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Dan John: Wandering Weights, Issue # 111
Dan John's Wandering Weights, Our Epic Journey Through All Things Heavy, Issue # 111
Dan John Can You Go? Chapter One Excerpt
This is an excerpt, Chapter One covering the assessment of an athlete, from Dan John's book Can You Go?
Mark Cheng: Emotional Attachments – Exercise, Identity and Addiction
Mark Cheng tackles the problem of emotional attachment to certain workouts and presents systems and practices that can overcome a client’s limited exercise identity.
Chip Conrad: Goal Setting, Level One
What is motivating your clients? Will it keep them motivated? Chip Conrad explains why discerning their motivation is the first step of setting realistic goals.
Guy Massi: Stay General or Go Specific When Training Young Athletes?
A philosophical and practical look at the training timeline for young athletes; from general athleticism to sport-specific skills, giving guidance on decisions to be made along the way.
Lorimer Moseley: Perception and Pain
Lorimer Moseley discusses an intriguing experiment that tricks the brain and demonstrates that perception is always a factor when dealing with pain.
Gray Cook at Google
I had an opportunity to do a talk at Google recently, and I’d like to invite you to take a look at it. They have a thing called Talks at Google where they invite people to talk ab...
Chris Holder: Coaching with Confidence to Share Knowledge and Experience
Chris Holder reflects on 20 years of collegiate strength coaching experience and provides wisdom and guidance regarding knowledge, communication and building positive relationships with...
Mark Cheng: Breathing as Fundamental Movement
Mark Cheng gives you the best language to explain the importance of breathing to your clients and why it must serve as a starting point for correctives.
Gray Cook: Movement Habits and Repatterning
Gray Cook advises you to look for lifestyle problems before you program correctives for your clients. If you’re trying to repattern without looking at habits and posture, you’re not...
Brian Friedman: Gain Awesome Kettlebell Technique with Yoga
Brian Friedman discusses correct alignment and proper movement patterns in exercise and explores the common ground (and symbiosis) between kettlebell technique and yoga practice.