Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 1/24/20

BUT FIRST…I’M LIKE, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT

(Things I’ve appeared in, places I’m going, you know, important stuff)

1. (De)-Constructing the Deadlift & Squat – Stoneham, MA: Sunday, January 26, 2020

** THIS WEEKEND. Some seats still available if you’re bored…;o)

I’m teaming up with Brad Cox of ACUMobility for this 6-hour workshop where we’ll discuss hip assessment and, you guessed it…

…~~keto recipes~~ deadlifts and squats.

What will be unique about this workshop is the two perspectives we’ll bring to the table; myself as a strength coach in addition to Brad’s background in sports medicine and orthopedics.

EARLY BIRD rate ends in two weeks.

2. (Even More) Complete Shoulder & Hip Blueprint – Athens, Greece: Saturday, Feb 29th & Sunday, March 1st, 2020

It’s official: This marks the sixth year in a row Dean Somerset and I are presenting together. We’re so excited to be coming to Athens to kickstart 2020.

3. Coaching Competency Workshop – London, UK: Sunday, March 8, 2020

4. Strategic Strength Workshop – Detroit, MI: April 5, 2020

This will be my first ever workshop in the region!

I’m expecting ticker tape parades.

SOCIAL MEDIA SHENANIGANS

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My top deadlift cues for better performance:

1. Squeeze the orange in your armpits – lats on!

2. Show me the logo on the front of your shirt – chest up.

3. Push the car door shut with your butt – hinge.

4. Push the floor away – put force into the ground.

No diggidy, no doubt

— Tony Gentilcore (@tonygentilcore1) January 23, 2020

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Lower Back Sparing Tip: STAGGERED STANCE. . Left pic: A common “end result” when I watch people perform an overhead press; excessively arching their lower back. . The culprit can be a few things. . 1️⃣ Tight/short lats. . 2️⃣ Weak anterior core. . 3️⃣ “Stuck” in an extension pattern (pigging back on #1). . 4️⃣ Eating gluten. . 5️⃣ Poor technique. . It can be many things, actually. But before I attempt to address anything nefarious and get lost in the weeds in corrective exercise purgatory I’ll try two things: . 1. Simply tell the person to brace their abdominals and squeeze their glutes (it’s miraculous how those two cues clean up a lot of eye wash). . 2. Encourage a staggered stance (right pic), which makes it a bit harder to crank through the lower back. . Nothing fancy or sexy. . However, it works quite well.

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