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Athletic Rowing
If your only goal in life is to build a huge upper back, this isn’t the video for you. However, if you want to have a strong upper back, while maintaining your mobility and athleticism, this will DEFINITELY help! In this video, I breakdown the following: Why heavy, bilateral rowing is great for strength and […]
Continue ReadingAthletic Pressing
If you’re looking to build huge, showy muscles or bench press weights equivalent to compact cars, by all means bench press ‘til the cows come home. BUT, if you’re looking to improve your strength while also maintaining your athleticism, it may be time to find some different alternatives! In this short-video, I breakdown the following: […]
Continue ReadingMedicine Ball Training 101
Want to learn more about medicine ball training? Then this is the video for you! While definitely not all encompassing, this is a great video to help you better understand how I use and implement medicine ball training with my clients and athletes. Here’s a brief overview of what I cover: Why we do we […]
Continue ReadingShould YOU Be Driving Knees Over Toes?
Here’s a big question: Should YOU be driving knees over toes? It seems like everyone is pushing this agenda here lately, and unfortunately, there’s not a cut and dry answer. So in this video, Luka and I break this topic down and take a deep dive into who should – and maybe who SHOULD NOT […]
Continue ReadingWhat Squat is Best For YOU?
Want to learn more about the squat? Then this video is for you! In this video, my guy Luka and I break the squat down on multiple levels. Here’s a brief overview of what we cover: How to assess the squat, and what I’m looking for when picking the ideal squat for a client or […]
Continue ReadingGot Achilles Pain? Try This…
Whether you’re a weekend warrior, NBA athlete, or just someone who wants to exercise pain-free, Achilles pain can really slow your training down. And while dealing with Achilles issues is a multi-pronged approach, in virtually every situation improving STRENGTH can make positive impacts on how you move and feel. When it comes to Achilles issues […]
Continue ReadingUsing the Ground Prep Series to Unlock Your Back, Knees and Hips
Are you looking for a mobility series you can do in 5 minutes to improve how virtually EVERY JOINT in your body moves and feels? If so, you need the Ground Prep Series in your life! This is a mini-circuit I created years ago because, unfortunately, I keep getting older… …and my body keeps reminding […]
Continue ReadingWhy I Hate the “Hips Down” Cue in Sports
As someone who has coached athletes of every shape, size and ability, it annoys me to no end when a coach randomly tells an athlete to “get their hips down.” And keep in mind, I know it’s well-intentioned – they want to help this athlete be more athletic and/or explosive in their respective sport. But […]
Continue ReadingBetter Set-ups for Better Single-Leg RDL’s
For almost 15 years now, I’ve talked about the benefits of including bilateral, split-stance, AND unilateral activities in your programming. All of them have a place depending on the client/athlete you’re working with, their level of development, their needs and goals, etc. So with that being said, just know that I love the single-leg RDL. […]
Continue ReadingIn-Season Program Design
Okay my friends, it’s time for a little Wipe Board Wednesday! Today we’re going to talk about in-season lifting. For many years, lifting in-season was vilified…but should that have been the case? Too often, as the competitive season goes on we see lean body mass and force production go down, while overall fatigue and the […]
Continue ReadingThe Reload Week
When it comes to program design people like to talk about de-loading, or deloads. A deload is a period of time – generally one week – where you strategically drop volume and/or intensity to reduce fatigue and improve overall fitness. But something I’ve used with great success over the years is what I call a […]
Continue Reading1 Set-up and 1 Performance Cue
As trainers and coaches, we REALLY want to help our clients and athletes. We want those squats to be deep. We want those deads to be strong. And we want those split-squats and lunges to be stable and balanced! But sometimes those good intentions get the best of us. Instead of letting our clients and […]
Continue ReadingThe Extended Warm-up
One of my favorite programming tricks is to extend the warm-up. Maybe you’ve got a few more years under your belt and need a bit more time to get warm and loose. Maybe your R4 work isn’t super intense, but you want to maintain some power and athleticism. Or maybe you want to get a […]
Continue Reading13 Push-ups for Athletic Dominance
Hey friend this week I’ve got a 2-for-1 for you – a new article AND a new video to go along with it! If you’ve followed me for any period of time, you know that I LOVE push-ups…but that wasn’t always the case. Back in my powerlifting days, I thought if you weren’t doing heavy […]
Continue ReadingHow to Program Offset Activities
Today I want to do a little customer Q&A! Here’s a question I received from Matt who is going through my Complete Coach Certification: Hey Mike! I’m going through the cert and I’m hoping you can help me better understand a few concepts: A) When and how to “load” vs “propulse,” B) The concept of […]
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