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How to Make a Total Body Transformation – 5 Simple, but not Easy, Steps
Knowing what I know now… if I had to start over, make a total body transformation, lose at least 20lbs, […]
7 Things to Look for in a Personal Trainer
Since summer is just on top of us more and more people are looking to get a trainer. Hey this […]
7 Shoulder Saving Tips
Why do I work on shoulders so much? Well, if you bust your knee you can still train upper body, […]
My personal experience with skipping breakfast (pics included)
Breakfast sucks I’ve said it once and I’ll continue to beat this in the ground that for fat loss eating […]
Champion Core Series Level 5
Hard to believe that we are already at level 5! This level is for those that have really gone through and mastered […]
To Eat or Not to Eat
So todays blog had taken me quite some time to write, honestly I must have written the thing a thousand […]
Some Intermittent Fasting questions answered
Some questions that I had about IF hope that you read the last IF blog and it may have peaked in […]
Champion Core Series Level 6
Level 6! Finally we are here! Level 6, this level was built for those that have finally garnished some great abdominal control […]
The CrossFit Debate
Over the course of my career as a trainer I’ve had quite a few people ask me what I think […]
Jeep Wrangler Chest Press
I wanted to change things up a bit this weekend and instead of posting up a training article I figured […]
Biceps Like a Gymnast
This is dedicated a bit more to my ‘meat head’ readers, those that just love big showy muscles… I’m one […]
I don’t deserve all the credit
Just changing things up a bit, this one won’t be too long. Over the past several months I’ve had clients […]
Is gluten keeping you from getting ‘lean’?
As summer gets closer I’m always getting more and more questions from people on how to get ‘lean’, funny how […]
Anatomy of a Diet Coke
So a client and I were talking in our session the other day and he brought up how much diet […]
Monday Motivation, Awesome Video
Sometimes a video all you need to light that fire under you a$$ In Health and Fitness, Travis Merritt Travis […]
5 of the most common questions I’ve been asked so far this year
1. What’s the best ‘diet’ pill? I am, and at the same time, I am not surprised how much this […]
Skinny vs. Fit
Ok so I was just going to show this pic to make a statement that there is a difference between […]
4 Parts to a Successful Fat Loss Program
Part 1: NUTRITION Nutrition – No matter how many times I say this sometimes it still doesn’t through to peoples head, […]
Training while sick
It’s going to happen. It’s just a matter of time, you find that you’re in this beautiful rhythm with your […]
4 Things I learned in Sin City… among other things 😉
As I’m sure some of you may know, I headed out to Sin City this weekend for my great friend […]
Shoulder Pain?
Time for me to nerd out for a bit here Over the course of time I’ve been having more and […]
Intermittent Fasting and Blood Sugar
Over the course of the past several months I’ve been getting more and more questions about fasting, I guess people […]
Fasting and Muscles
Slowly IF (intermittent fasting) is getting a bit more of a buzz in the weight loss industry, this is awesome […]
Eat Bad and Look Good
Figured it was time for me to give the IF thing a break and actually talk about food… bad food… […]
7 Shoulder Saving Tips
Why do I work on shoulders so much? Well, if you bust your knee you can still train upper body, […]
Who said I had to eat 6 meals?
Where did 6 meals a day come from? I mean does anyone really know? We’ve been told for as long […]
How to get a body like HER
So, who is “her”? We each have one of those women that we see in the gym or magazines, these […]
Neutral Grips for a Better Chest
In Health and Awesomeness, Travis Merritt, BS, CPT, CES, RBT is the owner of Fitness Revolution in Rowlett, TX. P.S. – If […]
Are you too FAT to gain muscle?
Ever heard of a “bulking phase”? This is where you see some gym rat that goes into a massive eating […]
My Favorite Hamstring Exercise
The Glute-Ham Raise is by FAR one of my favorite exercises not to mention my favorite for posterior chain development. […]