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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Pay attention to the way you move through your day today. Much of the time, if we’re moving something, we’re moving it pretty fast. When you pick up your bag off the ground, you’re not spending as much time lifting it as slowly as possible are you? Forget it. You want to grab it and go.
The moral of the story, we use power all day every day. So let’s train it.
Now MOVE!
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
If you can get this one, it has applications in so many different areas. Take your time though. Make sure to get extremely comfortable with the mechanics of the thing.
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Saturday, December 12th, 2009
The grandaddy of all squats. Master this, and there pretty much isn’t a body weight exercise your legs and balance can’t handle. Sure, we can progress the pistol to a more challenging level, but let’s get the basics first.
Now MOVE!
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Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Got the wall ball down? Here we go with a progression of posterior chain power and explosiveness.
Have fun and MOVE!
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
We’re always talking about moving objects through space. Pushing, pulling, dragging, whatever, just move yourself and a load through space to train your body, your machine in a total systemic fashion. So, here’s a couple of examples of that very thing using a sandbag and a TRX. No TRX? Get on it and buy one. It’s one of the best $150 you’ve spent in fitness. But for now, no problem. Pull a couple of grips off the cable cross machine, or take a rope from the garage and go to town.
Now MOVE!
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Saturday, September 5th, 2009
“Progress is impossible without change…” Geprge Bernard Shaw
So, it’s time to change. Here we go. Take something familiar and change it in order that we can progress. Again, don’t get hung up on thinking you have to increase the loads you’re lifting on order to progress. Repetitions, rest intervals, sets and complexity are all easily manipulated to generate a growth response in your body. Today…complexity.
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Warned you about this. Here it comes. If yo missed the late video posting on Sunday, go back and take a look.
For intermediate fitness folks, I’m suggesting the following loads. Adjust based on your own ability. Men: 30# to 40# Women: 20#
Start with your non-dominant side.
Press to failure. Do not put the load down.
Immediately push press to failure. Do not put the load down.
Immediately jerk to failure.
Switch hands without resting the load on the ground.
Repeat on the dominant side.
Rest 2 minutes.
Repeat cycle two more times. Record load and reps for each set.
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Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Well, I finally won that fight with YouTube.
So here you go. Kettlebell press, push press and jerk. Watch closely. Something tells me this might just show up on Tuesday.
The point of the progression is that with each step, we’re transferring more of the load motivation to the lower body, thus allowing you to work with greater loads than would be otherwise possible. The body is one system. The more you train it as such, the more efficient you become and the more you can accomplish.
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
When was the last time you were walking home from the grocery with a nice, evenly loaded, stable and symmetrical load of groceries conveniently loaded across the back of your shoulders? Or when was the last time you carrying your kid through the mall and he/she obligingly sat motionless and efficiently distributed in your arms?
The point is that more often than not, the things we’re lifting, pushing, pulling and moving throughout the course of our daily grind are unpredictable, uncomfortable and often unpredictable loads. So…why not train that way?
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Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Let’s get into some more partner work. This one is pretty straight forward. Let’s take come “core” conditioning, add in some explosive power, the complexity of throwing and catching weighted objects and the often times unpredictable nature of another human being.
Medicine ball rotational throw. Grab a challenging ball, probably around 12# or more and go to it. If possible make sure you have a Dynamax or other soft ball. You do not want to catch a wild thrown hard medicine ball with your teeth! So go at your own pace and build up from there. I suggest starting with one minute sets with a 90 second rest interval in between.
Now MOVE!
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