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Jump Rope: The Most Underrated Conditioning Exercise

December 21, 2017
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Are you looking for an optimal way to condition your body that will bring you serious results?
Are you tired of boring yourself to death with treadmills and ellipticals?
Are you interested in improving your coordination, reaction time, and cardiovascular fitness?
Are you looking for a new challenge?

As a strength and conditioning coach I notice the emphasis that many of my colleagues in the fitness biz like putting on strength and I enjoy doing much the same, however I’m also a big proponent in emphasizing the significance of conditioning as well…or more specifically what I refer to as athletic conditioning. Today’s post is about examining how the jump rope is way underrated in many strength and conditioning programs and why you should be utilizing this tool for your own conditioning time. What do you think?

Maximum Strength: The Benefits Of Anti-Pattern Strength

April 27, 2017
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So what is anti-pattern strength? In short an anti-pattern movement is one that often encompasses having to brace the body at it’s center mass while maintaining a neutral spine position. The movements of flexion, rotation, and extension are kept in check by maintaining the braced neutral position of the spine during an anti-pattern exercise. In short anti-pattern is about resisting movement through the act of bracing and controlling the body during a given exercise.

3 Guaranteed Ways To Build Hard Lean Muscle As Fast As Possible

November 10, 2016
Brandon
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Are you serious about trying to build lean muscle?
Do your workouts produce optimal fitness and optimal results?
Are you looking to get straight to the point with your training concerning results?
Are your lean muscle gains coming too slowly for your expectations?

People are motivated by different things. Because of this building lean muscle always seems to find a spot in the equation. When it comes to fitness what do you value? Do you motivate yourself to look better? Are you motivated to feel better? Do you motivate yourself to perform better for the purpose of competition? Are you just motivated to burn off that $3.00 combo value meal?

I only ask these questions because the thing that makes one individual tick may not have any bearing on the next person. Well no matter what motivates you the thing that makes all of this work is lean hard muscle and today I want to talk about three guaranteed ways you can achieve just that!

Ballistic Strength Movements For Your MMA Fitness

March 17, 2016
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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.

The Obliteration Of The Shoulder Press

May 14, 2015
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Today’s topic is all about the shoulder press. Now there are obviously several variations of pressing that one can implement to become a rock hard weight room cowboy. However, for today’s topic the issue is about where the focus of energy is in our bodies when we go about executing a press. Keep on reading for the rest of the story.