Everything In Moderation Makes You Mediocre At Everything
Today’s guest post comes courtesy of TG.com regular, Dr. Nicholas Licameli. Nick normally writes about stuff like how not to eff up your shoulders during a bench press or how to address your low back pain when you sit in front of a desk all day. Today, however, he’s throwing us a curveball and discussing […]
Stuff To Read While You’re Pretending To Work: 4/6/18
Hey, Mother Earth, just a reminder it’s Spring here in New England…you can quit it with the 30 degree weather now. Thanks. Lets get to this week’s shenanigans. BUT FIRST…CHECK THIS STUFF OUT 1. Coaching Competency: DC Spots are still available for my Coaching Competency workshop in Sterling, VA in a few weeks. For $129 you […]
5 Ways To Get Better At Writing Training Programs
I received a message from a young coach the other day asking if I knew of (or used) any tricks to help make writing training programs easier or less time intensive. Outside of suggesting he build his own time traveling DeLorean, skip a head 5o or so years to clone himself 17 times (and to […]
Is Age Just a Number? Is There a Way To Be Taken Seriously Before 30 In the Fitness Industry?
Today’s guest post comes courtesy of Sydney, Australia based strength coach Meer Awny. There’s a common theme in the fitness industry, especially amongst young and upcoming coaches/trainers, that in order to gain recognition or notoriety there’s some “deep state” secret algorithm that exists: Social media follows + number of letters you can squeeze next to […]
Stuff To Read While You’re Pretending To Work: 3/30/18
Oh, hello. It’s Friday. You know the drill. BUT FIRST…CHECK THIS STUFF OUT 1. Coaching Competency: DC Spots are still available for my Coaching Competency workshop in Sterling, VA in a few weeks. For $129 you get to hang out with me for seven hours, talk about assessment, program design, deadlifts, and LOLCat memes. This event […]
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