Movements such as walking, running, sprinting, kicking, jumping offf one leg, cycling, skating, and freestyle swimming involve simultaneous hip extension and hip flexion. In each of these activities, when one hip is extending the other is flexing. Many strength training gurus have written about methods to train this coordinated movement pattern. For example, Mel Siff [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Simultaneous Hip Extension and Hip Flexion
Posted in Glute Training, Sport Specific Training on February 24, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Dialogue With a Blog Reader on Glute Training
Posted in Glute Training, Sport Specific Training on February 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Today’s blog is a little bit different. It’s a dialogue between a blog reader and yours truly following a blogpost I wrote last week entitled, “Are Single Leg Glute Exercises Inferior to Bilateral Glute Exercises?” I am posting this because I believe that a lot of individuals out there share the same sentiment as the [...]
Facility Owners: How’s Your Atmosphere?
Posted in Training Philosophy on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t read Tony Gentilcore’s blog, I highly suggest you check it out. The man is hilarious, plus he knows a thing or two about training as well! In case you didn’t know, Tony is one of the co-founders of Cressey Performance, along with Eric Cressey and Pete Dupuis. Eric Cressey, I believe, is [...]
Are Single Leg Glute Exercises Inferior to Bilateral Glute Exercises?
Posted in Glute Training, Sport Specific Training on February 17, 2010 | 14 Comments »
When I tested the mean and peak glute EMG activity of various glute exercises, I was suprised to find that barbell bilateral hip thrusts activated more mean and peak activity than single leg hip thrusts (even when adding extra resistance in the form of bands or free weight). Working backward, I tried to figure out [...]
No Time to Get Better? By Michael Boyle
Posted in Training Philosophy on February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The following is an article recently written by strength coach Michael Boyle on his website StrengthCoach.Com. The other day I was thinking about some of my former interns who I never see at conferences. Sadly, there are far too many. I often ask them if they are going to attend a particular conference that I [...]
It’s All About the Trainer!
Posted in Training Philosophy on February 13, 2010 | 12 Comments »
I’ve always been really good at helping people get strong. I’ve helped nearly all of my male training partners over the years deadlift over 405 lbs, and most of them weighed around 180 lbs. Several have deadlifted over 525 lbs. One of my training partners full squatted 525 lbs and deadlifted 585 lbs, although I [...]
I Have a Dream!
Posted in Glute Training, Strength Training on February 8, 2010 | 12 Comments »
A nice booty is a rare thing these days. When you train people all day long, you get a good sense of what a nice butt looks like – male or female. One time as I sat at the mall waiting for my girlfriend to complete her shopping extravaganza I counted the number of “great [...]
