Gray Cook: There Are Things You Shouldn’t Coach

https://youtu.be/d8LII45gqkk#t=3m12s A lot of people will try to sell you on their idea of a continuum. “Here’s what I want you to do. I want you to...

Brian Gwaltney: The Tangential Model of Periodization

Before I entered the health and fitness field, I was an engineer. I studied mechanical engineering in college, minored in mathematics, and then designed br...

Dan John: Symmetry Work

What’s missing in strength training? Dan says “Symmetry Work” . . . and shows you just the kind of lifts and exercises he uses to identify and correc...

Sue Falsone: The Breath

Let’s take some time today to think about breathing. When you breathe, do you feel like the whole region is expanding during breathing? Ideally, it...

Stuart McGill: Creating Strong Default Patterns

Spine expert Stuart McGill focuses on how he creates the strongest default patterns – good patterns that can be strengthened with load. https://youtu....

Dan John: Do It and Diet

My good friend, Amy, was telling me something that bothered me: her nutritionist stated flatly that exercise has almost nothing to do with FAT loss. I trie...

Lorimer Moseley: Pain, Stimulus and Meaning

What does it mean when pain changes while the stimulus remains the same? Lorimer Moseley looks at the complexity of pain beyond nociception. https://you...

Thomas Plummer: Please, Stop Obsessing

This article is an excerpt from The Soul of a Trainer Please, stop obsessing about what you are going to do with the rest of your life. We get so ove...

Alwyn Cosgrove: The Program Is Your Responsibility

https://youtu.be/j1_blbCOhKw#t=0m6s Let’s do a case study. Here’s her personal history: Female, 51 years old. She’s an accountant with a desk...

Mike Prevost: Heart Rate Reserve – Measuring Cardiovascular Fitness Improvement

You can learn a lot about a person’s fitness and training by observing heart rate. It is a simple metric that is easily and cheaply measured, but its val...

Gray Cook: Chop and Lift Basics

From PNF patterns to sport-specific exercise, Gray Cook covers the chop and lift basics to get your clients and patients working two arms against one core....