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- Category: General
- The Gym is Always Ready to Meet People where they’re At. Members should Do the Same.
- The Truth about “Good” Fitness Information
- Stuff I Learned in 2022
- Abandon your Diet and Training Goals over the Holidays. Or Maybe you Shouldn’t.
- It’s Time to Make Fitness Desirable Again.
- Nobody Cares about your Training. Or your Gains. Or your Body. And You should be Thrilled.
- Take it Down a Notch, Be Realistic, Scale things Back, and Listen to your Body. But don’t Get it Twisted.
- Stuff I Learned in 2021
- “No Excuses”: The Most MISLEADING Phrase in Fitness.
- Fitness Culture and the Internet: The Absolute Worst Combination for Good Mental Health
- A Letter to my Younger Self, Straight from the Fitness Game
- Clients: Ditch the “You work for Me” Attitude. That’s the Attitude that makes Everybody Lose.
- Enough with the Fitness Advice from Pop Culture. Here’s How long it REALLY Takes to See Results.
- What’s Wrong with Training to Look Good? A game of Devil’s Advocate the Fitness Industry Needs, Today
- Wanna Get in Shape? Here’s 7 Realistic things to do NOW, to Start you Down your Path
- Stuff I Learned in 2020
- Truth: When Every Exercise is an Injury Risk, You, My friend, Have been Duped by the Fitness Game.
- Men: Quit the “Tough Guy” Gym Persona. It’s Making you Look Bad, and it’s Keeping Gyms from being Diverse.
- Checkpoint: 15 Things 15 Years of Working Out has Taught me
- Calling Out All Trainers: Education, Body Image, and Credibility – Here’s the Hard Truth from your Clients’ Eyes.
- Truth: The Fitness Life is a Relatively Privileged One. Never Forget That.
- Unpopular Opinion: Your Training Goals Don’t Matter Anymore.
- Strength Training has Distrorted “Real World Scenarios”. Here’s what we’re ACTUALLY Supposed to be Training For.
- These Days, you’re Probably Running more than Before. Here’s what to do so you Don’t Screw Yourself Up.
- COVID-19 is the Best Thing to Happen to the Fitness Industry in Years. Here’s 5 Reasons Why.
- 5 Reasons to Cut the Chatter about JLO and Shakira’s Fitness
- Love the Gym? Here’s 5 Questions to Ask Yourself.
- Stuff I Learned in 2019
- Gym Culture isn’t Real Life. And “Instagram” Gym Culture, Isn’t even Real Gym Culture.
- Seriously, Though – How Long are we going to Keep on Training out of FEAR?
- Think Trainers always follow a “Next Level” Workout Program? Here’s how Most of us REALLY Train.
- Fat Shaming is in Bad Taste. Let’s not Move to Fit Shaming.
- You Avoid Bad Trainers. Don’t Be a Bad Client.
- PERSONAL TRAINERS: Wear Clothes.
- Over 30? Then Start Showing your Body some Respect.
- STOP Cherry Picking your Fitness Goals!
- Here’s the New Year’s Fitness Advice you Didn’t Want to Hear
- Stuff I Learned in 2018
- The Pendulum has Swung Too Far, and Now Healthy Fitness is Missing the Point. I’m Pushing Back.
- Inspiration Culture has Perverted Fitness, and it’s Messing with your Mind.
- Dear Medical Professionals: STOP Giving Out Exercise Advice.
- Running: Final Verdict
- I Weight Trained at the Gym for 365 Consecutive Days. Here are 7 Things I Learned.
- FITNESS: The Healthiest Industry, Creating the Unhealthiest Minds
- Dear Personal Trainers: STOP Lying about your Career.
- Straight up: What Happened to JUST LIFTING for Strength and Muscle?
- Enough with the “Functional Training”. You can “Function” just Fine Without it.
- I Spent Half of Last Summer in a Wheelchair. This Summer, I’m Front Squatting your Max. Here’s What I did to Get Back.
- LADIES: Strong Might be the New Sexy, but you can Strength Train More than Just your Butts.
- You’re Not as Advanced at Fitness as you Think. Stop Giving Yourself so much Credit.
- Trainers: Here’s why the “Fluff” in our Industry needs to Stay Right Where it Is.
- Stuff I Learned in 2017
- If your Gym Membership Costs More than your Mortgage, You Don’t Care about your Health. And Neither do They.
- 6 Months Ago, I had to Learn to Walk Again. Here’s what I Discovered.
- Truth: Half of what we Call “Fitness”, Isn’t Fitness at All.
- If Fitness is your Identity, I Offer my Condolences
- Lifters: You Don’t Know “Hardcore”. Here’s what it should Really Mean.
- 10,000 Hours Later: 10 Things 10 Years of Coaching has Taught me
- So you Say People who Don’t Squat or Deadlift will End Up Broken, Injured and Dysfunctional? Show Me.
- You’re Supporting the Get Rich Quick Schemes of 21 Year Olds, and it’s Ruining Fitness
- If your Doctor doesn’t Work Out, it’s Time for a New One
- Let’s be Honest – The Body You’re Going For, Doesn’t Exist.
- Healthy Competition is Dead, and it’s Ruining our Youth
- Stuff I Learned in 2016
- Get Off Social Media. Get in the Gym.
- We’ve been Coddling our Insecurities for Too Long
- Fitness Trainers: Why So Serious?
- STOP Complaining about the State of the Fitness Industry. At Least Until you Fix These 3 Problems.
- So you Think Being STRONG Means you’re IN SHAPE?
- Let’s Be Honest: Even Though you Work Out, You Don’t Care about your Health
- “What’s Your Excuse?” is DEAD. A Better Question: Who are you Trying to Impress?
- When it Comes to Fitness, You Throw Logic Out the Window. Stop it.
- Your Favorite Training Inspiration is Now a Cripple, and Here’s what That should Mean for You
- Women: You have a Tough Deal in the Fitness Game, And it’s Everyone’s Fault
- You’re Not A “Hardgainer”. You Just Don’t Like To Listen
- Stuff I Learned In 2015
- Here’s How “Clean Eating” Is Ruining Fitness Culture
- Clients Need To EARN Their Programming. Who’s With Me?
- STOP Being Inspired By Magazine Physique Models
- Staying Married To Training Dogma Is Killing Your Gains
- Personal Trainers: Do You Even Lift?
- Looking To Work Out? Then Step Right Up And Choose Your Extremist Community
- Musings Of A Disturbed Strength Coach – Film Fest Edition
- Fitness And Nutrition Needs To Get Back To Reality
- The Dad Bod Craze Is An Insult To Men, And A Disservice To Women
- Calling Out Fitness Competitors
- The Limits Of Lee Boyce
- Blame Nature When You’re Old. Blame Yourself When You’re Decrepit
- Stop Trying To Be Hardcore
- The Demise Of Our Generation
- The Only Neutralist Running Article You’ll Ever Read From A Strength Coach
- Stuff I Learned In 2014
- Keeping Clients Satisfied Makes Them Weak
- The Dark Side Of Fitness And Health That No One Talks About
- Stop Letting The Doctor And The State Tell You You’re Healthy
- Everyone Needs To Stop Tricking Themselves And Lift Something
- Here’s The Post Where I’ll Probably Be Accused Of Fat Shaming
- I’m Not Qualified To Be A Trainer
- Leave Barack Obama Alone
- Why Fitness Is A Dying Industry
- The Cool Exercise You’re Not Doing: Kettlebell Angled Press
- Thoughts On Squats: Death To Butt Wink Myths, And Two More Squat Aids I Hate
- A Brief Lesson In Troll Etiquette
- My Fleeting Attempt To Get Women To Lift Weights
- Are You A Strength Coach Or A Life Coach?
- How To Jump As High As An NBA Player, While Doubling As A Grown-Up Who Does Big People Things
- The EZ Fix To The Rear Leg Elevated Split Squat That You’ll Wish You’d Heard Sooner
- The Framework Of A Fitness Sellout, And Why Great Coaches Get No Love
- Clients Need To Up Their Training Knowledge
- Why I Dance In My Videos, And Why Being A Generalist Is Awesome
- Stuff I Learned In 2013
- Fixing Drake’s Deadlift Until Nothing Was The Same
- Lame Tiddlywinks Exercises That Are Actually Worth Your While
- Where “Fitness Testing” Drops The Ball
- Why YOU Should Put In The Time Working For A Box Gym
- Shut Up And Lift! Why Ol’ School Size Training WORKS For The Advanced
- Arbitrary Wednesdays: My Case For The Heels Elevated Squat
- The Truth About Supplementation – Guest Post From Examine.Com
- When To Throw The Textbook Away
- The Single Most Important Exercise You Could Possibly Choose
- How To Move Vol. 3 – Push Ups And Pull Ups
- How To Move Vol. 2 – Bench Press
- Arbitrary Wednesdays: You’re Stronger Than You Think
- How To Move Vol. 1 – Deadlifts, Squats, And Presses
- An Overture To Overzealousy, Overtraining, And Overkill
- Why Anecdote Trumps All In The Fitness World
- I FINALLY Give My Take On Crossfit
- The Fallacy Of Programming In Downtown Toronto
- Question Of Strength Vol. 2 (Yep, Another One)
- Unapologetically Debunking The Top 7 Exercise Myths
- Superficiality, Culture, Health, And How Not Taking Care Of Your Body Kills More Cats Than Curiosity Itself
- 4 Telltale Signs Of Noob Trainers
- Arbitrary Thoughts On Posture, Trust, Control, And Trainery Vs. Slavery
- Analysis Paralysis, And The Knowledge-Jackedness Continuum
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In The Media
- Lee Boyce: Strength Training for Basketball Players and Other Tall Athletes
- How To Maximize Results & Reduce Injury w/ Lee Boyce
- Strength Training for All Body Types
- EP 128: How To Master The Skills Of An Elite Coach, Practical Programming and Success in The Fitness Industry w/ Lee Boyce
- EP 93 Lee Boyce: Who You Know - Lift Free And Diet Hard
- Is "Fat and Fit" a Real thing? and More
- Episode 35 - Lee Boyce - Outwork Your Expectations - PPSC
- Strong Athlete Life: EP. 67 - Training Myths Debunked with Lee Boyce on Apple Podcasts
- The Morning Show - Get the most out of your home workout
- Making fitness your focus in 2019
- Lee Boyce - What is the point of all this?
- The Morning Show - Parenting Playbook - Should kids’ sports culture be softened?
- Boomers Rock Radio: Do You Feel Judged at the Gym?
- The Morning Show - Canadian kids are getting a failing grade when it comes to physical fitness
- The Morning Show - Essential workout gear for every gym bag
- The Morning Show - Are digital trainers effective?
- The Morning Show - Improving your posture through exercise
- The Morning Show - Debunking Common Fitness Myths
- The Morning Show - Your real age vs. your 'training age'
- The Morning Show - The Importance of Proper Form in Your Workout
- The Morning Show - Avoiding injuries during your New Year’s workout
- The Morning Show - Can you Get and Keep a Hollywood-style beach body?
- The Morning Show 2017: The Morning Show - Stay Fit as you Age
- The Morning Show: Keeping your 2017 fitness goals going as we head in to the spring
- CBC News: Toronto at 6:00 - New Years Resolution Tips for Getting into the Gym Routine
- The Morning Show - Fitness Selfies and Online Trainers
- The Morning Show: Is Running the right sport for you?
- Episode 159: Elite strength coach Lee Boyce on training pitfalls, mobility work, and bouncing back from injuries
- The Strength Doc Podcast with John Rusin - Episode 006: Lee Boyce
- Boomers Rock Radio - Staying Injury Free (with Dr. Lori Shemek)
- Boomers Rock Radio - Real Training - No Nonsense
- Boomers Rock Radio - Crossfit: Yay or Nay?
- Boomers Rock Radio - Beware of getting Tricked when working out
- CP24 Breakfast - Get Rockstar Fit (part 2)
- CP24 Breakfast - Get Rockstar Fit (part 1)
- Sun News - Ask the Fitness Exper
- Sun News - Attack your Back Pain
- Sun News - How to Deal with Chronic Pain
- Sun News - Expert Advice on Fast Fitness
- Sun News - 4 Exercises to Avoid
- Sun News -Get fit in 2012
- Sun News - How to "like" Running
- Sun News - How to Deal with Injuries
- Sun News - Tips to Boost your Metabolism
- Sun News - The Dangers of Overtraining
- Sun News - Smart Core Training
- Sun News - Top H.I.T. Workout Trends
Training Tips
- Exercise Spotlight: Pendlay Row
- Exercise Spotlight: Nordic Curl Hip Hinge
- Exercise Spotlight: Rear Foot Elevated Kang Squat
- Exercise Spotlight: Bear Dog
- Exercise Spotlight: Plank to Rear Support
- Exercise Spotlight: Band Target Squat
- Exercise Spotlight: Bands-Only Bench Press
- Exercise Spotlight: Heels Elevated Dumbbell Squat
- Exercise Spotlight: Suicide Row
- Exercise Spotlight: Hanging Leg Raise 2.0
- Exercise Spotlight: Half Kneeling Bent Press
- Exercise Spotlight: Flexed Arm Hang
- Exercise Spotlight: Scrape-The-Rack Press
- Exercise Spotlight: Landmine Hack Squat
- Exercise Spotlight: Band Resisted Overhead Squat
- Exercise Spotlight: Bentover Cable Chop
- Exercise Spotlight: Trap 3 Raise
- Exercise Spotlight: Tall Kneeling Snatch
- Exercise Spotlight: Cobra Pulldown
- Exercise Spotlight: Snatch Step
- Exercise Spotlight: Z Press
- Exercise Spotlight: Decline Pullover
- Exercise Spotlight: Glute L-Bridge
- Exercise Spotlight: Suitcase Deadlift
- Exercise Spotlight: Fisherman Rows
- Exercise Spotlight: Deficit Reverse Lunge
- Exercise Spotlight: VMO Squats
- Exercise Spotlight: Paused Deadlifts
