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Progressing Mobility: A Half Get Up To Optimal Performance

March 31, 2016
Brandon
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The key to mastering mobility is being intelligent about how you take a trainee from one step to the next in the most sensible and idiot proof way possible. Today is going to be an example of how you can go about doing just that. Today I’m going to do this with a great strength drill that I like to introduce to my trainees in the iron game on a fairly regular basis. If you’re looking to optimize your mobility and open up your kinetic chain for greater strength and agility then you’re going to like today’s article.

Quality Coaching: 5 Skills To Look For In A Quality Coach

March 24, 2016
Brandon
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For the world of fitness and strength the iron game has seemingly become a mix of do’s and don’ts that has in some cases been made worse by the so-called experts who have managed to convolute a truckload of information through the internets. Well today I’m going to try and simplify some of this by helping you to identify some key skills to look for in a quality coach or trainer if you are in the hunt for making a hire.

Ballistic Strength Movements For Your MMA Fitness

March 17, 2016
Brandon
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Over the years ballistic strength development has seemingly been a lost art with a great deal of the fitness community. Granted many box gyms, MMA gyms, and individual trainers and coaches are working to inject this particular form of physical training back into the fabric of many programs. After all, ballistic strength movements are great for keeping the blade (your body) sharp, for keeping your mind honed, and for training us for real life situational fitness should such a moment arise.

A Completely Different View On Obtaining Strength

March 10, 2016
Brandon
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Often in today’s society everyone is all about getting everything immediately. Immediate results and the culture of immediate gratification causes many to miss the true value of what it takes to obtain results when it comes to human performance and strength. Many will chase a promise from some coaches that will guarantee them a shortcut to success. If you’ve been following this blog for a while then you know this is a load of BS and that the promises of cheap, quick, shortcuts will only yield cheap, slow, zeros in terms of results.

Single Limb Training: Moving With Fluidity And Symmetry

March 3, 2016
Brandon
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Do you taper your workouts by prioritizing the execution of bigger movements to smaller movements?
Are you regularly incorporating single limb training into your workouts?
Do you focus on developing symmetry and balance in your training?

Over the years I have always approached strength development by tapering down a day’s workout by beginning with the most demanding movements and transitioning down to performing smaller accessory work. The idea here is to build absolute strength right out of the gate…and then move on to optimally developing movement and symmetry next. In today’s article I want to shift the focus to the latter as single limb training is one great way to build that symmetry and movement.