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...

Do you really care what someone else is doing?

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

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...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Building your Brand

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

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...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Getting a Masters Degree?

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

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 –...

Strength Coach Chronicles – Accepting Blame vs Credit

by Timothy Caron | Feb 13, 2023 | Strength Coach Chronicles

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...

The Issue with Reductionist Based Thinking

by Timothy Caron | Feb 8, 2023 | Strength Coach Chronicles

What we have to understand is that complex problems are never going to be the sum of its parts. Meaning that if we worked backwards from the end, and break down into individual segments, they will never be able to fit perfectly back together at the end. Establishing a...