As a strength coach you need to balance the risk:reward with the athletes that you are working with. The goal should be to keep athletes as healthy as possible while improving their performance – but health has to come before performance. Our hierarchy should be; Prevent Injuries Caused by Training  If you are doing things … Continue reading Our Hierarchy

Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! The idea of micro-dosing strength training is really interesting, especially when it comes to in-season training. Essentially, instead of training two times a week with 45-60 minute sessions you train most days … Continue reading Monday Musings

Another week, another group of podcasts and articles to read and listen to that I have dived into this past week. There was some really good stuff put out there, especially podcasts. For podcasts, I really enjoyed the HMMR Podcast with Matt Price. Matt is the strength coach for the LA Kings and his thoughts … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review

I think it’s imperative that athletes train outside of the sagittal plane, whether you are trying to improve sport performance, keep them healthy, or trying to develop enhanced movement quality. It's hard to argue that athletes need a healthy dose of multi-planar training. Here are 5 non-sagittal staples in our training programs and their benefits; … Continue reading Training in the Frontal Plane

Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! One thing I have been thinking about more and more is the value of bench pressing and wonder if it is something that most athletes need to be doing. Yes, we can … Continue reading Monday Musings

Another week, another group of podcasts and articles to read and listen to that I have dived into this past week. Also, for all the fathers out there - Happy Father's Day! For podcasts, I really enjoyed the Physical Prep Podcast with Dan Sanzo. Dan is a great strength coach that not many people may … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review

Another month, another handful of random thoughts that are going through my head. Enjoy! As a coach, you need to constantly seek out ways to connect with your athletes. "The first rep of the session should look exactly the same as the last rep of the session." Lorne Goldenberg ------ Quality over quantity. The information … Continue reading Random Thoughts – June Edition

Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! Coaches constantly talk about the importance of getting athletes to train in the frontal plane, and for good reason - I think it is extremely important to get athletes to do more … Continue reading Monday Musings

It’s Sunday which means I review some of the podcasts I listened to and articles that I read throughout the last week. When it comes to the podcasts it was pretty light this week as I caught up on a lot of reading. However, that doesn't mean I didn't listen to anything worth listening to. … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review