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Finding a Personal Trainer – 2 Questions You MUST Ask
This is a question I get asked all the time, from friends and family members alike: How do I go about finding a competent fitness coach/personal trainer/performance enhancement coach? These days, it’s not as easy as you’d like to think. With all the marketing and hype surrounding our industry, it can be difficult to separate […]
Continue ReadingThe Deep Front Line
(Note from MR: Patrick Ward is someone that I haven’t met, but I’ve followed for quite some time online. He’s a pragmatic and rational coach/therapist, and that’s why I knew he’d deliver a great piece of content to the site. Enjoy!) ———- Thomas Myers, a former student of Ida Rolf (the founder of Rolfing), has […]
Continue ReadingRandom Friday 6-4-10
Well it’s been at least a couple of weeks since we last had a “Random Friday” post, so I figured it’s time to get back in the saddle! Here are my random musings and thoughts for the week… * If you haven’t checked out Eric Cressey’s recent series on elbows, this is must read material! […]
Continue ReadingTestimonials Galore!
The past few weeks, I’ve had some great feedback from my online clients. I thought you might be interested in some of this, so here goes! ———————– “When I came to Mike, I’d been having nagging shoulder and knee problems for the last 4 years and. Despite my time in the gym, I was making […]
Continue ReadingNewer? Or BETTER?
Here’s an important distinction we need to make in this (and every) industry: Is this new widget/device/gadget/exercise simply new, or is it actually BETTER? Case and point… We’ve known for decades that squatting is one of the premiere exercises to develop strength and size. Not only in the hips and thighs, but really throughout the […]
Continue ReadingHigh School Football Training for Dummies
Imagine this, if you will…. It’s Memorial Day Monday. You’ve spent some great time with friends and family, the past two days, enjoying the weather and simply catching up on life. You should have one more day to relax, but instead, you’re woken by the alarm clock going off at 5:15 in the morning?
Continue ReadingDevelopmental Systems: The X and O Factors for Training Youn
(Note from MR: Brian Grasso is not only a great coach and speaker, but someone I consider a great friend as well. His passion for helping kids is second-to-none, and he’s someone I will have guest blogging for RTS on a continuing basis. Other than possibly Eric Cressey or Bill Hartman, I can’t think of […]
Continue ReadingKnee Stability After Knee Surgery
The other day, Bill and I were having a discussion at IFAST about training clients after knee surgery. If you read a lot of the research out there, it leads us to believe the following: 1 – If you’ve had an ACL tear, even with surgery and rehab, you could be at increased risk for […]
Continue ReadingMay 28th, 2010
Robertson Training Systems Newsletter 6.09 5 Keys to Becoming a Fitness Authority So, you want to become an authority figure in strength and conditioning, personal training, or both, eh? One of the questions I get from interns and seminar attendees alike is, “How do I get to the next level?” It’s interesting, because I see […]
Continue ReadingCase Study: Lateral Epicondylitis
I’m going to start a new feature section for the blog that I think you’re really going to enjoy. I know many of you are interested in what we are doing that gets results. As such, I’m going to start writing up case studies of clients in our gym that had great success with our […]
Continue ReadingThe Concept of Movement Quality
One of the topics that I’m constantly harping on at IFAST is that of movement quality. It’s a key component of everything we do, and a topic that I don’t hear discussed all that often within the fitness industry as a whole. It’s not how far you can move – it’s moving through the appropriate […]
Continue ReadingThe Tabata Myth
Note from MR: Mark Young is one of my favorite fitness guys. He’s well-read, looks at everything with a critical eye, and perhaps most importantly, he’s willing to speak his mind. I think you’re really going to enjoy the piece below. Enjoy! ——————————- With all of the talk about interval training for fat loss in […]
Continue ReadingThe 2010 Midwest Performance Enhancement Seminar IS SET!
It’s been a wee bit longer than I expected, but the seminar line-up is all set and ready to go! My goal was simple: To create a first-class seminar here in Indianapolis. I wanted national and world-class presenters, a fantastic venue, all set-up at an affordable price for attendees. Whether you’re a personal trainer, strength […]
Continue ReadingQ&A: Which product is best for you?
Mr. Robertson, I’m writing to ask your advice about which of your products to buy. In the first place, I have some knee pain, so I’m considering Bulletproof Knees. I also train with weights and am having some twinge-y pains in my biceps muscle, and in my thumb, not to mention low-back pain (on and […]
Continue ReadingValue and Other Random Thoughts
It’s been a little while since you had some content from good ‘ole me, so here’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. When I released my Single-Leg Solution training package a few weeks ago, I got a fantastic response. Needless to say, I was very pleased with how the product sold, as well […]
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