Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! As much as I love chin ups, I am starting to wonder if inverted rows (TRX Rows) should be the main pulling movement for athletes. Some added benefits of core stability and … 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, this was one of the better weeks that I can remember in a while. Robbie Bourke … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review

🗣 There has been a lot of talk (debate) lately on “sport specific” training. For me, it’s pretty straight forward 👉 training is human specific not sport specific. I’d say close 85-90% of what we do is the same from team to team or sport to sport. ➡️ Everyone Sprints ➡️ Everyone Throws Med Balls … Continue reading Sport Specific Training

Just a thought... If most strength coaches would agree that the Landmine Press is a more shoulder friendly variation of overhead pressing when compared to overhead pressing with a dumbbell and especially a barbell, then wouldn’t the same be true when going overhead for power work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOFqwhj3wJo

In our culture we like to worship the sophisticated. The more complicated something is the more we like it. Our training is neither of those. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BoK6mlK_Oc

Band Lateral Bound ⬇️ 💥 Power in the Frontal Plane which is vitally important for most all athletes 💥 Power is plane specific 👉 you aren’t going to get better moving explosively laterally by doing cleans and snatches 💥 Just like the Band Broad Jump, the band lowers some of the landing stress - any … Continue reading Band Lateral Bound

Horizontal power and strength is something that I feel we don’t train enough in the weight room. One excellent movement to train horizontal power is the Broad Jump, but something that I don’t use much as the landing forces on the knees scares me a little ➡️ the forces are very similar to the landing … Continue reading Band Broad Jump

Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! "80% of your job is knowing what not to do." - Fergus Connolly. I couldn't agree more. As a strength coach, a huge part of our job is knowing what not to … 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, there were a lot of really good ones this week. Fergus Connolly is always good. Dan … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review

Another day, another day before a game primer type workout, this time with Women’s Basketball. Same idea as yesterday, with some slight different movement/exercises. 💥do things fast 💥have zero muscle soreness the following day(s) 💥ultimately the goal is to get bodies moving fast and explosively heading into game play We strategically are getting both horizontal … Continue reading Pre Game Primer with Women’s Basketball