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Strength Coach Chronicles – Systems of Hiring & Firing
8 People Quit In July I have a lot of hours to cover each week between my staff and me. Between the 3 gyms and our digital programming, supporting well over 500 clients, all training 3-4 times per week. When one person quits, it is hard; when 8 people quit, it is a...
In the Lab – When and Why a low EUR is Beneficial
What prompted this discussion Recently, I worked with an athlete who presented an interesting combination of characteristics: Relatively low concentric impulse at 100 ms Better concentric impulse at 200 ms Relatively low eccentric utilization ratio (EUR) This created...
In the Lab – Prime’s Smart Loading
If you coach on Prime equipment, you've seen the dial: 1 Middle | 2 End (Shortened) | 3 Beginning (Lengthened) | 4 Middle + End | 5 Beginning + Middle. Most coaches treat it like a range-of-motion limiter — pick a number, get a shorter range. That's not what it's...
In the Lab – What is Contrast Training?
What is contrast? Contrast training relies on the concept of “post-tetanic potentiation” (PTP), which states that a stronger muscular response can be achieved if it is preceded by a strong muscular contraction. Contrast training is a strategy to get more out of...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Ill Just Wait Till…….
It has been a brutal couple of months I have been and am in the crucible of S&C and life the past couple of months. Opened a new gym which I was working 5AM-8PM Monday-Friday, and then working through the weekend (kind of better now). Add to that: having a newborn...
Strength Coach Chronicles – What is it like working for me?
So, how do you like working for Tim? I am in a good spot work-wise right now. For those that do not know, I opened my 4th location of Allegiate last November. It was a pretty rough start for me from a workload perspective. I'm not going to complain, nor should you...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Have the courage to build something
I get asked a lot about when it's time to leave the team sector and start your own thing. I don't think I have gone a week without a strength coach asking when it's time for them to leap. I have been asked a lot, and the truth is I don't have a simple answer. This...
Metabolic Elite Minute – KPV to Enhance Gut Health
Article Outline: Why do we need to gain? What is KPV? Caloric Suplus Strategy Caloric Surplus GI Distress KPV Mechanism GI-Based Weight Gain Protocols Anyone who says that gaining weight is easy has probably never attempted to do so. If you are looking to gain...
Metabolic Elite Minute – Optimizing Variable Rest Periods with EndurO2
Most Energy System Programs Are Wrong With bioenergetics, we aim to establish order in a system that operates in chaos. Bioenergetics integration into sports primarily involves optimizing for the balance between chaotic bouts of work and rest during competition. There...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Learn by Doing
I just wrapped up a conference with a good friend of mine, Robert Jacobs. The goal of the conference was to review seasonal approaches to eating, supplementing, and training. The conference was amazing, had a blast, but what I want to talk about here is my training...
In the Lab – High School Hockey Case Study
I had a high school athlete this summer who made some incredible improvements. Started with an EUR assessment and found he was fairly symmetrical, 40.2cm compared to 39.6cm (EUR of 1.01). Pretty clear that the lowest hanging fruit to increase eccentric strength. The...
What I am Reading – Brother Iron Sister Steel: A Body Building Book
We are reading this seminal resource in our Collective Group. Some amazing insights from Draper on how we should approach training. The Value Beyond Bodybuilding At first glance, Draper’s book reads like a reflection on his decades as one of bodybuilding’s icons. But...