“The body continues to learn in the manner it is trained”- Dietz and Van Dyke “The Glute Layering Model”, presented in Chapter 3 of The Manual Vol. 2, by Dietz and Van Dyke is extremely interesting. I know a lot of you will read this chapter and think the butt in a different light from…
In today’s episode of The Podcast, the guys who I listen too most often join us. These six coaches are all putting out fantastic content that has helped impact me as a coach, and driven me to keep trying to put out better information. Each episode they reference is listed below. If you don’t already,…
“Jumping is for cats not for cows.” Speed is the one quality that all coaches are in constant pursuit of, and this is precisely why we wanted to have Hakan Andersson on the docket. Hakan Andersson is an athletics coach in Sweden, who Henk Kraaijenhof has referred to as the most creative coach he’s ever…
“At its most basic level, sports nutrition is the practice of ingesting nutrients in the correct amounts at specific times to improve exercise and sport performance.”- Campbell and Spano The NSCA’s Guide to Sport and Exercise Nutrition, edited by Bill Campbell and Marie Spano, was surprisingly amusing to read. My initial thought was that a…
In today’s edition of The Podcast, Stanford University’s Sport Performance Coach Cory Schlesinger sits down and shares his training program with us. Cory starts out by giving us some incite into where FRC fits in his training and some of the success he has had utilizing it with his student athletes. We then touch up…
Today’s #FlashBackFriday is USA Swimming’s Keenan Robinson’s talk from The 2017 Seminar. Keenan Robinson is the High Performance Director for USA Swimming, who is most known for his work with Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt, came in and discussed the entire training process when it comes to dealing with swimmers. He breaks down how the…
“Presence, Get it done, Stats.” –Bob Alejo Chapter 2, the shortest chapter of The Manual Vol.2 (CVASP, 2017), was written by Bob Alejo (Director of Sport Science- Power Lift). There isn’t any filler or useless information in this chapter and the message smacks you in the face from the get go. I appreciated this chapter…
Today we sit down and discuss building a your staff and weight room culture with George Washington University Director of Strength and Conditioning Matt Johnson. Matt starts out discussing the process of building his staff and developing them, and how they impact him as a coach as well. We then touch upon how that selection…
