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Learn from Eric Cressey For FREE
Just a quick note to let you know that a BIG project I’ve been working on is about to launch! This is a collaborative effort between myself, Eric Cressey, Dave Schmitz and BJ Gaddour. Quite simply, if you want to learn from all of us on an ongoing basis, you’re going to love this site! […]
Continue ReadingWho Does MR Train?
Last week about this time, I was having coffee with a good friend and former IFAST intern Eric Oetter. Eric is one of the most driven and curious individuals I’ve ever met, so it’s always great to have a chat and see where his head is at. Since we don’t get to catch up as […]
Continue Reading34 Quotes from Charlie Weingroff
I think I can speak for everyone involved – the “Making a Monster” seminar was a huge success! I really didn’t know what to expect, as we only had 5 weeks to pull the entire thing together. Regardless, we had over 50 attendees, and it was just an awesome day all-around. For those of you […]
Continue ReadingQ&A: Is Static Stretching Good?
Mike – I have a question I was hoping you could possibly answer on your blog. I’ve been reading a lot lately about stretching and the various methods that can be used. While I’m still a big believer in static stretches I have slowly been becoming more familiar with stretches by Kelly Starrett and Pavel […]
Continue ReadingQ&A: Be Like Mike….Robertson???
Mike, I’m a 22-year old up-and-coming trainer, and I’ve followed your stuff for the past year. Basically, I’d love to be where you’re at in the next year or two – own my own gym, write for money, etc. Got any tips or tricks that can help me out? I got this e-mail a while […]
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday Kendall!
One year ago today, my wife Jessica and I were blessed when our little girl, Kendall Ann, was born. This was obviously a life changing event. This little girl is just so amazing and someone I care so much about. And I can tell you, I’ve changed quite a bit as a result. Things that […]
Continue ReadingUpcoming Seminars
Just a quick note on my upcoming speaking schedule… As always, you can see where I’m going to be and when by checking out the “Where’s Mike?” widget on the sidebar over here =========> However, registration has just opened for several events so I wanted to let you know about them ASAP. Charlie Weingroff Seminar […]
Continue ReadingImprove Your Coaching Cues
Today we’ve got an awesome guest post from Jon Goodman that I know the coaches and trainers out there will enjoy! If you want to make your job easier, while helping your clients and athletes get more out of their training, you’ll really enjoy it! And don’t worry if you’re not a coach or trainer […]
Continue ReadingUsing the Ground in Training – An Under-Rated Tool
John Izzo is a lot like me. A hard-working guy that genuinely cares about getting better as a coach and trainer, so that his clients and athletes get better results. John offered to write a guest post for today, and I simply couldn’t turn him down. Here’s a great post from John that I think […]
Continue ReadingKnee Strengthening Exercises
Knee pain sucks. And while I’ve already discussed the topic of knee pain numerous times here before, if you’re new to the site I’d highly recommend checking out the articles below as a primer. Knee Pain Basics, Part I Knee Pain Basics, Part II Knee Pain Basics, Part III I’ve been thinking about this quite […]
Continue ReadingRandom Friday 1-20-12
Welcome to my first RANDOM post in quite some time! I honestly can’t remember the last time I ran one of these, so this should be fun. Let’s jump right into it! 1 – Upcoming Knee Pain Blog Post Next week, I’m writing up a post focused on two things that I virtually guarantee can […]
Continue ReadingThe TRUTH About Quickness?
Every year, I make it a goal to really dive in and learn as much as possible about several new topics. Last year it was the diaphragm, elbows, and ankles. This year, my biggest focuses are building better athletes – and most notably, focusing on speed, agility, quickness, and change of direction. As a result, […]
Continue ReadingRe-Re-Building the Reverse Hyper
This week is going to be a bit random around here. We’ve got some guest blogs, an interview, and the return of our Random Friday posts! Today’s guest blog comes to us from Ben Bruno. Ben is definitely an up-and-comer in the fitness industry, and he’s rapidly built one of the most popular fitness blogs […]
Continue Reading4 Parallels Between Wealthy People and Elite Athletes
In my life, I’ve been incredibly blessed to work with a wide variety of clients and athletes. Looking back, I’ve literally worked with every end of the spectrum – from some of the most beat-up and beat-down rehab clients you can imagine, all the way up to elite athletes from virtually every major sport. One […]
Continue Reading3 Reasons I Returned to Powerlifting
A few weeks back, I wrote an article for T-Nation titled 7 Reasons Everyone Should Doing a Powerlifting Meet. It got great reviews, and almost all of the commentary and feedback was awesome. And hopefully I inspired a few people to do a meet in the process. However, one guys’ comments stood out – essentially, […]
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