/16/fitness-aging-richard-morgan/

The human body maintains the ability to adapt to exercise at any age, showing that it’s never too late to start a fitness program.

10/17/2023

https://theconversation.com/exercise-linked-to-higher-pain-tolerance-new-study-206253?fbclid=IwAR0-mLV_RonSfJ-0bXi_ynY3UmrpyKXWrF_qhJYkQeJkOazRCkh_M6vQz9s

There are many physiological and psychological reasons why exercise may boost our pain tolerance.

07/23/2023

https://medium.com/.salkin.sfg/an-old-school-secret-to-crushing-weakness-like-conan-crushed-his-enemies-34c9c54937d0

(You might just crush some bodyfat as well)

07/04/2023

https://originalstrength.net/blog/2023/07/03/independence/?fbclid=IwAR3N-4z9q6w_4vc4KSbKke07BtCAqrFgyoRg5Wqb1fCEdXl4yHAqzuCaDOQ

It’s Independence Day here in the States; a day of celebrating freedom. I know the purpose is to remember the hard won freedom from being ruled by England but I can’t help but think that independence is indeed freedom worth celebrating, especially if one has the freedom of movement. 

06/20/2023

https://thesomaticmovement.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/stretching-vs-pandiculation-whats-the-difference-and-why-does-it-matter/?fbclid=IwAR0fhFDrAOpyXUrW-p6UJsI8NRL8F6yStyrqSLi0e5WgIwPg30DIeRXzdKI

Let’s look at the key differences between stretching and pandiculation. Pandiculation is used extensively in Clinical Somatic Education to regain the brain’s control of tight painful mu…

06/15/2023

https://havefun-getstrong.com/2013/08/08/are-you-a-trainer-or-an-exercise-supervisor/?fbclid=IwAR1O2pue3x8c-X_FR3GxucLebWaouEdiKtHTPB0TB33zerYkbuPJS7Ym_x8

Sara Fleming I will confess that before I got certified as a trainer, most of what went on in the gym was a mystery to me. I lifted dumbbells and barbells to get bigger and stronger and I ran to e…

06/01/2023

https://l.smartnews.com/p-fHviB/m5oadc

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05/08/2023

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"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐥𝐛𝐬"

"𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦"

"𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥"

That's cool. But you know what? You sound like Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite bragging about how far he USED TO be able to throw a football in high school.

And that's the operative word here: "used to".

Hate to break it to you, friendo, but your kids, family, co-workers, and other people who look up to you and rely on you aren't going to have their lives enriched by your past accomplishments - particularly if most of your physical activity since you were naught but a young lad has been sporadic at best, and stagnant or sliding backward at worst.

Don't get me wrong: I am sure you kicked a*z and took names when you were younger, but what does that have to do with today? You still have to train if you want to maintain and gain on your ability to rough house with your kids, be the guy ruffians on the street think twice before messing with, and still have enough stamina left at the end of the day to "make with the hubba hubba" with your missus.

You don't need a fancy gym.

You don't need 90 minutes a day.

You don't even need high level skills (not yet at least).

All you need to do is

1. Get your body moving

2. Train for strength and all-around "movability"

3. Be consistent

Get these things in order and the rest will fall into place.

If you need some help on that front, my 9-Minute Kettlebell and Bodyweight Challenge oughta do the trick.

It consists of a skeleton crew of full-body, no BS movements that take less than a minute to learn (crawling, kettlebell carries, etc.) and they work every nook, cranny, crevice, and corner of your Soft Machine.

Snag your own copy here => http://www.9MinuteChallenge.com

Have fun and happy training!

- Aleks Salkin