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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, step right up to peer into the way-back-machine. Power Athlete Radio has been topping the fitness charts on iTunes week after week and as the Crew momentarily basked in the success of our humble show, I thought it would be a fun idea to share…
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Hungry Like the Wolf Hanging around smart people makes you appear smart. That has always been the glue that holds our friendship with sweetheart, Robb Wolf [@dasrobbwolf], together. If you think three guys with mustaches completely disregarding the 6 ft rule for a fourth man with a fanny pack isn’t bromance, I don’t know what…
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Hey Coach, I know you used to play lacrosse. Some of my lax athletes asked me about what to do with their arms when they sprint. They feel like teaching arm action isn’t realistic to their sport. I’m currently going through the Power Athlete Methodology’s speed section and I wanted to pick your brain on…
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Not Your Grandma’s Weight Room Liza Reader of University of Louisville has seen the changes in collegiate athletes over the years. While she relents that internet has spawned a thirsty demographic of attention seeking “fitness experts”, she says that she’s seeing at least one positive change in the athletes entering her program. These young go-hards…
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There are no bad movements – just poor understanding, shitty implementation, and even worse execution. Just because YOU don’t completely understand an exercise, or can’t communicate effectively to teach and coach your athletes to do something proficiently, doesn’t mean that a movement or exercise is worthless, has no purpose, and lacks validity in the training…
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The sins of the parents do not have to be the sins of the child. As adults, how many times have you heard, or even said yourself for that matter, “Man, I wish I was introduced to strength training at a younger age. It could’ve changed everything!” You have the power to provide your children…
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Technology is distrac…SQUIRREL! When Nir Eyal set out to write the book “Hooked”, he wasn’t referencing fishing, prostitution, or the biography of a fictional captain. We are all susceptible to the clutches of technology in the age of the internet. Why? Because there is an entire market designed to tap into our most primitive evolutionary…
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Raise your hand if you’re a weightlifting coach. Ok, now raise your hand if you’re not a weightlifting coach, but are a strong advocate of the barbell. Finally, keep them up if you’ve found yourself bitching and moaning whenever you hear another “performance” coach bad mouth the weightlifting movements and their validity when it comes…
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Jacked Babies Are Made With Great Nutrition Ooooohhh baby…literally. This week’s show is all about prenatal nutrition. Even if you don’t have a GF bun in the oven, you’ll want to tune into our conversation with Lily Nichols [@LilyNicholsRDN] and find out the history and politics behind the uphill battle that is nutritional guidelines. Has…
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Adulting John Welbourn is known for a lot of things. He’s America’s number one fan of the hit show “Friends”. He’s been known to drift a rental van…or ten. And this gentle giant finds peace in the art of welding…any Block One Coach will tell you that. But there’s a lot you may not know…
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