1. Self-Myofascial Release in the form of foam rolling and targeted trigger point therapy is a critical component to performing and feeling better. Good tissue quality lays a foundation for good motor patterns. Thanks to Mark Verstegen for bringing foam rolling to the forefront of the fitness industry. 2. Trainers who ignore learning assessment and [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Ten Things I Realized in 2009
Posted in Training Philosophy on December 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Interview With Mark Young
Posted in Interviews on December 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The following is an interview I did with Mark Young, an excellent personal trainer out of Canada. He’s written some good articles for TMuscle. Mark was kind enough to interview me, so I was eager to return the favor. 1. Briefly Tell Me About Yourself, and Include What Type of Trainer You’d Label Yourself. – [...]
Repost of an Interview I did with Mark Young off of MarkYoungTrainingSystems.Com
Posted in Interviews on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an interview I did a while back with Mark Young. Mark is an extremely intelligent individual for whom I have much respect. Mark Young: A little while back strength coach Bret Contreras busted onto the scene with his article Dispelling the Glute Myth on Tmuscle.com. Some were inspired by his ideas and others [...]
Don’t be the kind of Strength Coach who…
Posted in Training Philosophy on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of you may have seen this before; it’s a blog put together by my friend Nick Tumminello. I thought it was very inciteful so I asked him if I could repost it on my blog. Here it is: – In this post, I’m going to provide with some great advice from myself and some [...]
Konstantin Konstantinovs
Posted in Strength Training on December 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Konstantin Konstantinovs is a 31 year old, 6’4″, 275 lb powerlifter from Latvia. He is one of the top three deadlifters in the world, having deadlifted 947 lbs. First is Andy Bolton, a 39 year old, 6’0″, 380 lb powerlifter from England, who is the only man who has deadlifted over 1,000 lbs (1,009 lbs [...]
Five Keys to Innovation
Posted in Training Philosophy on December 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Professors from Harvard Business School, Insead and Brigham Young University have just completed a six-year study of more than 3,000 executives and 500 innovative entrepreneurs that identified five skills that separate the blue-sky innovators from the rest. Here are the five skills: Associating: The ability to connect seemingly unrelated questions, problems or ideas from different [...]
The S-factors of Fitness
Posted in Sport Specific Training on December 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The late, great Mel Siff often referred to the Seven S-factors of fitness. The S-factors include: 1. strength 2. stamina (general cardiovascular endurance and local muscular endurance) 3. suppleness (flexibility) 4. speed 5. skill (kinasthesis, motor coordination and control) 6. structure (size, shape), and 7. spirit (psychological fitness) Dr. Siff sure was ahead of his [...]
