Silverback Strength and Performance

01/01/2026

2025 - Circle got smaller, cheques got bigger.

2025 tested me in a lot of ways but I persevered.

I started the year with a solo trip back home after 8 years 🇨🇱
Spent solid amount with my brothers and their growing families
Launched my online business and rebranded Silverback Fitness
Left my part time job and went all in on me and myself only
Asked my best friend to marry me
Went to some solid concerts
Coached and handled fantastic people
Watched the BlueJays almost win it all
Had the biggest heartbreak of my life 🐾
Ended the year off with my wife on a beach in the DR
Had some family time during Christmas

And tomorrow I take .r back home to travel and meet my family before we come back and absolutely crush 2026 and everything it throws at us.

Cheers to the new year 🍻🦍

12/25/2025

Feliz Navidad! / Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁

The fit was festive, swipe ⏪️ for the pump and sweet socks 🧦

12/24/2025

The fit was festive, the pump was full 💪🏽🎄

Feliz Navidad / Merry Christmas ❤️

07/29/2025

Your muscles might look good…

But if your joints and tendons are screaming “FML,” that’s not strength — that’s imbalance.

Most people think strength training is only about lifting heavy and building muscle.

But that’s just one aspect. You can, and should, be training your joints and connective tissue as well.

Weight lifting strengthens your muscles, primarily training mid-range muscle tissue.

Mobility training strengthens your joints, connective tissue, and END-range muscle tissue.

Neither is “better”. They just target different parts of your anatomy more specifically.
Yeah, there’s some overlap between them. But specificity in your training input is the key to building a truly strong, resilient body.

So yes, you can build big developed muscles, but if you neglect mobility training, it’s only a matter of time before joint and connective tissue problems start to show up. And those problems are a sign of weakness in the body.

What’s the solution?
Prioritize time for mobility work alongside your lifting. If you want to be a truly strong human being, mobility can’t be optional.

To start your mobility journey - click the link in my bio to learn about my mobility membership

Stay buttery 🧈

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06/11/2025

Mic’d up chest and delts with

Gotta get better at mic’d up sessions. Had a solid convo out of frame 😅



More mic’d up sessions?

03/22/2025

Upper Push/Pull day 2

Similar to yesterday but different; back to regular programming Monday

Rear delt cable flies
Underhand pulldowns
Wide grip seated cable rows
Seated OHP
Single arm chest supported rows
Pronated cable curls
Fat grip tricep extensions
Hanging leg raises

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03/21/2025

Light upper body sesh

Simple yet effective after a few days off 🦍

Lat pulldown
Single arm neutral grip pulldown
Incline db press
Neutral grip shoulder press
Standing machine lateral raises
Standing db inner bicep curls
Tricep extensions

03/18/2022

Hard work but I love it 🚒👨🏽‍🚒

07/24/2021

I did legs today 👹

where art thou?

07/06/2021

Come on Dougie, open up!

I need this back in my life ✋🏽👊🏽

12/19/2019

Oh look at what day it is! 🤩🤓🤩

Today’s exercise is focused on the Lats 🔥

Everyone wants a big back, but not a lot of people know how to activate such a big muscle especially from a vertical range of motion.

Most of the people I see do any sort of pull down tend to shoot their elbows too far back or too far forward taking away from the true contraction of this muscle and limiting its overall growth overtime.

This exercise will be great at the beginning, middle or end of your workout. Over exaggerating the stretch for a great squeeze which will flare your Lats once you finish 3-5 sets. As the elbow starts above your head, pull it down towards the bottom of your ribs and squeeze throughout the ENTIRE movement (including the negative) The teres minor and major will get a huge shock to this exercise as well. You’ll most likely get about 1-2 inches wider 👌🏽, if you don’t...you probably did it wrong 🤷🏽‍♂️

Give it a try and let me know what you think!!

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03/15/2019

Congrats Adriana Lishchyna on landing a sponsorship with Magnum, just wait until this year’s package! 👀🙌🏽🔥

Please help us in welcoming Adriana Lishchyna to Team Magnum!

Adriana has been competing in bikini competitions for the past two years and is extremely excited to have Magnum Nutraceuticals as her sponsor while entering her third year competing. She is currently studying Nutrition and Nutraceutical Science and loves constantly learning how to implement healthy practices into her lifestyle. Other than working out in the gym her other hobbies include; dancing, travelling and hiking!

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