Happy Monday and Happy New Years Eve! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! For strength coaches, the question shouldn't be "how much we can do or fit in during the time we have?" The question should be "how little we … 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. For podcasts, as you can see, I went on an Iron Game Chalk Talk binge this week. Couple … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review

Continuing to stick with the 'Top 5' theme, today I am going to share the Top 5 books that I read in 2018. As many know, I've become a huge reader as I've gotten older, something I would have never seen coming 10 years ago. Some of the books on the list may be new … Continue reading Top 5 Books of 2018

💥 Real World Sport Performance Training 🎥 UNH Women's Basketball Day prior to a game lift 💥 🗣 The day prior to a game isn’t about developing strength or adding any new stress to the mix. It’s about doing things fast yet limiting eccentric stress in order to make sure no one is sore on … Continue reading Real World Strength and Conditioning

To stick with the 'Top 5' theme, today I am going to share the Top 5 Things I’ve Learned in 10 Years as a Strength & Conditioning Coach, none of which have anything to do with weights or specific exercises. And yes, I'm getting old. 1️⃣Relationships > Everything Else - no one cares how much … Continue reading Top 5 Things I’ve Learn in 10 Years as a Strength Coach

I hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday! With 2018 starting to come to an end, I thought I would put together a string of posts with some of my most popular content over the last year. Today, we are going to start with the Top 5 articles of the Year. It's really interesting … Continue reading Top 5 Most Viewed Articles of 2018

💥Med Ball Shot Put Progression💥 🗣 Just like the Chest Pass and Side Toss, most all of the athletes I work with will also get used to the Shot Put for various reasons ⬇️ ✅ For a throwing athlete or volleyball player, it helps to condition the scapular and humeral stabilizers to the eccentric demands … Continue reading Med Ball Shotput Progression

Happy Monday and Happy Christmas Eve! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! One thing that coaches continually do is confuse quantity with quality. Less is typically more. More is just more. Better is better. You'll be hard pressed to find … 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. For podcasts, I loved the Physical Preparation Podcast with Fergus Connolly. Fergus is a wealth of information that … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review

💥Why We Still Clean💥 🗣 Anyone that follows me knows that we’ve started to incorporate a lot more trap bar jump squats as part of our loaded or heavier implement power work. But that doesn’t mean we’ve totally ditched traditional power work like the Hang Clean. Far from it actually ➡️ most teams are still … Continue reading Why We Still Hang Clean