As regular readers of both SGW and SAPTstrength, you all know I love talking about poop. Not only is a never-ending source of entertaining jokes, it’s also a splendid indicator of your overall health. I think just about every athlete at SAPT has heard the cue, when learning how to squat, “push your butt back as [...]
READ MORE »
Oh wait, I meant, “Ask the SAPT Coach.” Sorry, we were having a Zelda discussion with our interns the other day… “Is there a benefit to doing your strength workout under time? If you get your cardio somewhere else do you really need to rush?” – Supa Fly Runner Ok, that’s not really the name of the questioner, but [...]
READ MORE »
Do you have tight hamstrings? Do you stretch them only to find that you’re not any closer to the suppleness that you desire in those posterior hip extenders? Do you feel they’re tighter than Gringotts Bank Security? Thieves Beware… Have you tweaked/pulled your hamstring (due to your tightness maybe?)? Today, we’ll go over some of the reasons why the [...]
READ MORE »
One of my favorite quotes is from Dave Tate. He said, “Real fear makes men do amazing things they would never do without it.” I’ve done a lot of reflecting over the past couple of weeks and what Dave said has really stuck with me. As I lead my life in other directions I look [...]
READ MORE »As of late I have been trying to purge negativity from my life. I am a pretty fun loving guy and joke around a lot but I still feel that I often focus too much on the negative. Most of the time its things I have no control over or things that are 10-15 years [...]
READ MORE »
I recently bought the 3rd edition of Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe. As I read through it I had a light bulb go on when reading the squat section more specifically when he refers to body positioning based on your chosen bar placement, high bar or low bar. Rip is a huge proponent of the [...]
READ MORE »
Today we’re going to step a bit away from the athletic performance side of things and touch a toe into the aesthetic department (or vanity, depending on who you ask). A question that I’m continually asked, by females and males alike, is whether or not direct arm work is necessary to obtain a set of [...]
READ MORE »
One of the first articles I wrote was on Anterior Humeral Glide during horizontal rowing which you can find here. I won’t spend a great deal of time going over what AHG is as that would just be overkill and I’ll leave the area of redundancy up to the creators of American Idol. In the [...]
READ MORE »
Almost all of us grew up dreaming of becoming a super hero; whether it was G.I. Joe, Superman, the Ninja Turtles, Spiderman, etc. When I was growing up I wanted to be just like Batman. I had all the Batman toys, I watched Batman the animated series, I constantly watched the movies Batman and Batman [...]
READ MORE »I still feel people aren’t grasping the importance of a proper squat set up in regards to the upper body. The whole movement starts from the upper body so to have that first line of defense be lackluster will undoubtedly make the entire lift suffer. The goal of the upper body during the squat is [...]
READ MORE »
Written by 
Written by 
Written by