It’s one thing to throw out a 12-week program and check in with your athletes a few weeks later. But to get maximum gains? To have the maximum protection against injury? Well in that case you’ll want to monitor an athlete closely along the way to adjust as necessary – sometimes on a day-to-day or […]
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If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you’ll know I am a huge fan of velocity based training. So it is my privilege to once again have Bryan Mann on the podcast – the man who knows more about VBT than anyone else on the planet. We talk today about how some
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Once again we’re joined by my good friend Coach Joe Kenn from Dynamic Fitness and Strength. Not only does Coach Kenn drop golden nuggets of programming wisdom – but we also get into the massive shifts going on in the world of strength coaching. New technology is leading to more math and data than ever
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Overtraining is a topic that has been highly debated in the strength world for quite some time now. I remember Glenn Pendlay saying that he didn’t believe in overtraining – only under-recovering. I think you will see from this research article review that it’s quite easy to discern between overtraining and overreaching. Last week I
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Trevor Jaffe doesn’t hold back from calling out problems in powerlifting – whether that’s experts who are jokes, federations that should go away, or even lifting styles that create injury. But he’s also quick to point out the good – and to point out what IS working to get people stronger. He’s a fan of
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Shaking during the pull? Falling out of position immediately? Bar drifting in front? Sometimes a lift is missed because of what happened before we even started applying force to the bar. I’m talking, of course, about the setup. This is an area of so much confusion – so we wanted to set the record straight
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