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Pete Egoscue

I have had lower back pain since I crashed hard on a snowboard in 8th grade. I also feel like I have tried everything to combat the pain. One of the best cures I have found was in a book by Pete Egoscue.

It is simple. I would lay on my back with my legs on a chair at 90 degrees and sit there for 5 minutes. It sounds too simple to work and at first I was a bit reluctant, but I stuck with it and it greatly improved the pain I felt in my back. :)

Mark Riptoe

While at the gym in highschool I noticed many different methods of bench pressing. Some guys arched their back so much they looked like they were trying to imitate the St. Louis Arch. Other guys bounced the bar off their chest making me think they might crack a rib. With all these different styles I wasn't sure how I should be bench pressing. So I went to work investigating the correct form.

I came across a wonderful book, Starting Strength, by Mark Riptoe, that explained in depth the correct way to not only bench press but also squat and overhead press. All three lifts are staples in most weight training regimes.

Alwyn Cosgrow

Why should a person who hasn't been to the Gym ever, or least in a very long time, who can't even do 20 push-ups, start training with barbells and dumbbells? That is one of Alwyn's many philosophies about training. It is a philosophy that he caries into how he trains clients who come to him for rapid fat loss to strength gains.

He starts training an individual with their own body weight. Once the client is able to handle themselves better he graduates them to free weights.

It's a great idea and one that more trainers should implement.