Gone Too Soon | One Last Rant
Gone Too Soon | One Last Rant
All of elitefts mourns the loss of "The Angry Coach," Bob Ihlenfeldt.
Gone Too Soon | One Last Rant
Gone Too Soon | One Last Rant
All of elitefts mourns the loss of "The Angry Coach," Bob Ihlenfeldt.
The Angry Coach: How to Write An Article
The Angry Coach: How to Write An Article

Writing should be simple and elegant. Show me, don’t tell me.

The Angry Coach: A Big Part of My Coaching Philosophy
The Angry Coach: A Big Part of My Coaching Philosophy

Do you know the difference between a coach and a cartoon character?

The Angry Coach: Writing Tip
The Angry Coach: Writing Tip

My log assignment today is to write something on the topic of voice

The Angry Coach: A Word About Reading
The Angry Coach: A Word About Reading

If you want to be good at something and learn new things, you HAVE to read.

I'm Too Young to Be This Damn Old: Divas
I'm Too Young to Be This Damn Old: Divas

Most are willing to share their knowledge, but there are exceptions.

The Angry Coach: What We're Focusing on This Week
The Angry Coach: What We're Focusing on This Week

If you consistently do everything right, it all adds up.

Elitefts Roundtable: In-Season Training for Football
Elitefts Roundtable: In-Season Training for Football

Elitefts™ coaches and columnists discuss their views on the best in–season templates for football.

Fighting Off Coaching Complacency
Fighting Off Coaching Complacency

Fight off complacency and remain productive yearlong.

Coaching = Life, Part I
Coaching = Life, Part I

What’s consistently surprised me is how coaching is such a microcosm of the real world.

The Angry Coach: Camp Crap
The Angry Coach: Camp Crap

And, oh yeah, until you’ve actually been through this shit, try not to talk about football, okay?

More About Informational Integrity
More About Informational Integrity

I simply don’t like frauds who attempt to practice their fraudulence at my expense.

Spacial Awareness
Spacial Awareness

Yeah, I’m pissing and moaning a lot about bullshit, but this just isn’t necessary.

The Angry Coach: Discovery Epidemic
The Angry Coach: Discovery Epidemic

It’s like that old question about Christopher Columbus: Did he really “discover” America if there were already millions of people living there?

The Angry Coach: How to Get Published
The Angry Coach: How to Get Published

Hope this helps. If I think of more, I’ll post them.

The Angry Coach: It's Not You. It's Them.
The Angry Coach: It's Not You. It's Them.

You’re not always wrong, and it’s possible for the majority to be the f-ed up ones, and not the individual with a goal and a plan to achieve it.

The Angry Coach: State of Fitness
The Angry Coach: State of Fitness

I honestly have no idea where fitness is going, but I’m thankful every day that we have this site to help fight it off.

The Angry Coach: But He Played Ball
The Angry Coach: But He Played Ball

To sum this up, I was told that the bench press has no application for football players, and that it’s more harmful than helpful.

The Angry Coach: Commercial Gym Nightmares
The Angry Coach: Commercial Gym Nightmares

Commercial Gyms: Where 98 percent of the people walking in the door shouldn’t even be there.

Personal Trainer Writing Mistake #1
Personal Trainer Writing Mistake #1

Responding to popular demand, I’d like to cover something I see lots of guys doing on websites and in articles.

The Angry Coach: Top Three General Mistakes
The Angry Coach: Top Three General Mistakes

Just something to think about when you’re in the middle of the learning process – like we all still are.

The Angry Coach: High School Strength Coaches - Don't Make This Mistake
The Angry Coach: High School Strength Coaches - Don't Make This Mis...

I learned that it’s pointless to bring a gun to a knife fight, if you will.

3 Mistakes Made by High School Football Head Coaches
3 Mistakes Made by High School Football Head Coaches

If you’re a head coach, don’t do this. If you’re going to do this, don’t hire a strength coach.

Angry Coach: How Teams Work
Angry Coach: How Teams Work

Or would you rather win a championship? That’s something we all get to choose.

Eight Problems
Eight Problems

I’m known on here as the “Angry Coach,” but as we all know, the longer you coach, the angrier you get.

Football: Summer Program Begins
Football: Summer Program Begins

I’m still convinced that you can talk them into this, and that you can talk kids into doing anything, or believing they can do anything. The military does it every day.

EliteFTS Spotlight: University of Richmond Strength Coach Jay DeMayo
EliteFTS Spotlight: University of Richmond Strength Coach Jay DeMayo

I actually got hurt my junior year playing soccer there, and our athletic trainer was talking about this whole “training athletes” thing.

EliteFTS Spotlight: Justin Cecil
EliteFTS Spotlight: Justin Cecil

Justin Cecil is a full time staff member at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indiana, and serves as the head strength and conditioning coach at Lawrence Central High School.

EliteFTS Spotlight: Josh Bryant
EliteFTS Spotlight: Josh Bryant

Josh Bryant is a speed, strength, and conditioning coach. He is also a personal trainer who has works with many clients in person at Metroflex Gym in Arlington, Texas and via the internet.

EliteFTS Spotlight: Juliet Deane
EliteFTS Spotlight: Juliet Deane

I’ve been reading the site for a while, but we have our own training studio business, and in the past couple of years, it’s been about a hundred-twenty-five miles an hour, every single day.

EliteFTS Spotlight: Al Caslow
EliteFTS Spotlight: Al Caslow

This week’s EliteFTS Spotlight focuses on powerlifter Al Caslow, the newest EliteFTS sponsored athlete and member of the Q&A staff. Al is currently ranked #1 in the world in the 165 pound class.

EliteFTS Spotlight: Vincent Dizenzo
EliteFTS Spotlight: Vincent Dizenzo

This week’s EliteFTS Spotlight interview introduces the readership to powerlifting legend Vincent Dizenzo. If you’ve been reading this site for any length of time, Vincent’s name – as well as his exploits under the bar – should be very familiar to you

Spotlight on Nutritionist Dr. Chris Fox
Spotlight on Nutritionist Dr. Chris Fox

My name is Dr. Chris Fox. I’m a chiropractor who specializes in spinal rehabilitation. I’m 35 years old, I’ve been lifting since I was 13, and I’ve been seriously bodybuilding since I was 20.

My Fight: Living With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
My Fight: Living With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

If you’re in the military, or you’re a police officer or fireman, or you work some other job where you’re under considerable amounts of stress on a regular basis, you’re going to want to read this article.

EliteFTS Spotlight: Jim Steel
EliteFTS Spotlight: Jim Steel

This week’s EliteFTS Spotlight features University of Pennsylvania strength and conditioning coach Jim Steel. Coach Steel is a former college football player with an extensive powerlifting background.

EliteFTS Spotlight: Matt Wenning
EliteFTS Spotlight: Matt Wenning

The subject of this week’s EliteFTS Spotlight is Q&A staff member Matt Wenning. Matt is one of only a handful of people to total over 2600 pounds in professional competition.

The Angry Coach Sounds Off
The Angry Coach Sounds Off

If you had control of everything in your football program, how would you set up your work week with regard to the organization of in-season practices? What would be the ideal way to marry the biological needs of the athletes with their game day needs (individual and group drills to implement and execute your game plan for the week)?

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