Strength Coach Chronicles – Strength Coach Retirement Plan

by Timothy Caron | Sep 12, 2023 | Strength Coach Chronicles

Here’s a fun topic, retirement planning. What is a good plan for a job with a ton of transition and low job security in regards to retirement? This is a complete guess, but I would say most full time S&C coaches will have somewhere in the range of 3-5 jobs...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Wearables Impact on Training

by Timothy Caron | Aug 15, 2023 | Strength Coach Chronicles

At this point, most people have been exposed to some sort of wearable technology. Tracking HR continuously, getting body temperature, getting oxygen levels, or getting HRV are common features of wearable technology. How should that influence our training decisions? ...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Finding Time to Workout

by Timothy Caron | Jul 26, 2023 | Strength Coach Chronicles

I have been a strength coach for almost 20 years, one thing I have prided myself on is finding time to workout each week. It may not have always been pretty, but it was something.  This is an important topic to talk about for Strength Coaches. It is the one truly...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Managing Burnout

by Timothy Caron | Jul 5, 2023 | Strength Coach Chronicles

A common thread I deal with coaches is the idea of burnout. I work with young coaches. I’ve always had a great affinity for the upstart coach that is bright eyed and bushy tailed towards S&C. If you’re game I have a whole second book coming out here soon going...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Who’s in Charge?

by Timothy Caron | May 30, 2023 | Strength Coach Chronicles

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,...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Career Procrastination

by Timothy Caron | May 9, 2023 | Strength Coach Chronicles

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...