Ypsi-Arbor Strength & Conditioning

09/04/2026

Labor Day 9am Only -

Labor Day WOD 9am

08/12/2026

Results

Results. That seems to be the thing we talk about most in fitness.

Usually they’re the obvious ones: abs, looking good naked, lifting more weight, running faster. Sometimes they’re health based: losing weight, better blood work, lower blood pressure.

They’re all real. They matter. But after doing this for a long time, I’ve come to think they’re secondary.

The best result is harder to measure.

It happens when taking care of yourself physically stops being something you do because you’re unhappy with yourself and becomes a way of being kind to yourself.

And if you keep doing it, that kindness begins to grow into something else. A kind of contentment. A comfort with yourself that’s difficult to explain and impossible to put on a spreadsheet.

I take a lot of photographs in the gym.

Every once in a while, I get one where I can see it.

I see it in this one.

Undoubtedly, the best result.

07/28/2026

Kettlebell sport is mor than a test of strength. It is a practice in sustained attention. When you’re chasing perfect technique for 10 uninterrupted minutes your mind can’t wonder to tomorrow’s meeting or yesterday’s mistakes. Every breath, every rep, every fixation becomes an anchor to the present moment. Over time, that kind of focused discipline doesn’t stay in the gym. It follows you into your work, your art, and every challenge that demands your full attention.

06/24/2026

Pull ups and Dips

05/06/2026

There’s a certain kind of workout that doesn’t need decoration.

McGhee workout is one of those.

5 deadlifts
13 push-ups
9 box jumps
30 minutes

Simple on paper. Not simple in practice.

Lower body pull.
Upper body push.
Interrupted by something explosive.

Pull. Push. Explode.

What makes it work isn’t just the movements. It’s how they interfere with each other. Deadlifts load the system. Push-ups slow the engine. Box jumps demand power when there isn’t much left.

And because it’s 30 minutes, there’s nowhere to hide. You have to find a rhythm you can actually live inside.

No tricks. No fluff.

Just you, your capacity, and the clock. Link to the full essay in bio

04/28/2026

Jump

04/22/2026

Most people treat fitness like a chore.

It’s not.

It’s one of the purest forms of expression you have.

How you move. How you handle pressure. How you stay or break.

That’s you.

But if all your expression lives inside the gym, you’re missing the
point.

You need to create. You need to feel. You need to put something into the
world.

That’s part of staying alive.

03/04/2026

Just move, add some weight if you can, that’s all.

02/08/2026

Just move.

01/05/2026

Rope climbs and Back Squats