STOP! Don’t Squat Until You Watch This
As I noted yesterday, Eric Cressey is releasing his new product, Show and Go: High Performance Training to Look, Feel, and Move Better, next week. I had a reader leave a comment yesterday that went something like this: “I’ve followed every program ever written, and know a thing or two about putting on muscle. In… Read more
Squat Swing vs. “Hip Snap” Swing
You’d have to have been living under a rock for the past five years or so not to notice that kettlebells are all the rave nowadays. It seems you can’t walk more than ten feet in any commercial gym and not witness some trainer taking his or her client through a KB workout, or notice… Read more
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Kettlebell Goblet Squat w/ Pulse
For starters, you can’t discuss the goblet squat without first acknowledging the man who popularized it, Dan John. That said, I really dislike the Smith machine. I was originally going to say hate, but hate is a strong word and should really be saved for stuff like leg curls and leg presses. And Poodles. But… Read more
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Plate Loaded Front Squats
What Is It: Plate Loaded Front Squats (in this video I squat to a 13″ box, but these can also be done without a box as well). Who Did I Steal It From: the plate loaded front squat inventor guy What Does It Do: I LOVE to use this exercise with new clients for a… Read more
First Rule of Squatting: Make Sure Your Mom Is Around
Thought I would share this video that was sent my way a few days ago. Freakin hilarious. This brings back so many memories from when I used to train down in my parent’s basement last week when I was younger. Honestly though, this kid needs to grow a pair. The first rep looked “passable,” but… Read more
Subtle Tricks to Increase Motivation With Personal Training Clients
Being married to a psychologist has it’s disadvantages: I have to talk about my feelings. All of the time There are some perks, however. Most of what “drains” me as a coach isn’t so much the x’s and o’s of writing programs or the ability to figure our what may be the root cause of… Read more
The Illusion of Infinite Progression: 3 Strategies to Evolve Without Increasing Weight
I have an excellent guest post for you today. I was recently invited back onto the More Train, Less Pain Podcast hosted by my good friends Dr. Michelle Boland and Dr. Tim Richardt. This season on their show they’re focusing on training around injury. This is one of my wheel houses (alongside deadlifts, how to… Read more
Getting Stronger is Corrective
Before you move on, I wanted to let you know that Dean Somerset and I have just put our flagship product, the Complete Shoulder & Hip Blueprint, on sale this week. You can purchase both CSHB 1.0 and CSHB 2.0 separately this week at 30% off the regular price using the coupon code EVOLVE at… Read more