Strength Coach Chronicles – UNC Exercise Selection Workshop
This past weekend had the opportunity to speak at the University of North Carolina on Exercise Selection, I wanted to write a quick blog about my experience. First off, my goal for the workshop. Top of the list of what I was looking to accomplish: Use testing to select better exercises. Find tests that are […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Strength Coach Diversification
I feel as though we are experiencing an evolution within S&C for strength coaches. There are a lot more coaches who are taking on roles outside of the weight room to find ways to supplement their income through education or training. Quick classification of consumer-based businesses. B2B is business to business and B2C is business […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Limitations of Concentrically Oriented Training
Here’s a thought, all of your results are probably 30% less than they should be, if not more. Why I can say that is you are probably only going to your concentric limit with training intensity. That concentric training intensity is on average 30% less than what your eccentric limit is. We are governed by […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Internship Programs
Chances you have an internship program if you are in the team setting. The biggest question is what are you or the people interning getting from this experience? We all have interned in one way or another. We have all experienced the challenges of proving ourselves when we are unproven. We have all gone through […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Strength Coach Budgeting
This is probably not the most exciting topic, but it is one that I think we need to talk about. For me there were always a couple of non negotiable things: continuing education and whatever made me a better strength coach was included in the budget. Everything else was adjusted based on that. I know […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Strength Coach Retirement Plan
Here’s a fun topic, retirement planning. What is a good plan for a job with a ton of transition and low job security in regards to retirement? This is a complete guess, but I would say most full time S&C coaches will have somewhere in the range of 3-5 jobs in their career. That means […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Wearables Impact on Training
At this point, most people have been exposed to some sort of wearable technology. Tracking HR continuously, getting body temperature, getting oxygen levels, or getting HRV are common features of wearable technology. How should that influence our training decisions? We have all been there, we invested into a wearable and wondered if this will actually […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Finding Time to Workout
I have been a strength coach for almost 20 years, one thing I have prided myself on is finding time to workout each week. It may not have always been pretty, but it was something. This is an important topic to talk about for Strength Coaches. It is the one truly perfect amenity we have […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Managing Burnout
A common thread I deal with coaches is the idea of burnout. I work with young coaches. I’ve always had a great affinity for the upstart coach that is bright eyed and bushy tailed towards S&C. If you’re game I have a whole second book coming out here soon going over that path. But with […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Who’s in Charge?
The idea of any organization is that someone is in charge of someone else. Assistant strength coach’s boss is the head strength coach, head strength coach’s boss is the head football coach, head football coach’s boss is the AD, the AD’s boss is the school president, the school president’s boss is the school board/trustees….. But […]