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The TOO Functional Training Exercise

One of the biggest things that has made me a better coach over time is trying to think about what people REALLY mean when they ask the question, or make a statement. It is too easy nowadays to get upset […]

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Is There Such A Things As A Bad Squat?

Is there such a thing? Sure, it is easy to call a bad squat something when the knees are collapsing inwards, but now there is a new movement where you can do whatever squat you want. At first glance, the […]

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Building Stronger & Healthy Shoulders

  It is something I hear all the time, especially because of our infamous clean and press test. “I’d like to do those things, but I have really bad shoulders.” Listen, I am the first to be empathetic to people […]

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Where Your Deadlift Gets Stuck

This past week was something truly special. Being able to spend time with one of the top professionals in our industry, Gray Cook, and then heading down to work two days with the US Marines HITT (high intensity tactical training) […]

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Why We Don’t Back Squat

Telling people we don’t back squat usually gets one of two reactions. The first being that people think we are “soft” and not serious about training. The second actually relates to the first but in a different way. People will […]

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One Sided Strength for Better Stability Training

This week I’ve been dedicating a lot of discussion to both injury resiliency and stability training. Why? For one, if you hurt, you won’t achieve your fitness goals, I don’t care how tough you THINK you are! If you want […]

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Why Kettlebell Cleans Are Essential to Real World Power

Okay, let’s address the elephant in the room. Why is the “sandbag guy” talking about kettlebells? What “right” do I have to talk about kettlebells?! Well, as I’ve written many times, much of my excitement to explore old time strength […]

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Biggest Key to Injury Resiliency

If there is anything that is impossible to argue when it comes to training, it HAS to be creating strategies that develop better injury resiliency. What MIGHT surprise you though is that probably one of the most important aspects of […]

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Why Train Your Glutes Like This!

After 15 years of doing the same thing it is easy to get burned out and frustrated by how slow change happens. While that is definitely possible and at times I’ve been a bit prone to those challenges, I try […]

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