Monthly Archives: May 2013
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Star Trek, Food Freakshow, 7-Minute Workout, etc
Who’s pumped for a little Star Trek action this weekend!?!?!?! I know THIS GUY is. It’s funny: I was never really much of a Star Trek fan back in the day, preferring to get my geek fix watching Star Wars over and over and over again. Sure, Captain Kirk had a way with women, but come on,… Read more
Should You Use Scale Weight as a Measure of Success? Hint: No
There’s certainly no shortage of articles, blogs, and rants out there in the digital world decreeing, loudly, that using a scale to measure success is kind of pointless. SPOILER ALERT: this is going to be one of those rants. I’ve been working as a trainer and coach for well over a decade now working with… Read more
Don’t Let That Injury Derail You
Today’s guest post comes from a former distance coaching of mine, Australian strength coach Shannan Maciejewski. Shannan started working with me when he was coming of a pretty serious ankle injury, and he hired me to help him sift through the program design process as he worked his way back to playing competitive rugby. As… Read more
Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday: “GentilSet” or “SomerCore” Workshop?
1. I’ve got some exciting news to report. No, Matt Damon isn’t reprising his role as Jason Bourne. No, a group of Victoria Secret models haven’t moved into the vacant apartment upstairs. And no, unfortunately, Justin Bieber hasn’t fallen into a live volcano. While all of those things would be pretty awesome, what I have… Read more
Deadlift Cueing and Fixes
A few weeks ago I received an email from a DPT student in central Florida detailing a research project that he’s doing alongside a fellow student (as well as with one of the faculty at his school) looking at ways to use the deadlift pattern to treat patients with low back pain in a therapy… Read more
5 Reasons to Join a CSA
I don’t go out of my way to write a lot about nutrition on this site for a few reasons. For starters it’s a highly debated topic with so many varying opinions and foods for thought (Ha! Pun intended), that I just assume avoid any confrontation with the Paleo Bullies for having the gall to… Read more
Why Shoulder Injury Prevention Programs Are Failing
I recently had the opportunity to write an article for Stack Magazine, which is an online resource for high-school athletes and coaches. When I was originally contacted and asked if I’d be interested I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to write about. Then it hit me: Um, dude – you work with a crap… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: Movie Reviews, Truths About Squatting, and More
Before I get into today’s meat and potatoes I wanted to take the opportunity to suggest some new movies I think some of you will like. As most of you who read this blog consistently understand, I’m a huge movie nerd. I’d venture a guess that if I wasn’t a strength coach I’d probably try… Read more