Attention Faithful Blogreaders, I’m switching from www.BretContreras.Wordpress.com to www.BretContreras.com. In about a week I’ll just automatically redirect traffic from the old site to the new site, but I thought I’d give people some time to update their bookmarks and the like. On the new site, I’m offering a free 17-page report on the glutes, so definitely [...]
Archive for December, 2010
New Site: www.BretContreras.com
Posted in Announcements on December 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
10 Stupid Things Coaches Do
Posted in Sport Specific Training, Training Philosophy on December 24, 2010 | 11 Comments »
If you’re an intelligent strength coach, then chances are you can relate to this article. In training athletes over the past several years, I’ve been very surprised by some of the stupid things that coaches do with their athletes. I’m also constantly amazed at things that former strength coaches have done with some of the athletes I’ve trained. Here are ten stupid [...]
Youtube Videos
Posted in Sport Specific Training, Strength Training on December 23, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I was just going through my Youtube videos and I thought it would be a good time to bring some of them back for review. Here are nine different instructional videos: Hip Thrust Squat Deadlift Band Hip Rotation Back Extension Glute Ham Raise Box Squat Rack Pull Bodyweight Hip Thrust Variations 50 Exercises With JC [...]
10 Random Thoughts – With Some Good Videos
Posted in Random Thoughts on December 17, 2010 | 20 Comments »
Well peeps, it’s been a while since I’ve had time to do one of these, and I don’t really have free time right now but I’ll post anyway. Here we go: 1. Muchas Gracias! Thank you everyone for the kind words regarding my decision to leave to New Zealand in early-February. I received a bunch [...]
Training Equals Rehab, Rehab Equals Training
Posted in Products on December 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, especially the “Good Reads” blogposts, then you know that I often post articles written by Charlie Weingroff. Here’s what I love about Charlie: He’s a DPT (physical therapist), AT (athletic trainer), and CSCS (strength coach), so he’s very well-rounded He’s the former head strength coach for [...]
Female Strength Levels
Posted in Strength Training on December 16, 2010 | 36 Comments »
We see a lot of Youtube videos these days involving people performing astounding feats of strength. It’s important to not get discouraged or biased when watching these videos. For example, I can full squat around 365 lbs right now, but there are Olympic weightlifters who can bust out 900 lbs. I can deadlift around 565 [...]
New Announcement: BC to NZ!
Posted in Announcements on December 11, 2010 | 39 Comments »
I wanted to post a couple of quick announcements for my readers. 1. BC to NZ It’s funny how things work out. On a Friday night in mid-August I stumbled upon a study by Matt Brughelli on the biomechanics of sprinting. I was supposed to meet up with friends that night but instead I found [...]
