Posts Tagged with "Program Design"
Yet Another Reason to Include Barbell Glute Bridges Into Your Program
Like many boys during that time in their life, I was a Boy Scout when I was 10-13 years old. Dedicated to train youths to become responsible, altruistic citizens, building character, and self-reliance through participation in a wide variety of outdoor activities, educational programs, and community events…the Boy Scouts is definitely something I cherished when… Read more
Rethinking Percentage Based Training
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Critical Eye for Program Design
Every Wednesday we hold a staff in-service at Cressey Sports Performance where the coaching staff along with the interns get together and talk about “stuff.” One week Eric may break down thoracic outlet syndrome and how to go about programming around it. Another week Greg may discuss some new sprinting drills and how we can… Read more
The Weakling’s Guide to Working Out
As you’ll undoubtedly see if you decide to read the entire article (and why wouldn’t you?), some trainees place the cart before the horse and make things more complicated than they have to be. Rocket science is hard. Long division is hard. Figuring out why women love Hugh Grant movies is hard. Lifting weights should not… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 7/25/14
Going to keep this short and sweet today, because 1) I’m itching to get to the gym to conquer some squats (squats = gainz!) and 2) I’ve got a few deadlines this afternoon I need to meet. Also 3) #myeditorsaregoingtokillme Oh, and just a heads up to everyone checking in today. I rarely do this… Read more
Pimp Your Program Design
Today I have a killer guest post by strength coach, future Dr., good friend, and specializer in all things glutes, Bret Contreras. Getting good (or even adequate) at designing effective training programs takes time. There are a lot of theories and opinions out there on the topic, and in today’s post Bret shares some insight… Read more
Why It’s Not Always JUST About Strength
“One more! Get it! Yeah! All you, all you, all you. Just the pinkies. JUST…….THE……PINKIES!!!” We’ve all been there. Rolling our eyes at the two meatheads who are screaming at one another and drawing attention to themselves as they eek out one more rep on the bench press, or squeeze out another rep in the… Read more
Recapping Dean and Tony’s Boston Workshop (Includes Best T-Shirt Ever Made)
Now that I’ve had a good 24-36 hours to decompress my brain, I wanted to take a few moments and share some of the shenanigans that went down last weekend at Cressey Performance. As many of you know, my good friend and brotha from another motha, Dean Somerset, came to town for a few days… Read more