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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.

Teaching the Power Clean on Bedrock

By Don Ricci, CSCS / October 29, 2018 /

Let’s kickoff a series of articles to empower coaches incorporating the Power Clean for their non-weightlifter athletes. As a coach working with various athletes from gen-pop, field sport, or Olympic Weightlifting, the Power Clean can be one of the most effective barbell exercises you can use to help unlock athletic potential.  To use a Charlie Francis…

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Empowering the Next Generation

By Carl Case / October 22, 2018 /

Alright, Coach, let’s paint a picture. You’ve taken the time to invest in your education by going through the Power Athlete Methodology course because you know that #knowledgeispower. You are hyped and ready to battle the bullshit out there in the strength and conditioning world. You have your eyes set on empowering the next generation,…

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PA Radio – Episode 280: The Crew

By John / October 12, 2018 /

Exceptional Excitability When your Crew includes sometimes special guest, John Welbourn, you podcast harder than most. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. What Power Athlete Radio does guarantee is that you will learn something about something about strength and conditioning AND movies. This week we take your IG questions and hammer you with knowledge. The…

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Stretching is Overrated: Quick Hits

By Matthew Zanis / October 1, 2018 /

Remember when the ole’ ball coach had your team doing ten-count static stretches before each competition? It was a bold strategy, we’re still waiting to see if pays off. Here’s the bottom the line, stretching is overrated. Plain and simple. It doesn’t prevent injury(6,14,15). It doesn’t prevent soreness(3,7). It doesn’t warm you up(5,10). And most…

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SPP: The Secret Sauce

By Ben Skutnik / September 24, 2018 /

Heavy footballs, “banded” sprints, basketball with ankle weights. While all this could easily be mistaken as sport specific training, in reality this is simply simulation of the actual sport. If you’re someone who’s used these methods to train your athletes, you’re not alone. Logically, it makes sense. If Johnny Utah can throw the heavy football…

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PA Radio – Episode 276: Lindsey Mathews

By John / September 14, 2018 /

Bringing A Little Life Into This World Behind that epic smile is a passion for guiding mommas through the journey of pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. A speaker from last year’s Symposium and PA broette, Lindsey Mathews of BirthFit [@BirthFit] joins us to talk about the complexities and challenges of birthing in the modern age. Luckily…

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Coaching Conversations: Life As a Mercenary Coach

By Adam Campbell, CSCS / September 10, 2018 /

We spend a lot of time here at @powerathletehq dropping knowledge bombs, repeating jokes, and dropping knowledge bombs with repeated jokes, to help prepare coaches across the world to Battle the Bullshit and Empower the Performance of athletes. Today I want to focus on a very specific subset of the Power Athlete Nation that is…

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PA Radio – Episode 270: The Crew

By John / August 3, 2018 /
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Power Athlete Nation Book Club: The Creative Curve

By John / July 9, 2018 /

Johann with one of my favorite quotes I often drop as a follow up to, “Not with that attitude”, when an athlete or coach comes to me with doubt or a fixed mindset. A large part of coaching goes beyond the sets and reps; communication with athletes and sport coaches, building team camaraderie, and guiding…

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Tendinopathy: Isotonics Rehab

By Matthew Zanis / July 2, 2018 /

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,…

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