Tim Suchomel lives in both the worlds of academia and of the strength coach. So he gets to work with great athletes and then research what will help make them even better. Then he gets to teach us all about it. He joins us on this podcast to share tons of science about safety, velocity, […]
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Several of you who follow me are aware of the debate between Coach Mike Boyle and me. If you aren’t familiar with the debate, I will give you a bit of the background. Coach Boyle’s take is that all bilateral squatting is both unsafe and ineffective for improving athletic performance. He concludes that the compressive
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Maybe you’ve seen that I was recently in a little Twitter debate on the squat. Are they safe? Should you only go unilateral? Well, Matt Bergeron joins us today on the podcast to share the research. We address many of the myths out there about safety and squatting – and we also talk about the
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Sometimes in life I find myself in what feels like a hamster wheel. I get up, write a bit, answer emails, train, coach, hang with my family, and go to bed. This goes on day after day, and week after week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I wonder if I am really making
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Whether you are a strength and conditioning coach, CrossFit coach, Olympic weightlifting coach, or powerlifting coach, you must possess two crucial abilities – visually recognizing dysfunctional movement patterns and correcting those dysfunctional movement patterns. A lot of coaches are good at recognizing dysfunctions. Simply pointing out a movement flaw is the easy part. The difficulty
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Anyone in the strength game has heard the name Jim Wendler. He’s the creator of the legendary 5/3/1 system – and he’s been a part of such strength dynasties as Westside Barbell and EliteFTS. So take a listen to this one to hear his story and all that he’s learned along the way. This one
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