I spent last weekend at the Central Virginia Sports Performance Seminar on the University of Richmond campus. It was once again the best collection of speakers at ANY seminar or conference in ALL of North America, yes Canada, I'm throwing you a bone. When you have two days of people like: Dr. Natalia Verkhoshansky- The daughter and long time right hand of Dr. Yuri Verhkoshansy (the greatest sports scientist EVER). Dr. Michael Kalinski- Head physiological biochemist for the USSR doping program among other prestigious appointments. Henk Kraaijenhof- Maybe the greatest living olympic sport coach in the world. Dr. Michael Yessis- One of the worlds foremost … [Read more...]
How to get Happy Gilmore Distance
April 18, 2013 by
Want to hit the ball like Happy Gilmore? There are 2 rules to follow: Have awesome technique. Get REALLY strong. Truth No matter how strong you are and what training program you're doing, if your technique sucks, your golf swing will suck ballzzzz. If this is the case, go get a good coach to clean up your technique. However, if you have good technique, you NEED to be strong. None of this circus, side-show, BS that get's thrown around when people talk about training golfers. Yes, this is incredibly difficult but also incredibly stupid. Golf is a Power/ Strength sport, NOT an endurance game and NOT a "balance" game. I know a round takes 4-5 … [Read more...]
Train Yo’ Core Right….
March 8, 2013 by
This is Bad......Like REAL bad.....Like OMG DO NOT do this, bad. STOP DOING CRUNCHES, SITUPS and TWISTING MOVEMENTS! They're destroying your spinal discs and either leading to back pain or setting you up for pain in the future. The "Core" is meant to work as a corset around the quite unstable lumbar (low back) spine providing a "bracing" effect to transfer force though the hips and or shoulders. The Lumbar Spine is not meant to be a loose, unstable, creator of motion no matter what you're trainer, doctor or yoga instructor says.... If you need a more in-depth explanation just go here, here or here... What you should do: Focus on making the "Core" a … [Read more...]
Magic Bullets, Quick Fixes, Yoda and Tony Robbins
February 12, 2013 by
Actual conversation: Q: "What can I do to tone up my stomach?" A: "Watch what you eat and get some type of exercise on almost everyday." Enter puzzled look of bewilderment..... Q: "You mean there's no ONE exercise I can do to lose weight in my stomach?" A: "Table push-aways work best." Q:"How do you do those?" A: "When you sit down to eat. Push yourself away from the table." Enter look of frustration, like I'm holding back some type of deeply kept fitness industry secret given only to those who pay the entry fee to the guild.... A: "There's no magic bullet. Eat less, move more, make better food choices. I really can't give you a program with … [Read more...]
20 Tweets About Training…..
January 29, 2013 by
Twitter kinda sucks.... I mean, think about it: You have a private conversation but in public? But, it's not completely worthless. There are TONS of fitness info tweets and articles that are on there everyday. Which has cut down the time it takes me to go though finding articles so I'm on it a lot. Here's just a random list of some of the best tweets I've come across over the last few … [Read more...]
Sh@t My Trainer Says…..
January 17, 2013 by
"Fitness Professionals" usually aren't all that professional... I mean, you can buy a Living Social coupon to save on getting certified... That's certainly not the case all of the time but there are far too many people in this business who really don't know what's going on. But they pretend toooo.... And this time of year LOTS of people are trying to get into shape and have hired trainers or got As Seen on TV products or started going to Bootcamps or whatever. They don't know what the hell is going on, it's not their job, they're paying the fitness Yoda for that. So they only know what the jackass Yoda in front of them says which usually is about as … [Read more...]
The Dangers of Blowouts
January 8, 2013 by
Blowouts are bad... When they happen to trucks: http://youtu.be/_cW9twzLbi0 When it happens to your hair: When you lift (heavy) weights: To quote a fitness professional, "You have good form but you hold your breath. I prefer the BlOWOUT method. Breathe in as you lower the weight and blow it out as you press it. "- Stuck in the 80's gym guy in track suit. And for LOTS of people that is the conventional wisdom..... The only problem is, You (probably) increase your chance of getting injured. Yes, the common gym broscience of "breathing the weight up" is, in the vast majority of cases.... Incredibly Stupid. However there are caveats: Are … [Read more...]
5 (More) Pretty Common Ways to Jack Yourself Up in the Gym Part 2
January 3, 2013 by
A New Year means... Newbies and LOTs of really, really bad things going on. http://youtu.be/hFmTP1ZIuZw Read the last 5 gym atrocities I went over here...... Here's a few more things that are not good, and by that I mean completely suck...like, a lot.: Jacked Up Thing 6: The 2-Minute Stretch the Calves and Hamstrings Warmup If the totality of your warm-up is 3 minutes of these: You Suck..... It takes waaaay more than that to get the body ready to move, and be loaded after a day of keyboard pounding. If you're not taking the time to warm-up … [Read more...]
