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Guest Blog: Alwyn Cosgrove

Today’s post is a guest blog from Alwyn Cosgrove.  As many of you know, AC has had a huge influence on me – not only in his role as a mentor, but as a friend as well. If you haven’t heard about the LiftStrong project, or haven’t purchased a copy yet, please take a couple […]

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Random Friday

Well, another week is in the books, and it has been a busy one!  I would’ve posted this sooner, but I’ve been working on accounting, paperwork and developing our systems at IFAST, so sorry I didn’t get to this sooner! 1 – There were two great articles at T-Nation this week featuring Alwyn Cosgrove.  Even […]

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Testimonial: Bulletproof Knees

Here’s a testimonial that I recently received.  Kane came to me a little over a month ago with some pretty debilitating knee pain, and, well, I think the testimonial speaks for itself.  Here goes: As a college basketball player I suffered through 4 years of knee pain, which never allowed me to preform at my […]

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Hip Dysfunction = Knee Pain

I can’t tell you how many times myself (or Bill) evaluates a client at IFAST with knee pain and there’s associated hip dysfunction. It may not be 100%, but it’s pretty damn close! Hip mobility is absolutely vital when it comes to knee AND low back health.  In fact, there’s research out there that correlates […]

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March 30th, 2009

Robertson Training Systems Newsletter 5.06 In This Issue: – Robertson Training Systems Updates – Coaching 101 Robertson Training Systems Updates IFAST Physique Transformation Challenge! Bill and I have a very cool contest coming up here at IFAST, and I wanted everyone on the newsletter to know about it. IFAST Physique Transformation Challenge If you’re interested, […]

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A great weekend in the books

It was a great weekend here in Indy. We had the privilege of having Tony Gentilcore come into town, who is probably one of the best trainers in the Boston area.  As well, Chase Karnes was someone who I had talked to from time to time online, and he came into town as well.  As […]

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The Random Friday Post

I woke up a little bit early today, so I’m going to try and knock this post out ASAP.  Hopefully it comes a little bit more coherent than I actually feel! * Jim “Smitty” Smith has a great feature on his site today that I think you’ll enjoy; here’s the link: The Top 3 Missing […]

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Why do you keep getting injured?

Do you ever wonder why you continue to get injured when training? Now I’m sure you expect me to go on some sort of diatribe about muscle imbalances, poor posture, poor mobility, etc.  And while those are all valid reasons, that’s not what I want to talk about today. Two of the most common reasons […]

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The Three Pillars

(Originally posted at www.IFASTOnline.com) So I’ve got an admission to make – I watch the Biggest Loser. It’s not so much for the heartwarming stories and pop psychology, though.  I watch it because I know my clients watch it.  And I want to know what’s going in to their minds regarding strength training, fat loss, […]

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MR on the Interwebz

Just a quick update today, considering I did get another podcast/audio newsletter posted earlier! First off, in case you missed this article a while back on Elite Fitness, here’s a link: Defending the Bench Press I also recently did an interview with fellow T-Nation contributor Mark Young.  Here’s the link: MR Interview with Mark Young […]

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Training Tips: The Grind

Seeing as how it’s St. Paddy’s day, AND I have a wedding to attend (which explains the pinstripes pants and dress shoes), we’re going to keep things relatively simple today. When you take time off from training, you need to ease back into low rep, high intensity training.  You can’t go straight from high rep […]

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Q&A: The OLD Newsletter

This hit my inbox a few days ago, and I wanted to address it here for everyone to see. Mike, What happened to your regular, reliable, readable newsletter? I can read at least four or five times faster than you can talk. Plus I can look over a table of contents and determine which portions […]

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Exercise of the Week: The Plate Squat

In this edition of “Exercise of the Week,” we’re going to feature the plate squat. The plate squat is an excellent teaching tool.  Not only does it cue people to extend through their upper back, but it also trains them to brace their entire core and not just over-arch their lower back. Basic squatting rules […]

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Random Thursday Thoughts

My brain is a little scrambled today, so this is the best I could muster! –  In case you missed it, the first edition of “In the Trenches Fitness” was posted yesterday.  You can find it by following the link below: https://robertsontrainingsystems.com/newsletter/March+10th%2C+2009/ In the future, ONLY newsletter subscribers will get the opportunity to ask questions.  […]

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New AUDIO newsletter

You all know me. And you know that the status quo just doesn’t cut it. In an effort to get more knowledge out there, and to really take this industry to the next level, I’ve decided to start a Podcast/audio newsletter. All I can say is follow the link below and check it out.  Love […]

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