In our strength program, we will never use exercises that isolate 1 muscle group. For example, we will never do just arm curls, calf raisies, or wrist curls. (This is different from Activation where we may only want one muscle group working). One exercise that we will do as an upper body push exercise is […]
In the spring of 2004, I took a course called “The Janda Approach to Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes”. It was a 2-day course and I was the only strength and conditioning coach there in a room full of Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers. The course was given by Physical Therapist Clare Frank. Although, I did feel that […]
The Glute Bridge is a huge part of our daily program. We are always re-educating our guys on the glute bridge and it’s successive progressions. In our minds, the more we do exercises that isolate and strengthen the glutes, the less chance we have of getting injured. This is a glute isolation exercises that we […]
It’s been a while since I posted my Random Thoughts as we were on a long road trip last week. Here it goes: 1- There is a picture of my lovely wife in Rachel Cosgrove’s new book, The Female Body Breakthrough: The Revolutionary Strength-Training Plan for Losing Fat and Getting the Body You Want. Awesome […]
Often times in sports, there’s always an athlete who is perceived to be in a class all their own. In hockey, Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr will always be considered two of the best to ever play the game. Today, guys like Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin are leading way as the world’s elite […]
We are always looking to improve our guys’ explosive power. While in the in-season phase, we will back off on some of the olympic variations that we use such as Hang Cleans. The reason is that some of our guys will have problems with the hands and/or wrists due to getting slashed or from fighting. […]
A day late with the random thoughts for the week, but here we go: 1- A great article was posted on this week on T-Nation.com. Nate Green’s interview with Bret Contreras was really good. I’ve read a lot of Bret’s posts on Strengthcoach.com. He is a really smart guy who has really got me interested […]
Part of what I want to do here on the blog is to let my readers know of some websites that I check out and find to be valuable resources in the Strength and Conditioning field. The sites that I will recommend will always be sites that I endorse based on the fact that I […]
Here is a video of one of our abduction exercises that we do within our core/torso program. With the constant use of our adductors and other internal rotators of the hip, we feel that we need to strengthen abductors to make their that there is adequate muscle balance at the hip joint to prevent injuries. […]
I’ve decided to get on the bandwagon of posting some of the things I have been thinking about and have done during the past week in addition to my coaching responsibilities. I will try and update every Friday. So here it goes: 1- The P90X may be the best workout system that I have seen […]