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Building Bridges: Leveraging Your Employer to Enhance Your Personal Brand

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Here’s a guest blog I wrote for CSP co-founder and business director Pete Dupuis about building my personal brand at Cressey Sports Performance. The original post appeared on PeteDupuis.com, so make sure to check out Pete’s site for tons of great business info! “I’ve been battling internally with leaving full time work in a field I don’t …

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Optimizing the Big 3: August 14 at Cressey Sports Performance

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I’m pumped to announce that Greg Robins and I will be hosting a one-day Optimizing the Big 3 powerlifting seminar at Cressey Sports Performance on Sunday, August 14. If you’ve been wanting to get hands-on coaching from Greg and myself, now’s your chance. We’ll spend a full day discussing and performing the squat, bench press and …

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Video: CSP Powerlifting at the RPS Power Challenge

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Last weekend I had the honor and privilege of coaching nine amazing lifters at the RPS Power Challenge powerlifting meet in Everrett, Massachusetts. It was a well-run, well-judged meet (as is the norm for RPS meets) and everyone had a great time. With a mix of first-timers and veteran lifters, CSP Powerlifting put forth a …

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Only 2 Days Left to Save $50 on Optimizing the Big 3 in Jupiter, Florida

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Winter is fast approaching, so Greg Robins and I are escaping to sunny Florida to host another Optimizing the Big 3 Seminar on November 15. We’re brining our unique brand of powerlifting to Cressey Sports Performance – Jupiter, and you’ve only got 2 days left to save $50 on registration! Check out the details below:   …

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Technique Tuesday – Finding the Right Deadlift Hip Position

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This week’s Technique Tuesday wraps up the deadlift, specifically how to find the right deadlift hip position. I’ve struggled with this in the past and when it clicks, it makes a huge difference in how much weight you can pull. Start with your hips too high and you’ll rely mostly on your lower back and …

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Technique Tuesday – Shoulder Position During the Deadlift

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This week’s Technique Tuesday explains the proper shoulder position during the deadlift. There’s a lot of confusion about what to do with the upper back and shoulders to lift maximum weight, and I’m here today to clear up that confusion. Spoiler alert: the “shoulders down and back” cue isn’t nearly as useful for deadlifting as you …

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Technique Tuesday: The Bench Press Arch

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Today’s Technique Tuesday covers a controversial bench press topic: arching your back. Should you arch? How much? Will it hurt your back? The answers are probably, it depends, and probably not. Here’s how to use the bench press arch correctly to press as much weight as possible while keeping your back and hips healthy:   …

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Technique Tuesday: Elbow Position During the Bench Press

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This week’s Technique Tuesday is all about the bench press and why you must keep your elbows under the bar to press heavy weights. Want to know why elbow position is so important? And why gripping the bar too close, over-tucking the elbows and touching too low on the chest can sabotage your bench press numbers? Check it out: …

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