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Olympia Bound! – Conversation with IFBB Pro Bodybuilder, Lisa Giesbrecht
“Bodybuilding is what I’m meant to do.” – Lisa Giesbrecht “The myth is that we cannot look good. But we can look good. We can be feminine and have muscle.” – Lisa Giesbrecht BETH: Lisa, first of all,...
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Coming Soon: Interview with Boxer, Kickboxer, and Personal Trainer, Dexter...
Meet Dexter Delves: ageless fighter, father, husband, and personal trainer. You would never know this to see him, but Dexter has been fighting for over 30 years. It is who he is, his way of life....
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“The Fight is the Easy Part”– Interview with A Fighter: Dexter Delves
“Boxing humbles you. Before I started in Kung Fu and boxing, I was getting into stupid fights over dumb stuff. When I knew how to fight, I would refuse to fight. I would avoid fights. It humbles you.”...
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“If you stop this fight, I’ll kill ya.”– My Wrap Up for the Year (July 2012)
“The trainer has to call it. The fighter will fight to the end. They want it bad. Pride and dignity. The trainer is in control of quitting.” – Dexter Delves, Boxer, Boxing Coach, and Personal Trainer...
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Coming Soon: Interview with Frank Valdez, Personal Trainer
Frank is one of my favorite personal trainers. Why? He has an old-fashioned work ethic, he demands much from himself, and he is devoted to his one and only “Red”. This man’s specialty is corrective...
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Face to Face with the Back Whisperer, Frank Valdez, Personal Trainer
I would like to thank New York-based personal trainer, Frank Valdez, for agreeing to this interview. Frank is one of the hardest working trainers I know. His specialty is corrective exercise. He works...
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CrossFit: Does it Love You Back?
I walk past a CrossFit gym coming home from my “globo” gym almost every night. Many times, I have stood outside on the sidewalk and watched the breathless runners filing back into the building after...
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TRUST IN ME: Interview with Champion Bodybuilder and Industry Promoter, Tina...
“Love that my coach believes in me so much and has so much faith and confidence in my strength and abilities. He pushes me past what I think I can do, and proves to me that I can do so
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Coming Soon: What Am I Paying You For Anyway? and Is Functional Training...
I met with personal trainer Adrian Choo yesterday to discuss plans for another interview for Lift Heavy, Make it Beautiful. Adrian was the very first expert to be interviewed for my blog a year ago. My...
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What Am I Paying You For Anyway? – Conversation with Personal Trainer Adrian...
“The personal trainer who is a professional consultant understands that this is a long journey, a road toward mastery. You have to stay humbled by how much there is to learn.” – Adrian Choo, BPHE, CK,...
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Is Functional Training Functional? – Interview with Biomechanics Specialist,...
“We should just stop asking ‘Does this exercise transfer?’ because exercises don’t transfer. Adaptations from exercise transfer. A child learns to crawl before they learn to walk.” - Adrian Choo, BPHE,...
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Coming Soon: Lifting Heavy with Stephen McKenzie, National Champion...
It is a privilege to welcome Stephen McKenzie back to Lift Heavy, Make it Beautiful. He is a true Renaissance man of the gym. Stephen McKenzie is a 5-time national and 9-time provincial Canadian...
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Lifting Heavy with Stephen McKenzie, Canada’s Five Time National Powerlifting...
“As soon as your hands touch the bar your brain turns off. There are no thoughts. There’s no anything. You just do what you have to do.” – Stephen McKenzie, Elite Powerlifter I arrived at my gym one...
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Glory Days: Saying Goodbye to my Oly Bar
“Well the time slips away and leaves you with nothing, Mister, but boring stories of glory days.” – Bruce Springsteen When it comes to personal possessions, I’m a minimalist. I don’t like having...
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Coming Home – Reunited with My Oly Bar
“Every fool’s got a reason for feelin’ sorry for himself And turning his heart to stone Tonight this fool’s halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell And I feel like I’m comin’ home” – Bruce...
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10 Things My Trainer Does Right
Four weeks into my training with my new personal trainer, Chris Ross, and I’m thrilled with the results so far and excited about the future. Here are 10 things that my trainer is doing right, in my...
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Control of Control: Preparing for the Big Lifts
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. – Ralph Waldo Emerson As my new personal trainer demonstrated the next exercise he wanted me to perform, several doubts went through...
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COMING SOON: The Making of a Personal Trainer – Interview with Chris Ross
“Over the years I have had many sports-related injuries, ranging from small sprains and fractures to injuries requiring surgery, which led me to work as a kinesiologist in a physiotherapy clinic....
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“The Fight is the Easy Part”– Interview with a Fighter, Dexter Delves (2013)
“One the the most entertaining and thought provoking sports-related interviews I have ever read. Thanks a lot Beth and Dexter.” – Jake Carvalho I am reposting this interview as it has been updated with...
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The Making of a Personal Trainer: Interview with Chris Ross
“I’m OK if I lose because somebody’s better than me, but I’m not OK if I lose because I didn’t prepare well enough or practice well enough. It’s effort. Try and be perfect. Yes, it might not be...
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Three Minutes of Silence
“You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.” - Captain Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 In the movie, Apollo 13, there is an agonizing three minute gap of silence while three astronauts...
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