Sports Performance
How to Develop a High School Football Player, Part 1
The three common strengths the athletes displayed were hard work, dedication, and sacrifice.
Training the Female Athlete: Culture, Education, and Motivation
The girl steps into the gym for the first time and is met with the smell of sweat and the sound of metal clanging violently.
Garage Gyms: How to Run Groups Effectively
Your coaching facility should be a place where work is accomplished, goals are met, and pride is instilled.
Individual Strength Makes Teams Strong
Forget team, forget coaches, forget any other irrelevant factor.
By the Coach for the Coach: It Isn't the Strongest of the Species That Survives
I like to think that, as a profession, we're much better than we were.
Mental Aspect of Olympic Weightlifting
I was known around my gym and by other area lifters as the guy who hit himself, headbutted objects, and always had plenty of ammonia on hand.
Core Curriculum
Strength and conditioning professionals, including seasoned veterans with many years in the trenches, might find themselves hard pressed to provide rationale for core exercises that they're programming for their athletes.
Learning to Learn: Becoming the Strength Coach You Were Meant to Be, Part 2
Self-education is probably the most important factor in being successful. I will take you on a journey to all the sources from which I get my information and how to learn from each.
Interns and Impact, Part Two: The Impression You Make on the Athletes
I have seen many interns who don’t understand that each internship is a test and you need to bust your butt to make that internship into a job.
Interns and Impact, Part One: The Impression You Make on the Coaching Staff
When you’re an intern at a big school, it’s like you’re a 20-kilogram plate in a weight room.
Know That You Don’t Know
A great coach knows that he didn't know and does everything in his power to figure it out.
The ‘Other Bar:’ Hang Time for Strength Athletes, Part 1
I’m sure you’ve heard before that the pull-up is to the upper body what the squat is to the lower body.
















