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Bodyweight Exercises You’d Be Crazy To Ignore!

February 5, 2015
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So I woke up this morning and stumbled into the kitchen to flip the switch on the coffee maker only to realize that I was stumbling simply because I was very sore. I mean I was more sore than usual. I’ve made it a point to include more rotational movement into my personal strength training program as of late, plus it didn’t hurt that I went through a pretty gruesome Muay Thai training session last night which was headed up by my good friend Jeff Perry who is a retired #6 world ranked Thai boxing champion.

Yep, that might have had something to do with it as well. I know what you are thinking. You must think I have the mindset of Gary Busey to do something like that; right? Well, not quite.

Part 4 Of High Impact Strength Movements…The Front Squat

January 28, 2015
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So in closing out Part 4 Of High Impact Strength Movements today’s strength lift is one that I’ve more recently started to include back into my own program on a more regular basis. I’ve got to admit that even for me back squats and deadlifts have been at the center of the big strength lifts, but lately it’s been front squats and I now even prefer front squats to back squats when selecting a strong lift for both myself and my students. Why you ask? Well just keep on reading my young Jedi and I’ll be glad to clear all of this up.

Part 3 Of High Impact Strength Movements…Pull Ups

January 27, 2015
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For Part 3 of High Impact Strength Movements we’re going to be talking about pull ups. Oh yes, if the almighty pull up wasn’t part of this series then I wouldn’t be doing my job my friend. You should constantly be including pull ups into your journey towards being able to beat up on your athletic competition while also acquiring the ability to lift a googol (not be confused with the big search engine called Google that’s also reading this article right now) of poundage. However, before you stand up under that bar take a minute to keep on reading to hopefully broaden your pull up horizons!

Part 1 Of High Impact Strength Movements…The Deadlift

January 22, 2015
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So today is going to be the start of a 4 part series I’m devoting to different lifts/movements that should be covered in one form or another in every strength and conditioning program. Keep in mind that the lifts and/or movements that I’m going to be examining can be varied to achieve a different training stimulus depending on the goal of the respective individual. That being said let’s dive right in and talk about the good ‘ole deadlift today! BOOM.

Are You “Roostering” Your Push Ups???

January 9, 2015
Brandon
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by: Brandon Richey

Are You “Roostering” Your Push Ups???

So today I decided to throw in a quick post regarding the push up exercise. Lately I’ve been getting hammered with emails regarding questions on training and the following is one that I got from Jon. Yes, that’s “Jon” without the “h”.

Jon asked “Coach Brandon, when doing my push ups I feel like something may be off. Some of my friends have pointed out that I’m doing them too fast and that my form looks off. Do you have any nuggets of information that may help me figure out the problem?” Well, Jon today is your lucky day my friend. Keep on reading to find out!