4 Strategies to Improve Power
This presentation is not “How to DO” — It’s “How to THINK” Big picture to small picture, what are your principles? Here’s my basic flow of training thought: Principles =>…
How to Program Bands and Chains for Your Athletes
Popularized decades ago by Westside Barbell, accommodating resistance has been used effectively in the weight room for years. But those guys are powerlifters. How does this pertain to the normal…
General Population Powerlifting Client Case Study
Our powerlifting meets are always a great time. They’re low stress and a great way to give my clients something to set their sights on. We’ll discuss the health-performance continuum,…
Chronic Back Pain and Cardiac Arrhythmia Case Study
As coaches we’ve all thought about the ideal client before. For me, the ideal client is someone I can make quick changes with in our movement assessment, teach them big…
Classifying Your Athlete
There are an infinite number of variables that go into training an athlete. Filtering out what your athlete is lacking is the key to developing results that transfer over to…
Become a Better Coach by Evaluating Your Sessions
There’s a lot more to coaching than simply showing up for the session. In this video, I discuss how I’m working to “bookend” my training sessions with a little reflection…
Programming for an Entry-Level Fat Loss Client
While we are absolutely selling fitness and performance to our clients, we can’t forget that we are always selling confidence. That is especially important when you have a client, like…
How Much Do You Really Need?
I recently had one of our longer-term clients come in for a training session with me. She’s been MIA for a couple months and looking to get back after it….
Multi-Directional Speed
This month begins a series on speed, starting with the components of speed programming. This presentation lays out the model I use to navigate my way through speed programming to…
Mistakes I’ve Made
Editor’s note: this video dovetails nicely with a recent video from Brandon called Acute Responses to Exercise. I’ve made more than my share of mistakes over the years, especially when…
Jump Higher by Improving Power Output
What does your athlete need? This month, Ty talks about power and directly applies some of these concepts to a new IFAST athlete. Watch to find out When is it…
Programming for a High School Swimmer with Back Pain
Mobility is an important focus is every program we write, but sometimes it just isn’t enough. This post features a high school swimmer who is a direct representation of this…
The Chop Pattern
Have you heard of PNF (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation) stretching? Well, PNF is much more than just stretching. It’s actually an entire system that even has a movement component. A major…
Hamstring Injuries and Return to Play
Hamstring injuries can be debilitating, especially for high performers. This month, Mike takes you through his return to play approach with a sidelined player from the Indianapolis Colts. Brief insight…