Posts Tagged with "core training"

Unconventional Core Training

“You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.“ The Princess Bride is one of my all-time favorite movies. It’s a classic, and many fellow movie buffs and connoisseurs will recognize the quote from above. It’s one of roughly 816 (give or take) memorable lines from the movie,… Read more

Exercises You Should Be Doing: Birddog With Band RNT

I have two words for you: Jet Lagged. After three movies, a Twin Peaks marathon (because, why not?) and far too many Tim Tams to count,Lisa and I made it back to Boston from Sydney after a marathon 27 hour travel extravaganza. We landed at Logan at 7 PM, were in our apartment by 8,… Read more

Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 2/20/15

I’m in Burlington, MA for the next three days attending the Functional Movement Screen I & II workshops. Photo Credit: Perform Better Europe I’m excited because not only do I expect to learn a ton over the next three days, but I also get to learn from and listen to a coach I highly respect….FMS… Read more

The Most Neglected Function of the Core In Training for Sports

Note From TG: Today I have a treat for everyone: a guest post from world renowned strength and conditioning coach, writer, and educator, Nick Tumminello. Nick’s someone whom I have a lot of respect for, and someone who I feel is at the upper echelon of coaches who “get it.” He recently released an excellent… Read more

Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 8/8/14

Before I get to this week’s list, I wanted to run something past all of you. Many of you know that I run a Premium Workout Group on WeightTraining.com. And if you didn’t, now you know. And knowing is half the battle. Goooooooo Joe! Here’s the deets:  there are a lot of people out there… Read more

Exercises You Should Be Doing: TRX Anti-Rotation Press

Peruse any Facebook wall of someone who’s into fitness and you’re bound to see any number of running themes, status updates, or stories on: 1.  CrossFit, CrossFit, and more CrossFit (and with it endless Paleo recipes). 2.  Intermittent fasting, still (<— that was so 2012). 3.  “Do you even lift?” jokes. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. 4.  Non-stop shirtless… Read more

Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 4/11/14

As most of you are reading this, I’m currently on my way to Fargo, Minnesota to present at the Sanford POWER Strength & Conditioning Clinic this weekend. UPDATE:  to say I’m ass, and realized after having landed and met my ride that I was in NORTH DAKOTA and not Minnesota. It’s my first extended stay… Read more

Building a Superhuman Core

Nowadays you seemingly can’t walk more than 15 feet without crossing paths with a CrossFit gym.  Along those same lines, you can’t go more than five clicks (it’s like the internet’s version of the Kevin Bacon game!) before you view some iteration of a “core training” article espousing anything from six-minute abs to improved posture… Read more