Welcome to Macssistance.com, your online personal training resource. This site is managed by Daniel McPherson. Daniel McPherson has been in the strength and conditioning field since 2003. He earned his CSCS (certified strength and conditioning specialist) in June of 2005. Daniel has served as a personal trainer at the Country Club of Little Rock, and as a strength and conditioning coach at Ouachita Baptist University, the University of Arkansas, and D1 Sports Training.

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Training Smart | 17 / 06 / 2010 | 0

Check out this video of UFC fighter Rich Franklin. I’ve seen few workouts this intense. Hit the pause button at 0:56 into it and you’ll see the structure. Having put myself through this progression 4 years ago, I can tell you it’s ridiculously intense. In fact, I liked the kind of shape I was in […]

The Push-Pull Approach | 8 / 02 / 2010 | 0

Many days, I go into my gym with no idea what to do.
“Bench press sounds no fun today,” I’ll think. ”Pull-ups feel boring right now,” I’ll say aloud. And I just plain never want to do cleans anymore.
What happens to me and other gym fanatics on days like these is the worst possible outcome: nothing. If […]

Published under: Physique Training, Sports Training, Uncategorized
Tags: bored in the weight room • working out when you don't want to • working out when you're bored

Want a Better Way to Burn Fat? | 5 / 08 / 2008 | 5

If you have ever seen the same 230-pound man run for an hour on a treadmill 3 times a week and never get skinnier, there may be a good reason why. Maybe you are the 230-pounder that can’t get any lighter on the scales. In either case, research exists showing the superiority of strength and […]

Published under: Physique Training, Uncategorized, Weight Loss