Health Risk or Wonder Drug: The Lowdown on Kratom
Planning to try this new substance? Consider this research, as well as my personal experience using it, before you do.
"Don't Forget the And..."
We've moved in a direction where people are quick to air their dirty laundry and vent their faults, but do we often forget the "and"?
VIDEO: How to Make Progress No Matter What Training Program You Use
Linear, Conjugate, Undulating.. It doesn't matter what program you use if you can follow these guidelines..
VIDEO: Supercompensation & 3 Tips for Better Programming
3 simple but easily forgotten tips for effective strength programming..
Free Help for Exercise Science Students
I know how difficult it can be to navigate career directions as an Exercise Science student, so I will help any way I can.
Squat Tip: Why Your Unrack Feels Heavy and Your Lower Back Hurts
You may actually be engaging muscles in the wrong order..
Training Week Summary: 4 Weeks Out from USAPL Columbus Spring Classic
Low-intensity Repetition Week; with the focus shifting towards speed and technique for these last few weeks.
Why Fear Can Be Your Weapon: What to Do When Nerves Start to Take Over (...
For those with anxiety regarding a lift, feeling like you can't have anxiety is the quickest way to MORE anxiety. This is where mindfulness comes in..
Squats in Briefs (up to 750lbs) from 4 Years Ago / How I Will Adjust My ...
When I started doing things "the right way" was when I started screwing things up...
Competition Tip: 3 Ways to Manage Stress on Meet Day
Here are 3 Simple but Effective Ways to Manage Stress During Meet Day..
How I Implement "Speed Work" In My Raw Bench Cycles
How I organize this part of training for myself and my clients
5 Cues That Can Screw Up Your Lifting
Believe it or not, there is such a thing as “too much of a good thing", and over-applying a cue when it’s not needed can really jack up a lifter’s technique.
(Unsuspected) Quick Fix to My Deadlift Lockout Problems..
This made a huge difference in getting my hips through.
Squat & Deadlift - 7 Weeks Out (Squat: 385x10. Deadlift: 485x8, Sing...
Traveling, Squatting, and Pulling.
Bench Pressing from Last Week: Day 1 (265x8 / 335x1) Day 2 (5x3 w/ 240lbs)
Some adjustments to my secondary bench day format.
Squat (405x8 / 455x2) & Deadlift (460x8 / 595x1) and Some Raw Techni...
Joe recently completed a year of competition, equipped at XPC Finals to recently qualifying for USAPL Raw Nationals. Follow his training and log video series to learn how to program and adjust your training more effectively.
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Squats: 405x8, then singles up to 475lbs (VIDEO) / Getting caught up
Moving towards my first USAPL meet in a few years.
Squats: 365x15 & Deadlifts (feat. Vito): 450x8 from last week / 12 W...
Got a meet picked out, and hitting the volume.
2017 Sports Performance Summit Registration is LIVE! / With discounted p...
This is gonna be awesome!
~Week1~ Bench Press: 275x7 & Close Grip Incline Press: 225x8 (VIDEO)
Pressing with some new adjustments.
UPA Winter Rack Attack Meet Results (VIDEO) / Squat PR & Takeaways f...
Squat PR, some close misses on Bench and Deadlift; and some good takeaways moving forward.
Last Bench Day before Meet this Weekend (VIDEO) / Training Priorities &a...
We'll see how it all plays out this weekend!
VIDEO: "Stress Response & Improving Athlete Performance" -...
Keeping athletes on the field, and performing at 100%
Training vs "Working Out" (Video)
Train with a goal in mind, be strategic, and look at the big picture..
WATCH: Exercise and Mental Health — Understanding Comprehensive Stress R...
The presentation is an introductory overview covering items ranging from the importance of mental health to the stress response and how to design exercise programs to accommodate it.
3 Weeks Out from UPA Winter Rack Attack / JCU Seminar Recap / Upcoming R...
Updates, Updates, Updates!
Deadlifts: 550x3 (Video) / 6 Weeks Out / Adjusting Training %s
Making some percentage adjustments for the next 6 weeks to accommodate my workload for work.
3 Ways to Know You're Getting Stronger Without Taking a Max
The key is to find ways to consistently track strength increases throughout the training cycle, so that the ebb and flow of peak strength doesn’t negatively affect the overall picture of your training.
Updates from Past 2 Weeks - Minor Injury, Conferences/Seminars, and 7 We...
Updates on Injury, Training, and Seminars
Squats: 435x5 (rep PR) 475x3, 500x2 / 10 weeks from next meet (VIDEO)
Rep PR followed by a few sets getting back into wraps - 10 weeks out.
Bench Press: Paused 315x3 (Video), 335x1 / Short & Efficient Day
Pausing everything with a closer grip.
Deadlift: 560x4 (Video) & Beltless SSB Box Squats / Vito's Firs...
Adopted a 1-year-old pitbull and he loves the gym (although he didn't want to leave the bench..)
WATCH: Simple and Effective Training for the Recreational Athlete
This presentation is directed towards the recreational athlete with the goal being to provide simple and effective tools to improve performance, reduce injury, and improve general levels of fitness.
Overhead Press (185x7, 225x1) & Deadlift (505x10) from this Past Wee...
Moving forward to the next meet.
Bench Press: 295x5, 350x1 (VIDEO) / 12 Weeks Away from Next Meet
Slowly increasing what I can press in a fatigued state after my work sets.
"Training Age": There's a Difference between being an ELI...
..Learn to embrace the slow progress; and the experience that the trials, the criticism, the embarrassing moments, the bad meets, the injuries can bring. Because if you scoff at a 5-lb PR now… You’re not gonna have the right perspective when the tough patches of intermediate lifting come.
Overhead Press: 200x3, 210x1, 220x1 (VIDEO) / First time using weighted ...
Pressing and Pulling - Keeping it simple & effective.
Bench Press: 310x4 & 345x1 (Video) / Starting to Pause All Reps
Switching to Pause Benches moving forward.
Deadlift Rep PR: 560x4 (Video) / The Value of Getting Better at Autoregu...
"Consistent discipline over fleeting motivation" - Jim Wendler
Pressing Reps from this Past Week / Bench Press: 275x10 & OHP: 175x9...
Rep work from this past week (Monday & Thursday)
Training after the Wendler UGSS / Deadlifts: 500x9 & called it a day...
Great weekend with great people (and a little bit of training too)