Stack.com – 3 Bear Crawl Variations for Better Core Strength <<< CLICK HERE! As a lifter and a coach, you have to keep an open mind. Case in point: I have a running list of exercises that I used to hate but now kinda like. The more I learn, the more often I realize that …
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Clear your schedules, folks. I’m extremely excited to announce that I’ll be presenting at three seminars over the next few months. OPTIMIZING THE BIG 3 After a tremendous experience and great turnout at the seminar this past March, I’m beyond honored to assist Greg Robins with the hands-on portion of not one but TWO more …
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If you’re reading this, my guess is you enjoy exercising, and not exercising is a foreign concept to you. But deloading – a purposeful reduction in training frequency, volume and/or intensity – is necessary to help your body and mind recover and keep making progress. Deloads are boring. But Alex Viada said it best at the …
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“Abs are made in the kitchen.” “You can’t out-train a bad diet.” “Gotta eat big to get big.” There’s no shortage of nutritional cliches in the fitness world. We get it. Eating right is a huge part of being fit. And if you care about your performance in the gym, chances are you spend a …
Last Sunday, we hosted the Powerlifting Fundamentals seminar at 212 Health & Performance in Rumford, Rhode Island. It was my first ever “solo” seminar and it was beyond awesome. Great turnout, great energy and great lifting. During the lecture portion, I spoke about training philosophy and program design. I preached the importance of choosing the right …
Today’s guest post comes from fellow Cressey Sports Performance coach Miguel Aragoncillo. I’ve had the honor of calling Miguel a friend, training partner and mentor since arriving at CSP and today’s post explains why an intense training environment is so crucial to what we do as coaches and lifters. Enjoy! I have the fortune of …
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I recently read Gary Vaynerchuk’s book, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook, and there was a quote in there that really stuck with me: “Content is king, but context is God.” The more I learn about coaching, the more I realize this statement is undeniably true. If content refers to what coaching cues are used, and context refers …
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I’m incredibly excited to announce that I’ll be presenting at the first annual Powerlifting Fundamentals Seminar at 212 Health & Performance on July 12, 2015, in Rumford, Rhode Island. This is officially my first “headlining” seminar and I couldn’t be more fired up to share my knowledge and passion for the sport of powerlifting. Here’s …
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Stack.com – 3 Barbell-Only, Full-Body Workout Programs for Any Fitness Goal Some people love their gym filled with shiny new equipment, juice bars and Eucalyptus-scented towels. They want to feel like they’re at the spa and would rather sweat in the steam room than on the gym floor. Well, that just ain’t for me. And …
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STACK.COM – 3 WAYS TO REDUCE DELAYED ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS There’s a famous saying that “fatigue masks fitness.” Basically, we can rarely show 100 percent of our true athletic potential because we’re always under some sort of stress. This means that recovery is extremely important if we want to perform to the best of our …
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