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Q&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, […]
Continue ReadingHow 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 […]
Continue ReadingMy 2012 To-Do List
Those of you that know me know I’m incredibly goal-oriented. Quite simply, if I don’t have a goal, or if I’m not working on achieving that goal, I’m not a fun person to be around. Seriously, if I go more than a day or two without doing something productive for myself, I’m cranky, irritable, and […]
Continue Reading4 Reasons EVERYONE Should Squat with Chains
Not only is squatting with chains one of the coolest things you can do in the gym, but it can be one of the most effective as well. I was originally turned onto the concept by powerlifting legend Louie Simmons. Louie was using chain squats to improve the lifting speed of his powerlifters, and as […]
Continue Reading10 Most Popular Products of 2011
Last week, I gave a recap on my most popular blog posts of 2011. Sticking with our “year-end” theme, here are the 10 most popular products that I’ve featured over the past year. RTS Products Assess and Correct Assess and Correct is THE premiere product yet again this year. Quite simply, this will work for […]
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