Tag: strength training

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Strength Training For Life...No Room For Crutches Here!

So the other day I had a couple of newbies start out with me during a beginner's strength and conditioning session. I had them performing the ever beloved functional wall squat or as I like to state the face the wall squat. Unlike most usual squatting drills when involving the wall most people face away from it. With the face the wall squat you are...yep you guessed it, facing the wall! The point of the drill is to enforce proper moving technique for the squat exercise. As I was using certain cues to touch on certain trigger points to help them refine their technique I noticed a back brace on one of the students. As it turned out both were wearing the same thing. To learn what happened next continue reading!

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Kettlebell Swings, News, And Keep Reading To "Go Ahead And Make My Day!"

You heard the man! Go ahead and make my day or was it Go ahead, make my day? I think it was the latter, but anyways you can make my day by clicking on the Read More tab to see what's happening! Do it and maybe both our days will be made!

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Vertical Jump Mastery...Why My MMA Fighter Can Out Jump Your Basketball Player!

 

I know the title of this post probably got your attention which is why I am going to get into the details of what all is involved in having some major "UPs" when it comes to the vertical jump. I am always amazed at how fixated young basketball players are on increasing their vertical jump. I know that Michael Jordan started it all with his leap from the free throw line in the slam dunk contest many years ago. I remember seeing that when I was kid and yes I was impressed just as much as any other teenager at the time. However, as I've gotten older and have developed an understanding of what builds on human performance I can tell you that I have seen some equally impressive vertical jumping from other athletes as well, namely MMA fighters!

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Strength Training Facts...Why I Don't Like The Leg Press!

Over the years I have always been more interested in building the legs by either squatting or deadlifting in my strength training program. Now some of you would argue that deadlifting is more for building "the back," and I would agree with you, but right here you're wrong and I'm right because I'm the one writing the post! Geez, I must be grumpy today. I'm just saying that I prefer these strength training tactics to the most epic fail in leg training history being that of the ole leg press. So why am I so set against this machine when talking about trying to metamorphosize from Joe Regular into the THIGH HULK. Well that's why I decided to tackle this in the following post. If you want to be the THIGH HULK then here's why you should scrap the leg press.

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Hulk Smashing Some Misconceptions On Strength Training For Women...

So today I'm going to attempt to smash down some common themes and issues that tend to come up when involving strength training for women. You know the ones I'm talking about. Things like going above 5 lbs. will turn a lady into the She-Hulk, although I would argue the She-Hulk is hot to trot. I mean just look at the picture above! Ok, maybe She-Hulk was a bad example, but perhaps her male counterpart would've been the better comparison. Nevertheless, I'm going to look at some ways that I can help you ladies and the rest of you that might be interested to smash through these very misconceptions in a HULK style fashion! Read more

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A Proud Strength Coach That Had Some Students BRING IT!

This weekend one of my dedicated students placed number 2 in the NATION at the WKA nationals! Jet you are a champion my friend and I just wanted to take this opportunity to tip my cap to you Jeff, Mark, and Dan this week for being dedicated to the strength and conditioning workouts that I throw in front of you! Unfortunately I wasn't able to make the trip, but was keeping up with the play by play through facebook. It was my understanding that Jet (my student) was outsized by most of the competition, but that he pretty much decimated everyone in his path on his way to the championship bout. I would say that at the young age of 19 with a bit of experience he'll be in that number 1 spot in no time!

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The Spectrum Of Human Performance...Strength, Power, And Speed!

The other day I had a couple of jiu-jitsu guys approach me wanting to know how I prepared one of my other students for the North American Grappling Association (NAGA) tournament. We want to get stronger to get better, they said. I immediately replied, well then I think I can help you out.  They followed up with some additional questions. How can we develop more power? What about getting faster to shoot in on an opponent? These are typical questions, but they are also very good questions. Let's take a minute to dive into the matter at hand.

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Super Duper Effective Tactics...Time Efficient Strength Training Right Now!

Time is always a factor! Whether you're running a business, robbing a bank, or trying to fit your strength training in at some point during the day time is always the thing that has to be considered. Ok maybe the robbing the bank part was a bad example, but for most folks it's not easy to fit in an effective strength training session due to time constraints. If it were easy then everybody would do it, right? Well I'm here to ease your mind because time doesn't have to be the reason for being unproductive and weak! Keep on reading to discover how my friend. Read more

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Congrats To Some Of My Tough Students At The Tough Mudder!

  So what is the Tough Mudder? Well, it's basically a hard ass adventure run that tests your physical and mental grit in every way possible! The Tough Mudder consists of 12 miles of misery that basically involves a battery of very innovative obstacle courses that are designed to make you want to quit, go home, and cry for mommy! These obstacle courses were designed by the British Special Forces and after seeing and hearing about the difficulty I certainly believe it! Read more

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Muay Thai Strength And Conditioning...Training For A Mule Kick!!!

The older I get the more I realize just how truly incredible the power of language can be. That's right, I said language.  The ability of being able to communicate a message to one another is a very powerful and essential thing. I may be sounding like Captain Obvious (Using the Captain Obvious Reference again )here, however even though we may be capable of communicating a message to one another sometimes the receiver of that message may not always interpret our message the way we intended it to be communicated. Let that sink in for a second. Hopefully you are interpreting this message the way I intended it to be. So where am I going with this? Just keep reading Grasshopper!

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