Strength Coach Chronicles – Delayed Gratification
Does every workout need to be really challenging to be effective? This is a really important question from the stance that is prioritizing short term, or first order, over long term, or second order. A common thread is that in order for something to be effective it needs to be really challenging. The concept hard […]
What I Am Reading – Boundless
For the record, this book is more of an encyclopedia than a single subject book. This is an excellent resource for a lot of areas around performance and health. Personally, I struggle with these types of books. My general feeling is that these types of books come out as a watered-down version of really high […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Pre/Post Mortem
If you are familiar with goal setting, you should be familiar with the concept of Pre and Post Mortems. The idea adds on top of just setting goals the focal point of understanding constraints and limiting factors to accomplishing something. We are approaching the end of the year and should take some time to think […]
What I’m Reading – The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
This is an engineering book. The idea of thinking like an engineer is built upon learning how an engineer thinks. A key excerpt from this book was computer programming. Information theory is a central theme for computer science. The idea is that there is a logical sequence in which computer programs communicate. What I found […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Grass Is Not Always Greener
Let’s be real, everyone right now is looking at potential jobs for next year. Looking at football scoop, checking the forums, speculating on whose out and whose subsequently in. But let’s evaluate the situation first and foremost on the actual ‘health’ of this dynamic. Whether we admit it or not a huge part of S&C […]
What I’m Reading – Great Mental Models Vol III
I’m a big fan of this series. This is Volume 3, and I can say that Volume 1 & 2 were fantastic. Volume three was a deep dive into different mathematical models which was especially fun for me. My first degree is a bachelors in mathematics. A lot of these models were fun to look […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Mentors
This is the area I personally struggle with. I get a lot of requests for people coming by seeing my gym, giving them advice, and just general S&C questions. On one hand it is incredibly flattering that someone cares about your perspective. On the other hand it is a huge time commitment that honestly leaves […]
What I’m Reading – 12 Rules for Life
There is a lot out there on Jordan Peterson and his stance on specific issues. I have a completely indifferent stance on him. I am personally concerned with the general message from his writings. If there is someone out there who takes exception to me reviewing his book, I sincerely hope it is coming from […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Willingness To Change
I personally think it is incredibly sad when I see an S&C Coach who was unwilling to evolve and stayed entrenched with their views on training. This is not a S&C specific thing; antiquated personnel who are unwilling to change to a rapidly changing industry have always become obsolete. This happens in every industry. The […]
What I’m Reading – Muscle Hypertrophy
I’ll start off by saying I have really liked Brad’s work for sometime now. I present on hypertrophy a lot, and I cite a lot of Brad’s work. Brad has an immense amount of published work outside of this book: Brad Schoenfeld Hypertrophy. I have looked at and cited so many of these articles that […]