I’ve had many conversations with family, friends, and random people about general fitness and what they should be doing. For the most part people tend to be know-it-alls and really aren’t seeking my professional opinion. All they really want is affirmation that what they are currently doing is correct. When I go on to tell [...]
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Q. One thing I was wondering, and maybe it’d be a topic to write about … how do you come up with workouts?? Do you make stuff up?? Have a “grab-bag” of moves and pull out of that?? Borrow and modify from other trainers?? I always wonder where trainers come up with new ideas. 4. [...]
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Q: I have a question, Do you know or have an opinion on whether or not carb loading the night before a sports match (in this case a crew regatta/race) is beneficial? A: This is a great question and something I haven’t considered much lately. My opinion is that carb loading is unnecessary for 99.9% [...]
READ MORE »(Note: Part 1 covered training oneself and Part 2a covered the coaching component). 3. Practice Writing Programs. Apply these programs to real people, then write more programs. Repeat x Infinity. If you want to get better at baseball, then you practice playing baseball. If you want to get better at reading, then you practice reading. [...]
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Q. One thing I was wondering, and maybe it’d be a topic to write about … how do you come up with workouts?? Do you make stuff up?? Have a “grab-bag” of moves and pull out of that?? Borrow and modify from other trainers?? I always wonder where trainers come up with new ideas. A. [...]
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“…Would be interested in hearing more about what it takes to enter a powerlifting competition: requirements, mentality, gear/no-gear, training, scoring/judging, what it takes to win, etc.” This was a comment left on my meet write-up blog post from last week. As soon as I saw it I thought what better way to talk about this [...]
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Q: Hi Steve, I’m very new to the powerlifting/strong(wo)man training world … and I love reading your blog! It’s always chock full with information. One thing I was wondering, and maybe it’d be a topic to write about … how do you come up with workouts?? Do you make stuff up?? Have a “grab-bag” of [...]
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Facing another juggernaut of a day (it’s 4:40a as I’m typing this), I’m extremely happy to provide an excellent guest post today from mental coach Brian Levenson: Lazy But Talented What’s your first reaction to seeing the t-shirt below? Anger? Shock? What’s wrong with this generation of kids? How about, what’s wrong with Nike? No, [...]
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Slow tempo strength training. This involves taking a compound movement – squat, pushup, inverted row, etc. – and performing both the eccentric and the concentric portion slowwwly, without pausing in the top or bottom of the movement. So, for a pushup, you would take 2-3 seconds to lower yourself down, and then immediately transition into [...]
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1. First, I’d like to thank all those that emailed me (per my call for aid last Friday) to give me some suggestions for blog material. Given that I’ve been experiencing plenty of writer’s block lately, it was much needed, and I thank you for taking the time to write with your suggestions! (you can [...]
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