Press 2×5…28k, 32k felt ok but not great pull-up 2×5…16k, 20k both felt easy pistol 2×5…8k, still re-finding the groove but I nailed the 8k 😉 snatches 15:15 3 min with the 28k…back is a bit little cranky…shouldn’t have played soccer for 30 mins yesterday 🙁 ab wheel 2×5 kneeling roll outs Day 2 is … Read More
My 40 day workout Day 1
Goals: 48k pistol, press and pull up…THE BEAST IS MINE 4 min RKC snatch test. This is to hold me accountable.. 🙂 Day 1 Press 2×5…28k,28k Pull-up 2×5…16k,16k Pistol 2×5…8k…8k Snatches 3 min of 40/20 with the 28k 2×5 kneeling ab roll outs I think of Coach Rifs quote at the top of his blog … Read More
MBSC winter seminar REVIEW…Dan John and Mike Boyle
This past saturday I attended the MBSC winter seminar. I was pretty fired up to attend this year, mainly because Dan John was speaking. I have seen Mike speak as well but since I live and New England and Mike speaks quite a bit around here, it was a treat to hear Dan’s lecture. I … Read More
Friggin Dumb Strength Coaches
If you aren’t familiar with the story about the 12+ University of Iowa football players who suffered from severe over training, here is the link: http://thegazette.com/2011/01/25/ui-release-12-football-players-in-hospital-with-undisclosed-illness/ These Strength Coaches are completely irresponsible, lazy, thick-headed, meat- headed morons. They put their athletes at risk and could have literally killed them. They should all be fired and … Read More
Want to know my training method?
I rip of all of these people: Gray Cook Brett Jones Dan John Dr. Cobb Mike Boyle Dave Whitley BJ Baker Eric Cressey Dr. Stuart McGill Pavel Tsatsouline Marty Gallagher Paul Chek Florence Peterson Kendall Mike Robertson and about 100 more 🙂 If you don’t recognize these names, get reading and start ripping them off. … Read More
500 FMS screens in 10 hours :)
I recently screened roughly 500 youth soccer players, I got some great info. The ages were: u-13 boys and girls u-14 boys and girls u-15 boys and girls u-16 boys and girls u-16 boys and girls u-17 boys and girls These were all high level players affiliated with the ODP program in MA. We recorded … Read More
Foam rolling for the lower body
Here is a quick video I put together demonstrating some foam rolling techniques for the lower body. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2VrwjcWoww?fs=1]
If it’s important, do it every day.
I have a man crush on Dan John, yup I admit it. I have yet to find a strength coach who simplifies complex things so well. He always say ” If it’s important, do it every day.” This holds true to so many things, here are some thoughts: Training 1. Drink plenty of water. 2. … Read More
The Hardest Workout EVER!!
I always here people say ” Man, that was the toughest workout ever.” Hard workouts are easy to formulate, and here is the secret. Stupidity+Tons of Reps+ limited recovery+poor choice of weight+ highly technical lifts performed while fatigued = a dumb/hard workout One more thing, a high powered stimulant always helps So if you want … Read More
Earning the deadlift
The deadlift or health lift has been around for a couple hundred years. Most strength professionals comprehend the benefits of this amazing lift but few know how to utilize it. Here are the most common mistakes with the deadlift. 1. Pulling in lumbar flexion– Unless you are competing in Powerlifting, their is no reason to … Read More