Here’s a clip I recently threw together using the extremely handy application, Coach’s Eye. Today we are going to analyze a recent deadlift session of one of our adult clients, Conrad, and explain how we were able to use this video footage to help him take his deadlift from “good” to “better than good.” More [...]
READ MORE »Survive and advance has become the motto of the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. However, I believe the teams that thrive, not survive, are the one’s that advance. Surviving suggests doing just enough to get by, while thriving suggests owning an opportunity and being better off because of the circumstances. The term survivor is used to [...]
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We received a question recently about set/rep schemes (for SAPT-ers, those first two columns on your program sheet) and I thought it would be a fabulous blog post. “What’s the right formula for number of sets and number of reps for an exercise? I’m so used to hearing ’3 sets of 10,’ is that right [...]
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As you read this, I’m either in surgery or in the recovery room. For those who don’t know, I am having lower jaw surgery to correct a severe over (also called “open bite”) and cross bite. That being said, blogging might be a bit spotty (more so than usual) over the next couple weeks, but [...]
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If you’ve been training for a while, you’ve surely had those days, maybe even weeks, where your joints are crankier than usual, your shoulders and back are sore, and you get out of bed to realize gravity turned it up a notch. When you load the bar up with 70% as you work up you [...]
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I haven’t done one of these posts in a while so I thought it was high time we had another “You’re Doing It Wrong” post. Diving right in, a common complaint we hear at SAPT is knee pain during split squat or lunge variations. Typically it’s pain in the front of the knee, though sometimes [...]
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No, it is indeed not Friday at the time of posting this….decided to do this round a day early. 1. Coaching the Overhead Press There’s something intrinsically satisfying about pressing a heavy weight overhead, not to mention the host of benefits it provides, provided you don’t butcher it. I actually did a little Q & A [...]
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Below is a short video regarding a tip I’ve found extremely useful when it comes to coaching exercises, specifically when working with someone new or walking someone through an exercise that is new to them. Let’s get to it! Hopefully you find it helpful.
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As I opened my computer this morning, it didn’t take long to realize I had a list of non sequiturs running around my brain. As 2012 is drawing to a close, why not allow them to run around on paper, forming a random thoughts post. Here are 10 things I either remembered, learned, or simply [...]
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“Pull your chest through.” “Stick your chest out.” “Put your shoulder blades in your back pocket.” “Arch your back….I said, ARCH!” If you’ve ever set foot in the weight room, I bet you’ve heard at least one of the above verbal cues spat out hundreds of times by a coach or trainer in the middle [...]
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