You are here:Home-Murph

About Murph

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far Murph has created 425 blog entries.

Rope Training

How to be More Awesome: Rope Training for Big Strength Gains When it comes to building Grip Strength, there are a couple of ways to do it. One way is to isolate the Grip. You can do this by working with Grippers, Pinching Plates, and doing Thick Bar Lifts in addition to your training routine.

Basic Nutrition for Fat Loss/Muscle Gain – Part 1

By CJ Murphy MFS, C-ISSN I’m writing this article after a weekend spent with some friends in the industry who I don’t get to see too much. As we were sitting around at dinner, the discussion was to extremes as it usually is. Extreme is an overused word these days, but it applies here. We

The Pam Project – Second Installment

Second Installment: Pam has been training hard and following her nutrition plan very well. We just did a body composition test on July 12th, and her results were great! Pam has dropped almost 4% body fat in around 3 weeks, bringing her to 19.5 %. We have updated her diet plan to keep her moving

The Pam Project

We are starting a new feature this month (July 2010), The Pam Project. This feature will chronicle Pam Bello's return to greatness. Pam Fitness shoot Pam is a former TPS client and instructor who also competed in fitness competitions. Pam was forced to take some time off from training, almost a year, due to personal

Grip and Forearm Training for Baseball

This is a guest post by Jedd Johnson, from DieselCrew.com. Jedd’s passion is Grip training. He has competed in more grip strength contests than anyone in the US, and produced multiple resources on building world class hand strength. He is THE Grip Authority. When it comes to training the forearms for maximum performance on the

Carb-Cycling Basics

Carb cycling is nothing new to bodybuilders but is not very common with nutritionists. They seem to be behind the times when it comes to getting results. It appears that most of them prescribe a diet based on your weight and not much else. They use a cookie-cutter approach to weight loss and don't seem

Grip Feats at Work

How to Be More Awesome: Grip Feats at Work This is a guest post by Jedd Johnson, from DieselCrew.com. Jedd’s passion is Grip training, has competed in more grip strength contests than anyone in the US, and produced multiple resources on building world class hand strength, he is THE Grip Authority. After last month’s column, Functional Feat

Fat Basics

Fat is not your enemy! This is the third in a three-part series on basic nutrition. In this article we will discuss fat. Fat is an essential part of your diet but was made out to be evil and avoided at all costs by the mainstream media a few years ago. Thankfully this has passed.

Carbohydrate Basics

Carbohydrates, or 'carbs' as they are more frequently known, get a bad rap. In the fitness industry there is never a middle ground. It is always to the extreme of one side or the other. As my friend Alwyn Cosgrove says, nobody ever says do some cardio, it's always no cardio or all cardio! The

Functional Feat Strength

The Diesel Injection: Functional Feat Strength This is a guest post by Jedd Johnson, fromDieselCrew.com. Jedd’s passion is Grip training, has competed in more grip strength contests than anyone in the US, and produced multiple resources on building world class hand strength, he is THE Grip Authority. A lot of times when people learn that

Go to Top