In our fifth installment of The Coaches Corner I go over two more specialized exercises I learned from Dr. Yessis and Yosef Johnson, the front and side lunge. These two exercises are slightly different in set up and execution of the typical lunges we see in training programs. In this 14 minute break down I
Michigan Tech’s Matt Thome joins us to give a practical breakdown of the Shock Method and Plyometrics in this month’s exclusive lecture. Having spent time directly with Dr. Natalia Verkshonsky, Dr. Yessis, and Yosef Johnson, Matt has had the spectacular opportunity to learn from three of the top experts on the topic in the world.
Today I am super pumped up to announce our third presenter for The 2019 Seminar, NC State’s Assistant Athletic Director of Strength and Conditioning For Olympic Sports, Nate Brookreson. Nate’s surgical approach to how he prepares his student athlete’s down in Raleigh has shown up all around with world. Working with athlete’s who have not just had
“Every year try to do something different, try to bring something to the program.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your
“The only way people are going to get better is by being better people.” “Be the person in your league that coaches want to come see.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity
“We can program a squat at a range of 83-85% of ones 1 repetition maximum, but if the athlete or athletes don’t care about that at the same level that we do, which often times isn’t the case because strength coaches we like lifting weights. The majority of us were average to slightly above average
In this month’s Coaches Corner Chase Campbell of the Indiana Fever joins us to discuss how he teaches multi-directional movement with his athletes. Coach Campbell covers 4 different movements these include: Plyo-Step Lateral Run Step/Cross Over Step Hip Turn Curvilinear Running For each of these movement skills, Chase shares why he teaches them, the cue’s
In Part 2 of his 2-part Coaches Corner, Memphis Grizzlies Chris Chase gets into the progressions he utilizes in hip hinging exercises. This progression is: Body Weight 2-Legged Hinge Single Leg Hinge Deadlifts/RDL’s Coach Chase also breaks down the importance of different methods of implementing each of steps including: isometric holds, different implements being utilized
