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Strength Coach Chronicles – Who’s in Charge?
The idea of any organization is that someone is in charge of someone else. Assistant strength coach’s boss is the head strength coach, head strength coach’s boss is the head football coach, head football coach’s boss is the AD, the AD’s boss is the school president, the school president’s boss is…
What I’m Reading – Movement over Maxes, Zach Dechant
First off this is probably the best practical approach to long term athletic development I have seen. There are some details I would disagree with or focus on less, but is that not the point of reading books you stretching your point of view? Having a system that is...
In the Lab Blog Series Diving Into Projects
We are going to release a new blog titled ‘In the Lab’. This blog series will dive into projects that I am working on, experimenting with new training methods, testing various aspects of performance. This blog series will be a journal of how I go about exploring personal unknown territories…
Strength Coach Chronicles – Career Procrastination
This has become a common thread for S&C coaches I have been interacting with lately: going the long, hard road of becoming a S&C coach is the only way. I find that young aspiring strength coaches are fixated on going ridiculous lengths to becoming a strength coach…
What I’m Reading – High Output Management, Andrew Grove
This is a monster book.You can see the chronicles of someone that has worked in the trade of management for some time. Part of the book’s appeal was that it felt like a memoir with tons of key takeaways for someone that is working as a manager. Being a manager is a...
Do you really care what someone else is doing?
Why do other strength coaches care what someone else does with their programming? I’ve always wondered this. If you really think about it, someone doing something that you think is bad is a competitive advantage. It is actually in your best interest to not say...
What I’m Reading – Outlive, Peter Attia
This is a really good book. I've said this before, but it's worth mentioning again: We are approaching a renaissance of what strength coaches have known for decades - taking command of your own health is your best option to long term success. These are not novel...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Building your Brand
This is something I have finally come to grips with as a critical aspect of coaching. Subconsciously, I have always made this a priority. It was not until recently that I actually realized how important this was for compensation and job security. What is a brand? A...
What I’m Reading – The Demon Haunted World, Carl Sagan
The question is not whether we like the conclusion that emerges out of a train of reasoning, but whether the conclusion follows from the premise, or starting point, and whether that premise is true. Among the tools: Wherever possible there must be independent...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Getting a Masters Degree?
This is a critical question. It is one that needs some sort of perspective. For context, I have two Bachelor’s Degrees (Mathematics and Movement Science) and two Masters Degrees (Exercise Science – Strength and Conditioning and Exercise Science – Performance Enhancement…
What I’m Reading – Agile Periodization Vol 1&2, Jovanovic
This is a monster book filled to the brim with information. As S&C books go, this one was dense and all encompassing. Jovanovic did a fantastic job of depicting the current methods touted by S&C coaches around the world. What is refreshing is the first hand...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Accepting Blame vs Credit
At the end of a loss with a team you are working for, what is your response? Do you feel like you are solely responsible for that outcome? Do you feel detached from that loss with no feeling of any responsibility for that outcome? I guess this stems from what you perceive…