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2010 Midwest Seminar – BIG Update
Pat Rigsby is the man. A few weeks ago, I got news that the NSCA had approved our 2010 Midwest Performance Enhancement seminar for .5 CEU’s, instead of the .6 that we had originally requested. Their reason was this – that they offered CEU’s for training courses, not business courses. Now I’m not here to […]
Continue ReadingIs it the program? Or the coaching?
Is it the program? Or the coaching? In my estimation, it’s a 50-50 split. But let’s flesh this out a little bit. A little over a year ago, I ran this piece depicting the success of one of my online training clients. Needless to say, I think Eric has a tendency to overstate my skills […]
Continue ReadingMore Thoughts on Movement Quality
Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog titled “The Concept of Movement Quality.” There, I touched on a basic premise – it’s not just about moving more; it’s about moving better. This past weekend during our Bootcamp Bootcamp Q&A, several of us were discussing the topic even further. It reminded me of a quote I […]
Continue ReadingThe Art of Communication
For the past couple of days I’ve been going through Gray Cook and Brett Jones’ DVD and manual, “Kalos Sthenos – Kettlebells from the Ground Up.” It’s a fantastic resource, and one that I’m going to review in-depth in a later blog post. Today, however, I want to talk about communication skills. As many of […]
Continue Reading4 Ways to Become a Top-Flight Trainer or Coach
Last week, I pissed some people off. While it was my goal to be intentionally inflammatory to trainers/coaches who aren’t “cutting the mustard,” so to speak, it seems as though I also pissed off some of my core contingent as well. People who are serious about training clients and athletes. People who are serious about […]
Continue ReadingTraining Young Athletes and MOLD
How to ‘Cook Young Athletes Slow’ The long-term approach to youth fitness and sport training is an essential ingredient and critical component of understanding how to work with clients in this very sensitive demographic. Fitness Professionals must learn to appreciate that with young clients, the goal is not to ‘lose weight’, ‘increase speed’ or ‘gain […]
Continue ReadingJoint Mobility AND Stability
By now, everyone should be familiar with Coach Boyle’s Joint-by-Joint approach to training. In fact, I thought it was so great I tried to take it a step further in my Mobility-Stability Continuum article. (Just watch out for the NSFW pictures – I don’t get much say in what T-muscle promotes in that regard!) But […]
Continue ReadingKnee Crepitus Q&A
Mike, I’m a 37-year-old male that has been active all my life, but for the last few years my knees have grinding/crepitus in them with certain movements like squatting. I’ve been to PT, which helped some, but I don’t think it ever fixed the root cause. I don’t have much lateral tracking but I do […]
Continue ReadingMistakes Trainers and Coaches Make 6-8-10
One of my favorite quotes of all-time comes from Z-Health creator Dr. Eric Cobb. It goes a little something like this: “Stop! And be present.” Simple words, for sure. But they mean a lot, if you allow them to. In this day and age, it’s easy to get caught up in the rat-race that is […]
Continue ReadingFinding 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?
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