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What I’m Reading – The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
This is an engineering book. The idea of thinking like an engineer is built upon learning how an engineer thinks. A key excerpt from this book was computer programming. Information theory is a central theme for computer science. The idea is that there is a logical...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Grass Is Not Always Greener
Let’s be real, everyone right now is looking at potential jobs for next year. Looking at football scoop, checking the forums, speculating on whose out and whose subsequently in. But let’s evaluate the situation first and foremost on the actual ‘health’ of this dynamic…
What I’m Reading – Great Mental Models Vol III
I’m a big fan of this series. This is Volume 3, and I can say that Volume 1 & 2 were fantastic. Volume three was a deep dive into different mathematical models which was especially fun for me. My first degree is a bachelors in mathematics. A lot of these models were fun…
Strength Coach Chronicles – Concerning Mentors
This is the area I personally struggle with. I get a lot of requests for people coming by seeing my gym, giving them advice, and just general S&C questions. On one hand it is incredibly flattering that someone cares about your perspective. On the other hand it is...
What I’m Reading – 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
There is a lot out there on Jordan Peterson and his stance on specific issues. I have a completely indifferent stance on him. I am personally concerned with the general message from his writings. If there is someone out there who takes exception to me reviewing his...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Willingness To Change
I personally think it is incredibly sad when I see an S&C Coach who was unwilling to evolve and stayed entrenched with their views on training. This is not a S&C specific thing; antiquated personnel who are unwilling to change to a rapidly changing industry...
What I’m Reading – Muscle Hypertrophy
I'll start off by saying I have really liked Brad’s work for sometime now. I present on hypertrophy a lot, and I cite a lot of Brad’s work. Brad has an immense amount of published work outside of this book: Brad Schoenfeld Hypertrophy. I have looked at and cited so...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Leave the Jersey Better Than you Found it
If you have ever read the book, Legacy, you’ll have read a chapter entitled “Leave the Jersey Better Than You Found It.” In that chapter is a poignant line: “plant seeds for trees that you will never see grow.” This is an important chapter to dive into with all of our staff…
What I’m Reading : Measure What Matters
The summary statement from this book is that businesses and teams should be focussed on ‘OKR’s (Objectives and Key Results) over bullet point goals or check marks. Goal setting for any institution should be utilized by every team or business. The question therefore...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Problem Solver
Sticking with the themes presented in Amazon’s Working Backwards, I want to look at Problem Solving with the Chronicles this month. One of the best attributes a coach can have is being curious. Asking questions, forming hypotheses, and creating experiments is what a...
What I’m Reading – Working Backwards
First off, I want to explain the constant business books as of late. It is just where my focus has been recently. To me, there is a functional need to read – it is supposed to help develop a skill or an attribute that is required for your job or life. It is why I loathe the question…
Strength Coach Chronicles – The Art of Saying No
This will come off as polarizing, I am sure. On the one hand, someone will read this and know exactly why saying ‘no’ is important. On the other hand, someone will read this and be insulted. What I want to do with this blog is first evaluate why saying ‘no’ is important, why saying ‘no’ is hard, and how…