Chip ConradApr 72 minYOUR Best vs THE BestI've often, and maybe obviously, been accused of being competitive. Believe it or not, in the past the verdict made me bristle, but now...
Chip ConradFeb 158 minDo Certifications Make Trainers Dumber?In the industry of making people move around in interesting ways, dropping a grand or two on a weekend certification once seemed as...
Chip ConradFeb 23 minWhat the Actual Heck is "Training?"An excerpt from chapter 3 of More Inclined Towards Adventure, available digitally on this website (and part of the membership), and in...
Chip ConradJan 253 minBegin Again: The Art of Not KnowingAn interesting trend is developing in my email threads. Recently, the majority of my dialog with clients and website members involves the...
Chip ConradJan 173 minDrastically Different, But Still the SameThere has been very little new thought in the name of Fitness recently. And by "recently," I mean the last 130 years or so. This is OK,...
Chip ConradJan 63 minPrimal? Give Yourself Some Credit.What happens when a pair of acutely aware thinkers and movers facilitate dialogs with a handful of other thinker/movers? Ideas are...
Chip ConradNov 25, 20216 minThe Reasons We Move!I'm stealing from my own book, Are You Useful. A story about how BodyTribe started, at least philosophically, which happen to be one of...
Chip ConradOct 10, 20214 minCatabolic Dogma: The Protein Rabbit HoleI remember reading an interview with a massive bodybuilder named Dave Palumbo back in the mid 90s. He never won any of the big contests,...
Chip ConradJul 29, 20212 minSomething to Prove? Compete or Die!Wise folks have said we all compete. Against time, against each other, and against ourselves. Only a few of us, however, are athletes,...
Chip ConradJul 2, 20215 minPutting the Ass in AssessmentEvery few years a new program for trainers comes along. The name is a collection of initials and the marketing copy always hits the same...
Chip ConradJun 8, 20213 minFitness Stuff and Our Relationship With itI have my sleep-and-not-leave-the-house wear, which means whatever shirt and shorts combo I embraced into unconsciousness tends to stay...
Chip ConradJun 1, 20213 minDo and Do Not. There is Try!The Jedi-curious among you might see where this post is going from the title alone. Yeah, Yoda might've been wrong. Such an antagonistic...
Chip ConradApr 23, 20213 minAre Some Exercises Named Incorrectly?Hinge. It's one of those words that when you say it a lot it starts sounding weird in your head. If you're sitting while reading this,...
Chip ConradApr 12, 20215 minHistory Repeats Itself Until You are YouA case could be made that the first notable schism in the exercise world, at least here in the U.S., began in the mid 1800s. Training was...
Chip ConradMar 28, 20213 minQuestion Everything?There were some radio shock jocks who ran a billboard campaign that simply read Question Everything! This, of course, was the more...
Chip ConradMar 21, 20214 minThe Magic of Exchanging Power.I can't imagine what you think of me. Should I? Although I have only peripheral control of your perception of me, it's not my job to...
Chip ConradMar 1, 20213 minKnow Tommy KonoI started lifting weights a little later in life than, say, a high school jock or college athlete. I started Weightlifting even later...
Chip ConradMar 1, 20212 minWhy is it Important?Over on the 'secret' BodyTribe Facebook Group (just ask, I'll add ya), one of our deep thinkers, Steve Cork, opened a dialog with some...
Chip ConradFeb 23, 20212 minI Like to Move it, Move it.Mind, Body, Spirit. The complete package. Or, if you're more clinically inclined, Cognitive, Physical, Emotional. Whatever your...
Chip ConradFeb 7, 20215 minThat's Great... But Now What?GOAT. The unfortunate (unless you're an actual goat) acronym for Greatest of All Time. A platitude that has no existential follow up,...