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Why You Shouldn’t Perform Box Jumps As A Conditioning Drill

July 21, 2016
Brandon
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Are you incorporating more athletic based drills into your strength and conditioning workouts?
Are you performing box jumps during some of your athletic workouts?
Do you execute box jumps like a conditioning drill?
Are you performing box jumps in a way to maximize benefit and minimize stress on your joints?

So today I decided to get away from improper squatting, improper deadlifting, and improper kettlebell swing technique and switch over to another problem and address the improper use of the box jump exercise. Today I’m going to hit on why box jumps shouldn’t be used as a conditioning drill in your strength and conditioning program. If you’ve been using box jumps as a conditioning drill then make sure you take a minute to pump the brakes and read this article. You’ll be thanking me for it later.

Building A Strong Back With Iron Shoulders!

July 14, 2016
Brandon
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Having a strong back is crucial to developing and maintaining a healthy strong body regardless of the goals of the individual. The posterior chain is something that is too neglected with much of the general population when looking to develop an optimal level of fitness and a rock solid foundation of strength. Now having said this there are layers involved in building a strong back…and one big layer involves making sure your shoulders are as stable as iron.

How To Optimize Your Strength With Age

July 7, 2016
Brandon
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Throughout my life there have been many times where I’ve heard some people say things that result in the outcomes that they undoubtedly create…and it’s usually not for the best. For instance, there have been times when some guy that was of the same age, or older would look at me train and make a comment that they wouldn’t be doing what I was doing because they were too old. Of course, this is simply not true.

Are You Neglecting This Strength Movement?

June 30, 2016
Brandon
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Part of my job involves examining how people move and to also determine how they should be moving based on my experience as a coach and athlete. The reality is that more and more people in the general population are moving worse and worse in this day and age. This more than likely is because of the explosion of sitting jobs.

Today I’m not going to go down the same ‘ole path examining how poorly and immobilized people’s hips and shoulders are (ok maybe I will touch on this a little), but instead I’m going to look at another movement that many people neglect in their strength and conditioning training. Stay tuned my young Jedi of strength!

3 Powerful Push Up Variations For Building Lean Muscle Mass

June 23, 2016
Brandon
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Are you looking to learn about how to implement some push up variations to challenge you in a completely different way?
Are you looking to learn some push ups to enhance your physical function and help you to build some lean muscle?
Are you open to getting out of your comfort zone to challenge yourself with some unique push ups?

There a many push up variations for you to implement to build lean muscle and function. Push ups are one of the most powerful exercises you can have in your arsenal of strength movements. Let’s face it…push ups are cheap, convenient, challenging and when mastered the variations are almost endless. The push up takes a backseat to nobody. As far as looking for the most immediate answer to acquiring strength, lean muscle, and efficiency what better exercise is there for your go to than the tried and true push up?