From Plyometric to Reactive Training and Incorporating the Entire Kineti...
With plyometrics, the first thought that comes to mind is probably jumping.
50 Exercises You Should NEVER Do
Have you even wanted to know what exercises you should never do? So did we...
Remove the Extensor Block for a Faster Sprint
Just like the most effective bar path in powerlifting is a vertical line, there are optimal directions for movement in sports.
The Seven Components of Getting Stronger While Training by Yourself
If there's one thing I learned over the course of the past five years, it's how to train by myself and be successful.
Back in the Limelight
Adding some new back exercises into your routine can help you break through plateaus, boost your strength, and give you a welcome change of pace in your training.
How Lil Wayne Screwed Up Pulcinella's Weekend
If you have any similar type stories you can post so Steve won't feel like he is the only one.
Dad Strength
This is what life is for dads—being able to carry your kids, wife, or whole family through anything.
Punched in the Face
The biggest observable energy leak that I deal with on a weekly basis is at the wrist joint.
Dud to Stud: Week 48
My favorite side-effect from adding carbs back in my diet, was the strength increases.
Personal Training 102
Be confident in yourself and the value of your service, but also be a sponge and soak up as many different ideas as you can from different people.
Understanding Forces
As we know, training can be very beneficial to anyone’s fitness or athletic goals, but understanding some of the ways in which these exercises negatively affect the body can aid in decision making in programming as well as make it easier for us as professionals to accommodate athletes and work around certain injuries.
Putting Bands to the “Test”
Over the last twenty years, the focus of strength and conditioning has been on productivity of the lower body, more specifically concentrating on manipulating the squat and bench exercises.
Programming Step by Step
I hope this article gets everyone thinking in very simple terms and approaching programming your training with this step by step approach.
For the Coach From the Coach: Create a Winning Environment in Your Weigh...
To me, the training environment doesn’t change. All the expectations and styles are present and consistent with every team.
EFS Classic: You Can’t Handle the Truth
If you've been around this industry long enough, you surely heard more lies told and myths espoused than you could ever remember.
Tips for the Raw Powerlifter
For raw lifters, the important thing to remember is that you're training for raw strength.
Education and Relentless Self-Experimentation for Trainers
My personal training philosophy is to use any and all available tools that allow me to maintain a strong, flexible, and conditioned body to maximize my health.
Heavy Music for Heavy Lifting
I’ve been asked approximately a thousand times about what kind of music is good for training and what I would recommend.
Newton’s Way of Squatting
If you have been frustrated by recurrent back issues and can no longer perform traditional squats, try one of these methods.
Skin-Splitting Training for Massive Arms
Now, how do I dig myself out of the hole I created with this title?
You're Fired: Two Words Every Trainer Should Know
You’re fired—two words that every trainer or coach should learn and not be afraid to use with their clients.
EFS Classic: Your Body is a Barbell – No Dumbbells, No Barbells, No Problem
Muscles are just plain dumb.
Are You Hiring the Right Trainer?
The best advice I can give you is find the closest warehouse gym in your area and sign up!
SMASH YOUR BENCH PR BY THE END OF THE YEAR
If you are looking to smash your bench PR before the end of the year, here you go!
Of Broomsticks But Not Bed Knobs
The three key ways that I use broomsticks are helping clients understand what a neutral spine feel likes and how it needs to be maintained during lifts, assisting with flexibility and mobility, and assisting with postural assessments.
Nine Things Young Athletes Need to Master
So, hopefully if we all continue to do our jobs really well, every coach will be educated on proper exercise execution.
Psychology for the Strength Athlete
Using the power of the mind is a very underrated tool in today’s world of strength athletics.
Military Training: There Isn't Any Secret
I was originally going to call this article “The Secrets of Military Training,” but given recent events in the last four months, everyone out there seems to be exposing the “secrets” of how our military trains.
Commitment
Commitment is making your mind up to do something, not wavering and not second guessing yourself.
Right Turns
The one percent difference in the turns that you make are still going to throw off the alignment.
The Company You Keep
They say you can tell a lot about a person by the company he keeps. If you associate with positive, motivated, driven people it can only rub off on you and make you more successful in anything you do.
Getting SWOLE with Speed Work
Still think doing speed work can’t help you get SWOLE?! Quit being such a meathead and implement it!
The Empty Water Bottle
Whenever we go to recruit a maximum number of motor units, they must be recruited with speed.
The Best Exercises You Aren't Doing for Your Back
I remember seeing a poster once that read simply, “The back is to lifters what the biceps are to bodybuilders.”
Band Stomps for Healthier Hips
Band stomps hit the deep muscles that cross the hip joint in the front—the psoas major and the lliacus.
Under The Bar: It's NOT what you know
There are many lifters out there I like to refer to as “leapfrogs.”
Prepping the Youth Uber Athlete: Recollections of a Father-Coach from th...
I sometimes hear parents talk about how they don’t have the time to get involved in their children’s activities because of work.
One Cold-blooded Chest Training Session
I’m not sure if I described in past articles how I got in touch with John Meadows and why I'm using him for my training and nutritional programing.
Build More than Muscle and Strength in Your High School Weight Room
A structured off-season training program will do wonders for your in-season success.
Comparing Notes: A Strength and Conditioning Discussion
What I ask of you, as a strength coach, is to reach out to other coaches and learn, listen, and grow while helping our profession grow.
The Need to Train Heavy While Dieting
Build some mental muscle while you conserve your physical muscle and you will be a much better lifter and/or bodybuilder because of it.
By the Strength Coach for the Strength Coach
These articles will focus on collegiate strength and conditioning and issues associated with the profession.
Personal Training 101
For many people, having the ability to train people for a living is a dream come true.
7 Things Mountain Dogs (Like Me) Love
There is a sense of accomplishment that accompanies a ball-busting Mountain Dog workout that is hard to replicate in the business world for me
You Have to Swing Them Bells
Before Jim Wendler goes all medieval on my arse and tells me to find a hill and sprint up it until I lose my cookies or grow a pair, indulge me for a moment.