I thought I’d write a quick post about the nature of marketing, and how it often works against the interests of those who are being marketed to A few years ago, a very successful marketing expert asked me “OK so when you’re in the waiting room of your doctor’s office, what’s the ONE thing you want to find out […]
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QUICK TIPS: Break Your PR’s, Then Get Back To Work!
I’ve written about this concept briefly a few different times, but thought I’d circle back for a deeper dive. The law of progressive overload demands that we regularly and incrementally increase the training demand if we expect to see continued progress. Most of us interpret this to mean adding weight the bar, and this is a great idea, particularly because […]
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Workouts That Really Work: Why You Should Be Using Primary Pattern Programming
No matter how well designed your long-term training plan is, if your actual workouts suck, your plan simply won’t deliver the goods. And sadly, many people’s workouts do in fact suck (relative to their goals), so recently I set out to identify the differences between how I train people (and myself for that matter), compared […]
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How To Identify And Shore Up Weaknesses In Your Fitness Preparation
I view training as a system, where you attempt to exploit a variety of inputs for the purposes of creating a specific output. For most people, the “output” is typically some combination of stronger, leaner, and/or more muscular. Think of this system as analogous to a factory conveyor belt, where the various components are assembled into the final product. On an actual assembly line, your […]
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Prioritize “High Threat” Exercises
Most of us train because we want to make significant changes to our bodies. That might mean more strength, but it definitely means more muscle and less fat. This requires at least a cursory understanding of the nature of adaptation, which I’ll try to encapsulate in a way that you may have never seen before: Adaptation means that your […]
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Welcome To The Staley Strategies!
Hey guys, it’s May 8th and I just launched a new website! I thought I’d kick things off with an inaugural post just explaining just a little bit about me, this website, and how all of that might relate to you and your goals. I’ve been in the fitness industry as a coach, author, presenter, […]
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