L’Alpe d’Huez. Image credit: annaphotographer

Great month as always. Site traffic increased by 36%. This while I spent 1 week skiing in L’Alpe d’Huez (France) instead of working. Here’s January’s recap.

Blog Posts January 2010. I forgot to upload Exodus’ pics before I left skiing. So they didn’t work. They do now. Click here to see them.

• 07: New Year’s Resolutions: Here’s How to Achieve Them
• 14: How to Easily Achieve Your Goals in 2010
• 19: 5 Reasons Why You Can’t Lose Fat
• 21: Why HIIT Is NOT Better For Fat Loss
• 27: StrongLifts 5×5 Success Story: How Exodus Got Ripped

Best of Forum January 2010. The StrongLifts.com forum counts 8500 members & 198k posts. Many members say the forum is key to keeping them motivated. Here are my favorite discussions this month:

• What’s The Stupidest Thing You Did While Weight Training?
• My Experience So Far
• What’s Your Poorest Lift?
• What are the essential supplements?
• Semi Rant: How Do I get BIG and STRONG look inside
• Internet Form Critiques
• Why don’t green veggie carbs matter for fat loss?
• Is a calorie just a calorie?
• Protein Shakes (1000 calories)
• What do you guys train for size? or strength? or both?
• Wayyyy to skinny and need to change
• but I don’t want to gain TOO much muscle…
• Raiding The Vending Machine Instead of Eating Nothing?
• Scared to go to the gym

You can keep a training log for free in the forum. Record the weights you lifted and how you felt. Get advice from other members and compete with them. The training logs are great motivators. I highly recommend you to start one.

You can discuss blog posts in the article section. I’m committed to answer your questions, even if they’re controversial. I’m open minded and don’t pretend to know everything. Please join the convo with the same mindset.

Coaching Programs. This site is now getting almost 1 million visitors per month. I unfortunately don’t have the capacity to help everyone who reachs out to me with questions. You’re thousands while I’m only 1 guy.

You want free advice: read the articles, read the ebook or check the forum. You want me to check your situation personally and give you advice based on that, then you have 2 options:

• 60 mins 1 on 1 Phone Calls. I call you for 60mins and go over all your questions related to training & nutrition. This often turns into me giving you a motivational speech. Contact me for more info.
• 30 days 1 on 1 Online Coaching. 1 flat fee, 30 days of coaching. I tell you what to do to achieve your goals, and check systematically that you’re doing it right. Click here for more info.

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