Happy Monday and I hope everyone had a great Easter! Like every Monday, here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts, cruising social media and any other continuing ed. Enjoy! Recently I have been listening to Ray Dalio's 'Principles' on my commute. One, its an awesome listen … Continue reading Monday Musings

Happy Easter! Just like every other Sunday, we have another group of podcasts and articles to read and listen to that I have dived into. Like every other week, there was a ton of content out there both in written form and through podcasts. Enjoy! Podcasts Like most weeks, there were a lot of really … Continue reading S&C Week in Review: 4/21

Saw this a while back, tried it out a little bit, and I really like it. One of the biggest issues I see with 1DB or 1KB Overhead Pressing is that athletes have the tendency to lean back and extend through the lumbar spine. Using the half roller seems to help create more tension throughout … Continue reading Exercises You Need to Try: 1/2 Kneel Overhead Press with Core Engagement

Force is not just expressed concentrically. People tend to forget about isometric and eccentric strength, but they both play critical roles in overall strength development as well as injury prevention. We've tried to get creative in adding more tempo work into the program. Some examples would be; 3 second eccentric + 3 second concentric RFE … Continue reading Programming is more then just Concentric Based Strength Work

Complex Training: pairing a biomechanically similar strength exercise (we go with 3-5 reps) with a power exercise (we go with 5-8 reps depending on the exercise) to improve power development. Here are some examples of how we’ve implemented it with our upper body pulling. Inverted Row ➡️ Overhead Slam Alternating Bat Wings ➡️ Overhead Slam … Continue reading How we implement Upper Body Pulling Contrast Training

Coaching Hack — Have people stand on 12-18” boxes for overhead slams. We all know that med ball work is great for training power, learning how to link the upper body and the lower body together through the core. But a lot of times the biggest problem I personally deal with is people not throwing … Continue reading Standing on a Box for Overhead Slams?

Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts, cruising social media and any other continuing ed. Enjoy! Damian Hughes posted this quote on Twitter last week, something I thought was phenomenal. "Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. … Continue reading Monday Musings

Another week, another group of podcasts and articles to read and listen to that I have dived into. Like every other week, there was a ton of content out there both in written form and through podcasts. Enjoy! Podcasts Some really good podcasts this week, to the point where I would highly recommend listening to … Continue reading S&C Week in Review: 4/14

The scapular stabilizers are the most important muscles for protecting the shoulder. — Zach Dechant More rowing + Less Pressing/More Shoulder Friendly Pressing = Healthy Shoulders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRa3tJ5Ctq0