60 Second Deadlift Tip: What’s the Best Grip To Use?
Which Is the Best Grip To Use? This is a tricky question and one I’m asked often when discussing how I coach up the deadlift. We have to be cognizant of balancing what will likely help prevent injury (namely a bicep tendon tear), but also allow for optimal performance and turn you into a deadlifting… Read more
60 Second Deadlift Tip: Get the Slack Out of the Bar
“Get the slack out of the bar.” You hear this cue a lot with regards to deadlift technique and performance. I could say something as equally abstract like, I don’t know, “banana honkeydorey train whistles” or “please pass the parmesan, Chad” and seemingly get the same message across. Which is to say… …what the heck… Read more
60 Second Deadlift Tip: The Trap Bar Counts As Deadlifting
“Home base” for most lifters can and should be the trap-bar deadlift. There, I Said It. Come at Me, Internet Trolls I remember a few years back when I was still coaching at Cressey Sports Performance another trainer who was there observing for the day walked up to make casual conversation and to ask a… Read more
60 Second Deadlift Tip: Squeeze the Orange
I often tell people that what “connects” you to the barbell during the deadlift isn’t your hands. Rather, it’s your lats. Having the ability to engage them and firing on all cylinders during the set-up and execution has profound ramifications on deadlift technique and performance. The thing is: For some trainees, asking him or her… Read more
CORE at Home: Pay What You Want
When COVID unveiled its ugly head this past winter and forced the health/wellness industry to shut down I did what every fitness professional did: Hyperventilated into a paper bag. But after that, I did the second most germane thing: Watched the entirety of Ozark on Netflix. But after that, I created CORE @ Home: A… Read more
60 Second Deadlift Tip: Push, Not Pull
We often think of the deadlift as a pulling exercise, and that’s true. But it’s also very much a pushing exercise. Push, Not Pull In the most rudimentary sense the deadlift can best be described as an action where one bends over at the waist, wraps his or her’s hands around a barbell, and then… Read more
Deadlift Perfection: 4 Easy Cues
Check out my latest article over on T-Nation.com. I went with a little change of pace compared to my normal content wheelhouse: 1o Reasons I Was Wrong All Along About Kipping Pull-Ups: They’re Awesome! Maybe Tracy Anderson Does Know What She’s Talking About Carnivore Diet vs. Keto vs. Godzilla Deadlifts, of course! Deadlift Perfection: 4… Read more
How to Tell If You’re Getting Stronger in the Gym
Granted I’m biased, but I truly feel making a concerted effort to get strong(er) in the gym is the way to go for most people. Strength is the base for pretty much everything; it’s the “thing” that most all other attributes we strive to improve upon is tethered to Speed, power, endurance, Laser Tag world… Read more