Results for the Everyday Fitness Enthusiasts

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One of my biggest gripes with the fitness field is that people are always looking for short cuts. This is expected, the so called fitness gurus and the media promise that we can look like an elite athlete, model, body builder, etc… without doing half the amount of work they do.

The ironic thing is, if the general population would put down the magazine, stop searching for quick fixes, and expend that same energy into working out, eating clean, and staying consistent then they would be much closer to [Read more…]

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Dogmatic Coaching

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Dogmatic Coaching

I really like the stages of coaching Mike Boyle had posted a few years back. Don’t take it literally though, every performance coach and personal trainer’s path will be slightly different and go through various principles but then HOPEFULLY they’ll come [Read more…]

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Assessing Cristiano Ronaldo’s Sport Demands

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This video of Cristiano Ronaldo being tested on his performance is amazing. Seriously any athlete, personal trainer, sports performance coach should take the time out to watch the 4 part series.

I chose this video because I believe it’s important for all coaches and trainers to understand that every athlete, especially the highly skilled, have a very specific skill set for their given sport.

The coach must look at the sports demands and the athletes needs then make an assessment on [Read more…]

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2 Lower Back Pain Strengthening Exercises

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2 lower back strengthening exercises

A few years back I herniated my disc while training for an Olympic weightlifting competition. However despite all my knowledge as a personal trainer and performance coach, I decided to push through it and try and compete. That was a TERRIBLE idea…

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Don’t Let your De-Load Weaken You

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Ever have those days where everything feels super heavy and your warm up is just ridiculously sluggish? You’re feeling beat up, tired, cranky, and just don’t want to hit the gym. Well naturally people will [Read more…]

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Importance of Coaching Experience

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If you want to become a great coach or personal trainer you need to be groomed to be a coach or a personal trainer. Far too often people see online personal training certifications or shaky 6 month personal training schools and think it’s going to give them all the knowledge they need to know…because you know they’ve been lifting “all [Read more…]

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Focus on the NOW

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NYC Personal TrainingI believe success comes from focusing on the small steps leading to the goals instead of the end goal. This couldn’t be more true for the fitness field (personal training, sports performance training, weight-loss etc…). [Read more…]

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The Missing Link

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Fitness Fun Factor

Pretty much my expression, the first time being introduced to working with 8-16year old athletes…however that changed very quickly.

When I first started coaching, I was a student assistant at the collegiate level and worked my way up to the NFL. The athletes I coached were those that took training very seriously. For the college level they were either trying to make it to the professional level or knew that this would be their final few years to compete against competitive athletes. For the NFL,  if you don’t put work on the field, in the film room, and in the [Read more…]

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Single Arm Suspension Row (TRX)

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I’m a huge fan of the inverted row, a very underrated exercise that pretty much everyone should be doing. The inverted row hits the upper back but more importantly challenges the stability of scapula (the wing bone). This simply means that developing scapula stability can help with shoulder issues and upper back tightness.  [Read more…]

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Kneeling Squat Jumps

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The “Half Kneeling Squat Jump” seems to be making its come back. I believe in the early 2000’s it was VERY popular amongst the powerlifting crew and some sports performance coaches. I can see the appeal to coaches and athletes as this movement forces the body to be extremely explosive and quick.

BUT sadly reality sets in and for every one of these extreme motivational vids, you’ll see about 50 of these in REAL LIFE: [Read more…]

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