The Mind-Muscle Link: Learn Muscle Attachments
I am personally giving you permission to skip today’s workout — but only if you learn about muscle origins and insertions and how they move. Watch some videos about this instead of binge-watching Stranger Things or whatever. Just sit down and educate yourself.
Advice for High School Linemen
I’ve made a lot of mistakes when I was younger, and I believe it’s part of a coach’s job to pass on the knowledge and experiences I have gained from my own athletic career, such as never being average, striving for perfection, and detailing everything.
Dave Tate, A Mother's Perspective
Marge Tate could have allowed labels, sickness, and loss to paralyze her legacy. Instead, through passion, tradition, and communication, her commitment to human connection and service is alive — and she passed it on to Dave.
The Important Aspects of Training to Always Keep in Focus
Don’t get sidetracked by paying attention to insignificant details and meaningless methods. Learn to distinguish between what matters and what doesn’t.
Being God Awful Precedes Being Good
Personal training is like any other craft, it takes time and perseverance through many mistakes to master. I recently reflected on my climb as a professional.
WATCH: Come Train and Learn with Legend Steve Goggins on September 26th
This training camp with Steve is set up with a limited attendance and a non-formal format. We designed it with this format so you can learn all you can from Steve and so that Steve can help tap into what YOU need to do to become better.
WATCH: "Westside Louie is a Flip Floppin' Know-It-All SOB!"
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Investing in a Strong Future
From the desk of Dave Tate (by “desk” we mean competition bench in the gym).
The Angry Coach: A Word About Reading
If you want to be good at something and learn new things, you HAVE to read.
Listen, Assess, Learn: Family Values, Fireplaces and Fine Bourbon
Now back to my Wild Turkey 8 Year…
A Letter to the Haters: What You Can Learn from Bodybuilders
Those of us who toil in the weight room day after day attempting to better ourselves receive a lot of flak for being vain, self-obsessed, and egotistical.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
From time to time growing up, I would hear these words come out of someone’s mouth, but I never thought about what they meant.
