When you talk about sports psychology with an athlete, most will shut down almost immediately. Sports psych has a bad stigma among athletes in America – and that’s very unfortunate because it’s the one area where most athletes need help. ‘CLARKING’ I have a young female athlete who should definitely be the next one to […]
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Pulling has been an object of debate in the sport of Olympic weightlifting for quite some time. Some coaches feel deadlifts shouldn’t be changed because of the change in velocity. I think there has been enough information released lately to prove that to be a fallacy. It doesn’t really matter how fast the bar moves.
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About the Author: Eric Bowman is a Registered Physiotherapist in Ontario, Canada who works in the areas of orthopedic physical therapy and exercise for people with chronic diseases. He’s also intermittently involved with the University of Waterloo Kinesiology program and the Western University Physical Therapy program. He also competes as a powerlifter in the Canadian
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When anyone in the CrossFit world thinks about mobility, one name comes up first. And Kelly Starrett joins us today to drop some wisdom. Too often you don’t get answers straight from the horse’s mouth, but you only have opinions that have been formed by picking up pieces of information here and there. So it
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Ever since I posted the video on Twitter of the young athlete performing a clean with terrible technique, I feel that most of my attention has been drawn to the high school strength coaching world. But this article is about all coaches in the strength world: high school, collegiate, CrossFit, weightlifting, powerlifting, etc. I want
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A few days ago I posted a video on Twitter of a high school athlete performing a clean. At least it was their version of a clean. This is why we need high school strength coaches! Please don’t tell me that can’t afford it anymore. That can’t afford not to. @ZEvenEsh @johnwelbourn @Coach_BrettB @RobTrainSystems pic.twitter.com/6tHuFw85ZA
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