I have noticed a trend developing over the years. It’s a misconception of what exercise is/should be. We have all seen the commercials for products like “Beastly Biceps”, “Absurdly Sexy Abs”, and “From Flab to Fab in Like 8 Minuets”. Note: None of these are real product names, at least…
First off let me explain this picture. It seems almost impossible to find a good resistance band picture on the world wide web. So I settled for a picture of Terrell Owens doing band shoulder presses in a body of water. Why do band exercises in water? I will…
Over the past few months I have been using more and more squats to/from pins in my programming instead of the classic box squat. This has come about for a few reasons. The first is that people seem scared to touch the box, and when told to box squat don’t…
Had one crazy weekend with fellow coach and friend Doug Spurling down in the big city which is Boston. Well, if you think a crazy weekend consists of listening to lectures for four hours and then sweating your ass off for another three hours. Then ya by all accounts it…
One of the most frustrating parts of being a strength coach is seeing your athletes leave for their athletic season and come back in the offseason at the same place they were a year ago. The frustrating part is that this can be prevented by doing in season training, but…
Let’s first clear the air, and let me say I am about 98% sure I used the word bastardized correctly in the title. Bastardized: “Corrupt or debase (something such as a language or art form) typically by adding new elements.” You didn’t think you were going to increase your vocabulary…
Last week I wrote an article about running. To my surprise it was the most popular article in my blog’s short history. I received several emails, all positive, asking about how to make a strength training program for running. To paraphrase them they went something like this. Josh, I…
I felt inspired to write this not because I like running, on the contrary, I hate running, but because of the sheer number of runners I find myself working with everyday. Running has become a pass time for many people (Moms). It is a fun way (Not my words) to…
Oh man it has been a while since I posted something. I just woke from a food coma and am fully charged to sit down and write. This next section I’m a little behind on but I do what I want. Well, I have to make some kind of comment…
There is a great quote by Yogi Berra, “ Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.” Yogi has a way with words. The idea that mental factors play a big part in baseball, and essentially in all sports, is also true when it comes to lifting…
