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It’s How You Do It!

Several weeks ago, I had a great group of girls come up to IFAST for assessments and programming.  The goal was simple:  To get them moving and feeling better, and eventually taking their athletic endeavors to the next level. Now let me begin by saying this wasn’t your average group of girls.  They were a […]

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Random Friday 2-5-10

I’ve been swamped this week, so today is going to be short and sweet.  Enjoy! * Smitty from Diesel Crew is doing a fundraiser to help support the victims of the Haiti Earthquake.  You can find out more about it HERE. * I recently wrote a guest blog over at Nate Green’s website on things […]

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A Better Way to Stretch

I get a lot of interest in eccentric quasi-isometrics (EQI’s) from both my online clients and people who read my blog, so I figured I’d write something up to help explain what they are and how I use them. EQI’s are an active stretch – without getting into the nitty-gritty science behind them, our goal […]

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Bootylicious

I got an e-mail the other day that started like this… “I have a big butt, so I know I don’t have any glute issues…” WRONG. How do you know? Have you been tested by a knowledable trainer, PT, ortho, chiro, etc.? Just because you have “big” glutes DOES NOT mean that they are working […]

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Thoughts on the Biggest Loser

I have a sad admission to make – I watch the Biggest Loser. Well, I should preface that statement; I sort of watch it. I DVR it, and then end up watching about 30 minutes of the total 2 hour show. I can’t tell you exactly why I do – maybe it’s because I work […]

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Reverse Hypers versus Glute Hams

Hi Mike, Certainly enjoy your article content and very much the Podcasts. I am a new gym owner and have considered purchasing either (but not both) a GHR or a Reverse Hyper from Elite FTS.  I am convinced that the posterior chain must be developed in all athletes for many reasons of injury prevention and […]

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Ready for Takeoff

Within the industry, people have a lot of different viewpoints on what kind of coach or trainer I am. To some, I’m a mobility guy. To others, I’m a corrective exercise guy. To others, I’m a strength guy. And believe it or not, there are some people that frankly don’t care – they just don’t […]

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The Blink Moment

Tuesday night at IFAST, one of our new interns (Ellen) and I were discussing how to start improving her coaching and assessing skills.  She’s relatively new to the field, but with her eagerness to learn, work ethic, and people skills, I have no doubt she’s going to be a fantastic coach someday. Many would say […]

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The Mullet

I feel the blog is getting a little too serious as of late, so here’s a brief video today that should bring us back to normal. Jared Allen is a freak on the football field, and this video made me laugh pretty hard, so hopefully you’ll enjoy it as well. See ya tomorrow! MR

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January 26th, 2010

Robertson Training Systems Newsletter 6.04 5 Things I Leaned While Working on My Latest Project This past weekend, I shot material for a new DVD on single-leg training.  The final product is going to include a DVD and manual which details just about everything I’ve learned about single-leg training up to this point in my […]

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Double Vision

I was listening to an audio series a while back, and they made an interesting point about the things we achieve in life. Here’s the jist of it:  Everything we achieve in life, we see twice.  The second time is obvious, when we actually achieve that goal. The first time, however, occurs much earlier – […]

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The Law of Repeated Exposures

This past week, I had a ton of workouts to write.  Not only were IFAST members ready for new programs, but I also got the first batch written for my Haiti online training clients. As I was writing them, I got to thinking about how my programming has changed over the years.  Coming from a […]

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Random Friday 1-22-10

Today, we’re keeping it short and sweet.  I do have a DVD to film tomorrow, after all! 🙂 Here are my quick hit thoughts for the week: – Laree Draper wrote up a fantastic review of “Assess and Correct” last week, and I’m just now getting around to posting it.  You can find the review […]

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The Corrective Strawman

It’s easy for someone with little to no experience working with real people to say that “corrective” exercise doesn’t work. It’s also easy to do this if you’ve never seen it in action, or if you’ve seen it executed by the wrong practitioner. Naysayers will tell you that corrective exercise is nothing more than some […]

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January 20th, 2010

Robertson Training Systems Newsletter 6.03 Updates, Podcasts and More! It’s been a very busy couple of weeks, but I wanted to get a newsletter out ASAP to tell you about some of the great things going on within Robertson Training Systems. The Dan John Podcast is up! I recently had the opportunity to interview strength […]

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