Upcoming news from Stepan HQ!

Hey Fitness Friends,

Thought I'd share some of the big, upcoming things going on here at Stepan Fitness HQ.

Starting in October feel free to join Melissa and myself twice a month (2 Saturdays a month) for a special conditioning day. This will be free to all of my curret clients and only $10 to non-clients that would like to join us. Basically, you'll be running through one of Melissa and my conditioning days with us. It'll be fun, it'll be hard, it'll kick booty and you'll love the results. As always, feel free to contact me for more information.

Also, Here are the upcoming fitness, health and nutrition seminars. I don't have the dates finalized yet, feel free to contact me for more info.

1.) How to eat to get the body you want, the health you desire, and the performance that you deserve.

2.) The Foam Roller. Getting the most out of a wonderful tool.

　

And, of course the upcoming self-protection seminars.

1.) Self-protection 101: The key ingredients.

2.) Surviving the 2 most Common Street Attacks, and thriving.

3.) Ground Survival 101: Surviving and trhiving in a real world ground attack.

Alright, like I said, contact me for more information. And, as dates are finalized on the seminars I'll be sending out more info as well. See you all soon.

Yours in strength and health,

Brett

Paying homage to one of my heroes

From a 1943 cover of "Strength and Health" magazine here's one of my all time heroes. Olympic weightlifting champion, bodybuilding champion and all around stud: The legendary John Grimek.

Feeling a little artistic

The camera was on a timer, it went off without me even thinking about it, and I think the picture turned out pretty well.

A little artistic side

Time for some impersonations

 

 

 

My best Hermann Goerner Impression!

The top is me.

The bottom is him

Nailing some good old Back Squats

Here's the 10th of 10 sets of 10 reps for back squats. Love my squats, there's a reason why they are known as the king of exercise. Hit parallel on all of them except the final one, which was a little high. Good strong final set.

Some feet elevated resisted push ups

From Friday night's training. Here are some feet elevated push ups with bodyweight plus an additional 90 pounds thanks to the power push-up.

A fantastic combination for the midsection

Here's a great combo for the entire midsection. I finished up Thursday's training with this one.

Without any rest hit 10 good mornings, 10 weighted sit ups, 10 good mornings, 10 weighted sit ups, 10 good mornings and10 weighted sit ups. Awesome stuff.

In the video I'm using 125 pounds for the Good mornings and 90 pounds for the sit ups.

Also, shout out to the Simpson's episode, "Lisa's Substitute" that's playing in the background.

This is what it's all about

This is what it's all about. It's about pushing yourself well past what you think your limitations are, pushing the envelope and leaving nothing for the return trip home. It's the final reps that cause our changes, the one's that you really have to work for, the one's you have to fight tooth or nail for.

After 9 sets of 10 reps in the deadlift with 315 pounds, here's set 10. I put everything into it and, eve though I only hit 6 reps for this set, there's no way I could have put more into it. I hit the point of literal collapse. This is the set that we all work for to create our dreams.

An awesome one for the back and arms

The second of 4 sets from Tuesday night's training.

Start with 1-arm pull up on each side, then immediately go into 2-arm V-sit pull ups. And awesome one for sure.

A great combination for the midsection

Alright, start with a 60 second long plank with a barbell plate on your back, then immediately hit 10 v-ups, and repeat for three sets with no rest at all. An awesome circuit.