Training for Football
Growing up, I played a variety of sports and fell in love with weight training when I was 13 years old.
Strength Development for Young Athletes
He asked how I approached training ninth grade football players.
Off-Season Football Training for the NFL: Working with defensive players from the Oakland Raiders
In my career as a private strength coach, I’ve had the pleasure of working with some very talented players.
Training Young Athletes: The Philosophy of a Part-Time Trainer and Full-Time Dad
I used to be an athlete. Not a great one but an athlete all the same.
A Fighter Training Fighters: An Interview with Jimmy “the British Assassin” Campbell
Jimmy Campbell’s record is eleven wins with just four losses.
Reactive Training Systems for Strongman
Reactive Training Systems (RTS) began as a training system for powerlifters.
Gots to Get Your Deload On
What is one of the biggest mistakes strength coaches, personal trainers, athletes and lifters make?
Log Jammer Training for Football
With high school football coming to an end, many high performance football training dungeons and gyms are prepping for off-season training.
Interview with Collegiate Strength Coach Specialist Joe Kenn Part 3&4
When you get Joe Kenn and Jim Wendler in the same room, what do you get?
(Don’t) Assume the Athletic Position
In all sports, the rudimentary beginnings of movement starts with a specific stance or posture.
Developing High School Physical Preparedness
Over the last month I’ve been working with the local high school to develop a program to physically prepare the athletes for their given sport.
Coaching Versus Training
While training a client the other afternoon, I began to wonder what exactly separates me as a trainer and a coach?
Motivated People Only
However, I’ve had to fire a few clients. I love a business where the business owner fires his clients.
Leg Training for Linemen: The Top Eight Lower Body Movements for the Big Men
One thing that absolutely baffles me about most football strength training programs is that everyone does the same thing.
The Top Five Sandbag Exercises for Football Training
The goal isn’t to be a powerlifter or Strongman but to become as strong, fast, and insanely explosive as humanly possible so you can dominate on the football field.
Conditioning—When and How?
Now that football season is coming to an end, many kids are looking to get stronger and faster for next season.
It’s Not a Race for Last
It was during the conditioning portion of my son’s football practice that I heard one of the greatest motivational lines I’ve heard in my 34 years of playing sports and coaching.
In the Field: Working as a High School Strength Coach
The most glaring issue I’ve seen is the lack of athletic movement in all kids in all sports of all ages.
The Female Athlete’s Epidemic
In 1998, the American Journal of Sports Medicine featured an article titled, “The Association Between the Menstrual Cycle and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes.”
Six Ways to Use Sandbags in Your Football Strength and Conditioning Program
Here are six ways to easily implement sandbags into your football strength and conditioning program.
Give Them What They Need
Too often, we get caught up in all the bells and whistles of lifting and forget the building blocks.
