Happy Monday! Like every other 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! 1. The top 3 performance enhancing supplements on the market are; 8 hours of sleep, real food, and water. - Alan Bishop (@CoachAlanBishop on … Continue reading Monday Musings

Happy Sunday! 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. Podcasts https://continuefit.com/strength-coach-podcast-episode-273-mma-supertrainer-lawrence-herrera-from-the-performance-ranch/ Book of the Week Tweet of the Week https://twitter.com/CraigMEdwards/status/1215700470255226882 … Continue reading S&C Week in Review: 2/9

Bear crawls and Lateral Crawls (and variations of the two) find their way into our programs a lot, sometimes in the actual lift and sometimes it’s in the warm up, for a variety of reasons; ✅Closed chain ✅Core Stability ✅Hits the often neglected serratus anterior ✅Promotes scapular rotation To be honest, this is one of … Continue reading Crawls for Shoulder Health

Now that we are a month into 2020 and a lot of the newness of those New Years Resolution has worn off, I thought it would a good time to highlight a few ways that we can all make our lives better, productive and take our well-being to the next level going forward. 1. Get … Continue reading 5 Ways to Level Up in 2020

Happy Monday! Like every other 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! 1. Exercise is just like medicine. We want to find the minimal dose that will allow us to get the maximal benefit. 2. My … Continue reading Monday Musings

Happy Sunday! 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. Podcasts https://hoopcommitment.com/2019/12/31/basketball-life-lessons-w-luka-hocevar/ https://continuefit.com/strength-coach-podcast-episode-272-mike-boyle-the-end-of-the-year-interview/ Book of the Week Tweet of the Week … Continue reading S&C Week in Review: 2/2

A lot of people look at med ball work as a way improve/trains the anterior core for power, which it does. A lot of people look at med ball work as a way to train a very sport-specific pattern that mimics the high speeds that are similar to those seen in sport, which it does. … Continue reading Are Med Balls a Part of Your Shoulder Health Program?

I know this may be a tough pill to swallow, but there is very little carryover when training power in the sagittal plane and athletes actually being able to produce power in multiple planes in sport. If you want an athlete to be powerful in multiple planes, you need to actually train it for both … Continue reading Power Development is More than Just Cleans and Snatches

The Overhead Press is an important and fundamental movement, but lots of people can’t press overhead pain free. This could be because of; 🔹 Poor form🔹 Poor rotator cuff activation🔹 Poor positioning If you are one of these people who tend to have shoulder pain when pressing, give the Bottoms Up Kettlebell Press a shot. … Continue reading Do You Overhead Press Overhead Athletes?

A quick thought... A lot of people look at bilateral strength training as the foundational movement in the program and single leg strength as accessory work. We, however, do the exact opposite. Single leg training is far from accessory work for is. In fact, we push it as harder then we do bilateral work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHAhE8DJGP4