How An Autographed Baseball Cap Leads to a PR

ShareTweet Autographed by someone famous?? Nope, just by me.  Here’s the story: I have this old baseball cap that one of my lifters took a liking too.  It is from this high school he will be attending next year, and he is an avid baseball player.  I left it on the desk in the gym [...]

Exactly When Do I Deload?

ShareTweet Question:  Should I plan deloading weeks for the athletes I train.  They are mostly high school age boys and girls. ___________________________________________________________ Answer:  No and yes, but mostly no… Here is something I have learned from running my gym over the last years.  Deloading weeks will schedule themselves with high school age people.  So, yes [...]

Hows Your Mobility?

ShareTweet Two New Videos at my StrengthVIP YouTube – check it out and subscribe! _______________________________________________________ Mobility is extremely important for athletes.  Many athletes, including myself, get tight hips, low backs, and hamstrings.  If you do not include mobility drills into your program, then the issues won’t go away.  As shown in the hip picture above, [...]

The Concept of “Hard Work”

ShareTweet I often browse strength and conditioning videos from universities, not because of the program design or exercise selection (lots of these programs are lacking in these departments).  I watch the videos because of how hard the athletes work.  With very few exceptions, these athletes desire improvement and are put in the correct enviroment to [...]

Visit To Phelps Training

ShareTweet On Wednesday, I found myself with a few free hours and called up a training buddy of mine,  Matt Phelps.  Matt had invited me up to his gym – Phelps Training, but I have always been swamped, however this time I was able to make the drive up to Albany.  Matt runs a good [...]

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