Posts Tagged with "Greg Robins"
Coach’s Roundtable: Two Things They Should Know
If you work with high-school athletes this is for you. Friend and colleague, Mike Anderson, who’s a strength coach in Ohio, reached out and asked if I’d be open to sharing a roundtable discussion of several coaches discussing the rigamarole of working with this population. I always enjoy other coaches riffing and pontificating on this… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 8/18/17
It’s been quite the week, huh? While I’d like to sit here and espouse a plethora of nuanced commentary on the unfortunate, and, quite frankly, sickening events of this past week here in the U.S., I feel all I can really add to the conversation is this admittedly un-nuanced soundbite: “Fucking Nazis suck. That’s all I… Read more
Stuff To Read While You’re Pretending To Work: 10/23/15
Some big things happening in the next 48 hours. For starters I’ll officially be open for business and taking on new clients at my new spot in Boston. I’ve spent the past few weeks getting my ducks in a row purchasing equipment and getting some semblance of “systems” set in place to help organize things…. Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 8/14/15
Lets jump right to this week’s list. So You Lose All That Weight. Now What? – via Brandon LaVack We all know of someone who has worked their tail off to lose a bunch of weight only to have it return (and then some) after the fact. This was more or less a “best of”… Read more
Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday Musings: January 2015
Welcome to the first Miscellaneous Miscellany Post of 2015! Fresh off an impressive Pats win last night no less! So, what’s everyone’s prediction for the Super Bowl? I honestly have a hard time convincing myself to pick one team over the other. I tend to ride on the same fence as my favorite sports talk… Read more
How to Get Stronger
There are two types of people in the world: those who love Chipotle and those who hate it those who overanalyze E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G and those who don’t. Photo Credit: Thomas Hawk Take the philosophical question “what’s the meaning of life?” for example. Not to insinuate that this is a question that doesn’t deserve to be overanalyzed –… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 7/18/14
I know, I know. Some of you may have logged on today and thrown your hands up in the air (and maybe tossed in an expletive or two) expecting to read part II of Confessions of an Introverted Strength Coach. Believe me: I had every intention of doing so, but given how popular it was… Read more
What’s Your Problem?
Don’t worry I’m not trying to be confrontational or anything. The title of today’s post is actually the same title as a chapter in the book I just finished, Think Like a Freak by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (AKA: the same guys who wrote Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics, both of which are fantastic as well.)… Read more