Whether you’re a marathon runner or you’re swinging kettlebells here at Primal Fitness Pittsburgh, you probably have one thing on your mind before and after a workout: FOOD. Okay, is that just me? It seems as though every conversation mid-workout leads to pork belly… Proper nutrition will help build and repair muscle and give you the […]
The New Health Conversation
This Saturday, August 22nd at 11:00 am, we here at Primal Fitness Pittsburgh are hosting our first ever nutritional seminar in partnership with Cleanse Pittsburgh. We’re calling it “The New Health Conversation”. Our subjects of interest will include. . . 1. Everything you need to know about whole food nutrition. 2. Discussions on intermittent […]
Sueperfoods Worth the Hype
With all of those headlines on the web trying to spread some wealth about health, the term “superfood” has become something of a buzzword. In essence, it encompasses a food that is just so unbelievably good for you that it will negate all of the donuts you ate the day before. People will begin to tell you […]
Bonnie and Clyde: A Sinister Kettlebell Duo
Happy Thursday to yinz 😉 Hey folks! It’s been a while since we got a truly kick ass routine on the blog. Our clients in our power training course specifically have been increasing their personal level of badassery at an exponential rate and the routine they all did last week deserves some serious attention 😀 […]
The End of an Era: The Sad Salad
Let me clear things up for you if you’re not familiar with a sad salad. There are a few variations, the following two being the most common: 1. You come home from the grocery store with what you would consider to be ingredients for salad. You make the salad only to be wildly unimpressed. Your […]
Farm to Fit Pittsburgh!
So how about the team of Primal Fitness Pittsburgh will be teaching calisthenics on a farm? Yup! I’m not sure it gets any more primal than that! 😉 Hey everyone! I just wanted to give a big HOLLA to our friends at Organically Social for putting together an incredible event at Sorgel’s Farm in Wexford, […]
The Lean Eating Challenge
Last year we launched something called our “Summer Slim Down Challenge” that was a HUGE HIT! While we saw some pretty dramatic results from that challenge, this year we are going for something a bit stronger this year 😉 Starting in June, Primal Fitness Pittsburgh will host a 3 week Lean Eating Challenge that is […]
Food For Thought, and also Muscles
Over the past week I have met with a number of men (human beings of the male gender) on a quest to become stronger and leaner over a given period of time. To quote one of my newest trainees that came to the studio for this very concern “I need arms like yours” (flattering, really […]
The Supplement Stack: Short-Cutting Your Goals Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
In a recent conversation I had with some lifters I knew, I had mentioned that I don’t touch pre-workout supplements. My heaviest lifting days are normally Saturdays. By heavy day, we’re talking 32kg swings set up as intervals, lots. .. LOTS of deadlifting and my weighted pull up practice. I dig it, but never did […]
Healthy Eating Made Simple – Ryan Williams, PCC
I’m amazed by the number of people who don’t know how to eat. Seriously. I used to think that people just didn’t care what they ate, but I realize many just don’t know HOW to eat. For being the smartest living organism on the planet that doesn’t say much for the human species, but I’ll […]