Don’t Be Weak – An Offensive Rant If the title didn’t give it away, this post may be offensive to some. Before you’re imagination runs away, I won’t be talking about anything inappropriate, but it I may still get some guys a little uppity — specifically
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Jump With A Purpose Originally Posted on Elitefts May 13 2013 – http://articles.elitefts.com/training-articles/jump-with-a-purpose/ Plyometrics—has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? The coaches who popularized them here in the west thought the same thing. So they lumped every kind of jump, single or repeated, for
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Should Athletes Deadlift Part 2 In Part 1 I discussed how the deadlift is a great tool for young athletes and those new to the weight room to build good patterns but how it can hurt more than help a stronger athlete’s progress. This time
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Should Athletes Deadlift? Part 1 Although this post is geared towards athletes who participate in team sports, recreational lifters may be able to learn something from this as it pertains as to how the deadlift is misused and how deadlift training is misunderstood. And of course
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Scars Yesterday I was thinking over the many man movies I own and have seen when something occurred to me. Every movie made about great men and warriors of old (think Gladiator, 300,Troy) has a main character with scars on his body. The movie doesn’t always
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is a Division 1 collegiate strength and conditioning coach who gets fired if he doesn’t produce actual results. He is on a personal vendetta against the nonsense being presented as strength training and performance advice. Jesse coaches athletes of all kinds reach their potential and writes a blog at www.jdiperformance.com.
Commercial gyms hate him.
