Patrick Ward is another gentleman I met on the StrengthCoach.Com forums. I’ve visited him on several occasions (he works only a couple miles away from where I live) and I can tell you first hand that Patrick is an extremely intelligent, top-notch trainer. Patrick also maintains an excellent blog, so please check it out. I [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Interview With Patrick Ward
Posted in Interviews on January 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
So You Want to Be the Next Top Strength & Conditioning Guru?
Posted in Training Philosophy on January 20, 2010 | 8 Comments »
If you’ve trained at commercial gyms for a large part of your life like I have, you might assume that all trainers are a bunch of dimwits. However, this is actually not the case. Since breaking into the Strength & Conditioning scene, I’m absolutely amazed at the sheer number of intelligent fitness professionals out there [...]
Strength Coach or Personal Trainer? Who’s Better?
Posted in Training Philosophy on January 15, 2010 | 9 Comments »
I have noticed a remarkable trend in the fitness industry over the past several years. The strength coaches tend to be extremely innovative in terms of creating better systems for training many people at once, but the personal trainers tend to be extremely innovative in terms of creating strategies for training one person at a [...]
Young Talent
Posted in Sport Specific Training on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve been training people for long enough, you gain the ability to spot talent. I’ve been chomping at the bit to train my niece Gabrielle Contreras. I told myself that I’d wait until she turned 13 years old to train her. Three years ago, while I had my training studio Lifts, Gabrielle would visit [...]
How to Get Rid of Chronic Back Pain
Posted in Low Back Reconditioning on January 10, 2010 | 21 Comments »
At some point in time, 80% of people will suffer from low back pain (LBP). As a trained specialist who watches people move all day long, it is blatantly apparent why such a large percentage of people have low back pain: They don’t move correctly! The root of the problem is this: People move with [...]
Interview With Sam Leahey
Posted in Interviews on January 5, 2010 | 11 Comments »
I recently got to sit down with Sam Leahey to talk shop. Sam Leahey is someone I’ve gotten to know through the StrengthCoach.Com forums. He is very young – 23 years old to be exact, but I believe he’s approaching his career very wisely. I wanted to interview him because I feel he has good [...]
Nerdy Gentleman
Posted in Training Philosophy on January 2, 2010 | 5 Comments »
A couple of months ago I was training my client Katie Coles at a nearby training facility. Normally I trained her out of my garage but every once in a while we’d venture out. This particular facility was completely empty at the time; not a single lifter was in sight. As Katie began warming up, [...]
