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Strength: Physical Amnesia, The Order Of Operations, & How Form Follows Function

April 21, 2016
Brandon
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When it comes to the strength and fitness world every coach and trainer has always had that all too familiar conversation with a student or trainee.

Trainee: What exercises should I do for abs?

Me: We’ll get to that..let’s see how well you can squat.

Trainee: How many reps should I do?

Me: Just start and focus on this technique and I’ll tell you when to stop.

Questions, questions, questions. What are we training for?

Proprioception: Developing Your Sixth Sense And Enhancing Your Physical Intelligence

April 14, 2016
Brandon
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I’m often finding myself getting pissed off in public more and more these days for a number of reasons that revolve around the growing epidemic of laziness and the decrease of intelligence in our society. With the advent of technology people are becoming less and less intelligent both mentally and physically. Today I’m going to be addressing how this is happening and why most people are unaware of their sixth sense as a result of this societal epidemic.

Progressing Mobility: A Half Get Up To Optimal Performance

March 31, 2016
Brandon
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The key to mastering mobility is being intelligent about how you take a trainee from one step to the next in the most sensible and idiot proof way possible. Today is going to be an example of how you can go about doing just that. Today I’m going to do this with a great strength drill that I like to introduce to my trainees in the iron game on a fairly regular basis. If you’re looking to optimize your mobility and open up your kinetic chain for greater strength and agility then you’re going to like today’s article.

The Keys To Implementing High Intensity Workouts

March 22, 2016
Brandon
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Guest Contributor: Brady Poppinga

Having been retired from the NFL for over three years now it’s always fun to run into my former teammates. During pre-game of the NFL wild card round between the Packers and the Washington Redskins I crossed paths with Aaron Rodgers and we reminisced about old times.

A Completely Different View On Obtaining Strength

March 10, 2016
Brandon
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Often in today’s society everyone is all about getting everything immediately. Immediate results and the culture of immediate gratification causes many to miss the true value of what it takes to obtain results when it comes to human performance and strength. Many will chase a promise from some coaches that will guarantee them a shortcut to success. If you’ve been following this blog for a while then you know this is a load of BS and that the promises of cheap, quick, shortcuts will only yield cheap, slow, zeros in terms of results.