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The 30 Day No-Warmup Sprint Experiment

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The 30 Day No-Warmup Sprint Experiment

Can you sprint without warming up?? This is something humans have been able to do for centuries up until the last few decades. Unfortunately the fitness industry has ruined people’s bodies and contributed to us losing this practical human skill. Full Experiment here!!

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25 Best Functional Presses for Athletes & Bodybuilders

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25 Best Functional Presses for Athletes & Bodybuilders

When it comes to utilizing functional presses for athletes and bodybuilders, sometimes we need to look past the traditional barbell and dumbbell chest press. Here are 25 of the best functional presses for athletic performance that also build functional strength & size.

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25 Rotational Exercises for Athletic Performance

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25 Rotational Exercises for Athletic Performance

Although mastering the big 7 with eccentric isometrics is paramount when it comes to mastering movement and muscle function, periodically including rotational training can be very effective particularly for athletes. Here are my 25 go-to rotational exercises.

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Overcoming Isometrics for Strength, Size, & Performance

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Overcoming Isometrics for Strength, Size, & Performance

Research has shown that overcoming isometrics are one of the most effective techniques for increasing motor unit recruitment & post activation potentiation. Combining eccentric isometrics with overcoming isometrics produces even greater gains in strength, size, & performance.

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Eyes-Closed Training for Strength, Performance, & Function

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Eyes-Closed Training for Strength, Performance, & Function

Eyes-closed training is something I frequently incorporate with all of my clients and athletes. That’s because it improves movement mechanics and muscle function due to enhanced proprioceptive feedback from the muscles. Here’s how.

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Oblique Slings: The Secret to Athletic Performance & Strength

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Oblique Slings: The Secret to Athletic Performance & Strength

Want to maximize your athletic performance, strength, muscularity, stability, and joint health? Time to start taking advantage of functional training methods that utilize the anterior and posterior oblique slings via contralateral hip activation and unilateral movement patterns.

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Master Your Jumping & Landing Mechanics

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Master Your Jumping & Landing Mechanics

When it comes to optimizing athletic performance, speed, and power output, mastering your jumping and landing mechanics are key. Here are some of my favorite variations to master your jumping & landing mechanics including eccentric isometrics.

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The Coolest Strength Equipment You've Never Used

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The Coolest Strength Equipment You've Never Used

PurMotion offers some of the most unique and versatile pieces of strength training equipment in the industry. In fact, many of the exercises can’t be replicated with any other training tools. Here’s a review of some of my favorite PurMotion products.

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One Exercise To Rule Them All

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One Exercise To Rule Them All

I frequently run into a scenario where I'm asked what exercise I would chose if I could only select one movement.  While this is a difficult choice I decided to chose an exercise that literally targets every muscle from head to toe.  So here it is. 

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Olympic Weightlifting with Reactive Neuromuscular Training

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Olympic Weightlifting with Reactive Neuromuscular Training

If you're looking for a method that maximizes the effectiveness of Olympic lifts and also saves the joints, you'll want to implement reactive neuromuscular training (RNT) to your cleans and snatches.  Here's how to do it plus 7 unique benefits. 

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Single Leg Olympic Lifts for Athletic Performance

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Single Leg Olympic Lifts for Athletic Performance

Performing Olympic lifts from a single leg or unilateral position particularly when using a full hang eccentric isometric RDL helps to resolve many common issues athletes struggle with particularly imbalances, stability, motor control, and mobility.  

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Goblet Squat Jumps for Strength & Performance

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Goblet Squat Jumps for Strength & Performance

If you're looking for a way to increase the difficulty of your goblet squats while improving strength, size, power output and athletic performance you'll want to give this goblet jump squat a try.  Just be prepared to use maximal effort.

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Improve Athletic Performance & Strength With Lower Body Circuits

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Improve Athletic Performance & Strength With Lower Body Circuits

If you want to improve athletic performance while building functional strength, stability, balance, symmetry, and alignment throughout your lower body, try these leg circuits.  I use them with my NFL athletes, general populations, and bodybuilders.

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Dumbbell Olympic Lifts For Strength & Performance

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Dumbbell Olympic Lifts For Strength & Performance

If you're looking for improve your athletic performance, strength, and even functional muscle mass, try performing cleans and snatches with dumbbells.  This article explains why dumbbell cleans and snatches are so beneficial for a variety of goals.

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The Best Snatch Variation You've Never Done

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The Best Snatch Variation You've Never Done

The trap bar snatch is one of the most effective Olympic weightlifting variations I've ever used for improving hip speed and power.  As an added bonus you'll build slabs of muscle from this movement.  Here are 13 reasons why it's so effective. 

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The Best Medicine Ball Exercise You’ve Never Done

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The Best Medicine Ball Exercise You’ve Never Done

Medicine ball drills, particularly those that rely on explosive power output, are something I use on a consistent basis with my athletes.   One variation I’ve recently been employing with my athletes is the T-bench hip thrust chest pass.

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Increase Your Jump and Sprint Performance With This Deadlift Squat

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Increase Your Jump and Sprint Performance With This Deadlift Squat

Although there are many protocols that can be used for post activation potentiation, including heavy squats performed several minutes prior to sprinting or jumping, this trap bar deadlift variation may be even better for athletes

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Improve Your Olympic Lifts With This Med Ball Toss

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Improve Your Olympic Lifts With This Med Ball Toss

When it comes to engraining proper hip mechanics and triple extension, my go-to training tool is the medicine ball hip toss. Not only does it improve athletic performance and hip function but it greatly enhances Olympic lifts.

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Kneeling Olympic Lifts for Speed, Power, and Performance

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Kneeling Olympic Lifts for Speed, Power, and Performance

I’ve recently been incorporating kneeling variations of cleans and snatches into my training programs.  That's because performing Olympic lifts from a kneeling position provides 8 unique benefits that do wonders for speed, power, and strength.  

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NFL Combine Training for the NFL Draft

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NFL Combine Training for the NFL Draft

With the NFL draft taking place I wanted to give a shoutout to all the awesome athletes I worked with the last several months to prep them for the next stage in their football careers.  Here's a brief example of some of their training.

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