After telling one of my clients that I was contemplating heading up to Vegas for the weekend to check out the 2010 Olympia Expo, he surprised me on Friday by informing me that he booked me hotel reservations using his free points. I drove up late Friday night and spent around 4-5 hours at the [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Olympia Weekend Expo
Posted in Seminars on September 28, 2010 | 25 Comments »
Good Reads for the Week
Posted in Good Reads for the Week on September 25, 2010 | 22 Comments »
Tons of great stuff this week! The “Internet Whore of the Week” award obviously goes to Eric Cressey – unless you’ve been in hiding in a cave then you know he released his new eBook called “Show and Go.” Somehow Eric conducted dozens of interviews and kicked ass in every one of them. Eric is [...]
Random Blog
Posted in Random Thoughts on September 24, 2010 | 25 Comments »
Here are eleven totally random thoughts for the week. Check back tomorrow for a bunch of “good reads for the week” which will tide you over til next week. 1. Digital Camera for Instant Feedback One of the most effective things I’ve added to my personal training in the past year is the use of [...]
Classic: Same but Different by Staley and Snideman
Posted in Strength Training on September 23, 2010 | 10 Comments »
In 2006 Charles Staley and Keats Snideman wrote an article for T-Nation called Pulling Your Chain For Massive Gains! Same But Different, Volume I. This article did a great job of summarizing part of my philosophy of strength training. Here’s an excerpt: Ever notice how two supposedly inviolate principles of resistance training are basically contradictory? [...]
Should We Train at 30% of 1RM to Maximize Power Production?
Posted in Sport Specific Training, Strength Training on September 22, 2010 | 49 Comments »
Over the past few weeks I’ve heard the “Magic 30%” number tossed around on two different occasions in terms of the training load that maximizes power production, so I figured it was time to write an article on this topic. The theory is that we should train athletes with explosive movements at 30% of their [...]
Good Reads for the Week
Posted in Good Reads for the Week on September 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week was pretty crazy; sometimes you submit stuff to people and you have no idea when (or if) they’ll post it on their site. Coincidentally a bunch of stuff of mine came out this week. So the first five in this list are mine; the next twenty three are stuff other people wrote. 1. [...]
Interview With Jurdan Mendigutxia
Posted in Interviews on September 16, 2010 | 6 Comments »
On yesterday’s blogpost, I provided a link to the best hamstring article I’ve ever read in any journal. The journal article was written by Jurdan Mendigutxia and Matt Brughelli. I was so impressed with the study that I tracked down Jurdan and asked him to conduct an interview. I had to translate a little bit [...]
