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If you’re a field or court sport athlete, you’re entering the greatest time of the year…summer training! As spring sports finish up their seasons, fall sports are months away from kick off, and winter sports still have a half of a year before they’re in the hopper. Summer is a time for organized grab ass…
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Field Strong utilizes many different tools with purposes well beyond their seemingly “light” or “easy” appearances. One of the most beneficial pieces of equipment discussed in our Field Strong Equipment Starter Pack was the medicine ball. Not your average Dynamax med-ball, but reactive medicine balls, in order to challenge your ability to both produce and reduce force. This generated some churn,…
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It’s Monday morning. You wake up, pound your coffee and head to the gym. Heavy squats are on the menu today, but as you start warming up, your appetite for destruction begins to wane. That pesky pain in the front of your knee you thought was gone is back with a vengeance. Time to assemble…
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“Sleep is for the weak!”…probably one of the more common phrases in today’s society, right along with “I’ll rest when I’m dead!” I’m sure we’ve all heard these uttered at some point in our lives the glorification of an 80-hour work week, the grind, Hard Work Pays Off #HWPO…but does it? In this edition of…
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When we are sick, we see a physician who prescribes us medicine. When we need to dial in our diet, we see a nutritionist who prescribes us an eating plan. When Christopher Walken has a fever, he needs a prescription for more cowbell. When athletes need to empower their performance, they come see us, strength…
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Hug It Out, Bro Relationships are complicated. And I’m not talking about just the romantic kind. Friends, co-workers, and even coach/athlete relationships are seriously complex entities and it takes more than just talking about issues ad nauseam to improve them. As John Howard explains, our knowledge of how and why we react certain ways in…
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“Let’s get in a circle and put our arms around each other.” This is not how most weekend seminars start. In fact, this was not how any seminar I’ve been to started. But, this wasn’t at any seminar…I was at BirthFit. They deem themselves the meeting point “between hippy and science” when it comes to…
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Fail first, Succeed Later “Educating kids out of becoming assholes”…that’s just one aspect to being a full time strength coach for college level football programs. Jim Kiritsy [@KSU_FB_Strength] of Kennesaw State University does not apologize for his strict standards and no bullshit coaching style. In fact, he points to it’s effectiveness in this week’s episode…
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“Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, but Words Will?…” The next time you get under a heavy barbell, give yourself the following cues: Don’t round your back, or your discs will explode. Keep your knees from going over your toes, otherwise your kneecaps will slingshot forward and take out someone’s eye If you feel…
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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…
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