Search Results: limiting factors
FEATURED / COACHING / INJURY / MINDSET / NUTRITION & RECOVERY / STRENGTH / MOBILITY / PROGRAMMING / RECIPE / SPEED
Our blog is a collection of articles that make up our doctrine on everything performance.
We are not beholden to corporate sponsors, influencers, or powers that be. Our commitment is to our readers; the coaches, athletes, and enthusiasts that come to us for our honest assessments, analysis, and opinions.
Our pledge to you is that we will do the heavy lifting! We go to battle with bullshit and cut to the chase. If you’re looking for honest information, you’re in the right place.
It’s that time of year again. The gifts unwrapped, the trees and lights have been put away, and the N*SYNC Christmas album placed back on the shelf. The tidal wave of Christmas might be gone, but that means a new one has appeared on the horizon that coaches and gym-goers are all too familiar with:…
Read More
Understanding the WHY behind sets, reps, or a movement does not prepare you to coach, especially when it comes to a complex skill like the Power Clean. In order to accelerate the learning velocity of the Power Clean for your athletes, this article series will piece this movement together like puzzle to empower you to…
Read More
This weekend we wrapped up the 2018 Power Athlete Symposium, the premier symposium in strength and conditioning-ing-ing. While there were an almost infinite number of knowledge bombs dropped this weekend, here are just five that we took away, that stuck with us and we wanted to share with you. Ben Skutnik Whether you are an…
Read More
Yes, it’s that time of year again: getting up early, standing in lines in the early morning cold for “doorbuster deals”, and having to Be the Hammer on some folks while you’re scrambling to get that last toy or electronic. At least, that was the way it used to be. With online shopping, you don’t…
Read More
Hi Guys, Today’s field strong has the circuit in it. Now I often have to head out to do it as I have a home gym in the garage and bashing a medball against the wall is a no no when the kids are in bed (Kids are 2.5 and 9 months). Today I can’t.…
Read More
BE THE HAMMER! When you read that, chances are you imagine an athlete lowering their shoulder and trucking over someone on the field, driving them into the ground like a hammer drives a nail into wood. But, now let’s add a layer. What if I told you to be the hammer, but you have to…
Read More
Readers are leaders! In The War of Art, author Steven Pressfield dissects his life into two parts, “before turning pro, and after.” Contrary to mainstream thinking, he actually defines “professional” as an ideal rather than a title (1): The amateur plays for fun. The professional plays for keeps. To the amateur, the game is his…
Read More
Have you ever been to rehab for a patellar or Achilles tendinopathy injury before and felt like a hamster on the proverbial wheel? You show up, check in, then receive the same passive treatments of ice, heat, massage, and stretching you have done in your living room with the same bullshit 3 sets of 10,…
Read More
MINDFUL TRAINING, LITERALLY Dustin Grooms is here to help you understand what the brain has to do with biomechanics. Also, what role does it play in the rehabilitation of injuries, discovering limiting factors, and improving performance. He’s also closely studying what therapies are most effective for post-concussion athletes. If the brain is the body’s computer,…
Read More
Part of being a good strength and conditioning coach is knowing where an athlete is at in their life cycle, and applying the correct program to help them progress. Give them too much, and they will crash and burn; give them too little and you elicit a detraining effect. Having all your athletes at the…
Read More