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4 Squat Variations You Should Try ASAP

A few weeks back, someone on Instagram asked me the following question: “Why would you want to load your quads on a squat?” Now I did my best to contain myself, but let me tell you – it wasn’t easy. If you want to know why squatting is a good thing, or why we should […]

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Knowledge vs. Experience

I’ve noticed a disturbing trend online lately. It probably started a few years ago, but it seems to becoming more and more prevalent as the weeks and months roll on. Here’s what I see happening: Too often, people are trying to replace experience with knowledge. What’s the difference, you might think? It’s a big difference. […]

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Stop Missing Lifts!

Spring 2001 Ball State University Powerlifting Practice One of my favorite guys on the powerlifting team is having a rough go at it. He’s in what he calls a “squatting slump” and he’s bound and determined to work his way out of it. We’re less than 1 month out from Collegiate Nationals; now is not […]

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60+ Lessons from the 2012 Midwest Performance Enhancement Seminar

Our 2012 Midwest Performance Enhancement Seminar was a lot of fun and full of some really smart people. Here’s a slice of what I learned this past weekend from some of the best in the industry. Enjoy!

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Rollback Midwest Seminar Pricing?

As I was driving back from Louisville this past weekend, I had a few hours to think about a ton of different things I have going on in my life. One of those “things” was our upcoming Midwest Performance Enhancement seminar. Over the past couple of years I’ve worked hard to grow this seminar and […]

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Mike’s Top 12 Training Resources

One thing that really pisses me off about our industry is some of the ridiculous “number” posts you see. For example, a few months back I saw a post that was something along the lines of “The Top 50 Fitness Bloggers” or something alone those lines. I won’t claim to be the all-knowing, but I […]

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How to Do LESS in 2012 (But Enjoy Yourself MORE!)

It’s the New Year, and everyone and their mother has a New Year’s resolution that they’ve probably already broken. In fact, I wrote about this pretty extensively last week in my 2012 To-Do List post. BUT, here’s the thing with New Year’s resolutions – they almost always focus on adding things to our plate. Starting […]

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Examining the Turkish Get Up

As I alluded to in my Dan John podcast from a few weeks ago, we’re using more and more Turkish get-ups (TGU) in our programming.  Obviously, it’s a fantastic exercise, but it’s got me thinking more and more about why it’s so great. When you break down a get-up, here’s a short list of benefits […]

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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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Do Not Miss the Message

I was doing my Podcast interview with Dan John yesterday, and we talked about one of his famous lines: “If it’s important, do it everyday.” While I’ve heard him say it (or write it) numerous times before, this was one of those light-bulb moments. Ponder this…. Dan is a firm believer that you should be […]

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Weak Torso Society

One of the consistent themes I see at IFAST when working with new clients is torso/core weakness. (Really from this point forward, I’m going to use the term “trunk” versus “core.”  It’s much more all-encompassing, and doesn’t have the negative connotations associated with the words “core training.”) It’s pretty sad when you’re getting young, healthy […]

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Never Let Go

I pride myself in reading quite a bit.  And I’ll read just about any type of book: Motivational, psychological, business, training, I don’t care.  If it’s good, I’ll read it. With that being said, this is the single best training book I’ve read this year.  I would say it’s THE BEST book I’ve read all […]

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