Personal trainers and strength and conditioning coaches are free to operate however they wish, free of any government intervention. However, it has become entirely too saturated with “professionals” who shouldn’t be involved, and I believe that it’s time to look at trainer and coach licensing.

It’s no secret that the government involves themselves in some shady practices. If you thought that when it came to our health that wouldn’t be the case, well you’d be wrong. We’re going to dive into how our government helped create the obesity epidemic, and how little it cost an industry.

Birth control is one of the most popular drugs consumed here in the United States. As an athlete, you need to have all the information to be able to make informed decisions as to what is appropriate for you. In this article we talk about the pros and the cons of birth control for athletes.

Kids are struggling today with listening, respect, and effort. The world seems to have changed for the worst over the past decade, and today we’re going to talk about why, and how to fix it.

This Friday marked 3 years of sobriety for Coach Connor so he wanted to talk about the process of recovery, as told by one of his favorite bands, Beartooth. He also talks about the worship of self, and purpose, pleasure vs happiness, and his personal recovery.

You’re a product of the decisions you make every single day. Some of these decisions are seemingly mundane, but they can have a huge impact on your life! Today Coach Connor talks about the decisions and fall outs of those decisions in his own life.

JFK warned us of what America would become if we let our physical fitness deteriorate. He wrote of the ancient Spartans and their might, and warned we would be easier to overtake if we didn’t gain our health back. We’ve got the physically unhealthiest population on the planet and we arguably have more mental health problems than any other country on the planet. Are the two related? We’ll talk about that today.

There’s A LOT of talk about fairness in women’s athletics and whether or not biological men/transwomen should be allowed to compete against biological women. This article is going to dive into the differences between men women and transwomen, why it matters, and who’s dropping the ball when it comes to women in sport.

This is part three of my story of sobriety into recovery. If you are in recovery or know someone who is, give this a read.

The university of Oregon is in a lot of trouble right now, and it’s due to their former strength and conditioning staff. This article looks at the cause of and the consequences of this 126M dollar lawsuit that is currently being battled.