COACHING SERVICES

Strength training with a barbell (specifically full body compound movements that replicate human movement patterns) should be the long term driver of your fitness regimen while pursuing technical mastery in your sport and other fitness training.

I do everything I teach which is:

1. Strength Training

2. Olympic Lifts

3. Calisthenics

4. Accessory Movements

5. RMT (rotational) and CCT (coiling)

Why I coach?

It is very rewarding to see the changes that I can make in my athletes both physically and

mentally in a reasonably short period of time. If it wasn’t life-changing, I wouldn’t do it.

What’s in it for you?

Increased strength, athleticism and confidence = enhanced quality of life.

The age range of my athletes (grade school, high school, collegiate, former pro and weekend

athletes) is currently 8 to 84.

My job as a coach:

1. Assess the athlete’s mobility and past or present injuries or pain.

2. Create a program based on the athlete’s goals.

3. Teach and demonstrate the specific movements patterns and breathing for each lift.

4. Assess the athlete’s stress level and technique at each training session in order to produce an

adaptation while avoiding overtraining or injury.

5. Modifying the program over time based on the athlete’s progress, goals, time training and

motivation.

Keep in mind:

1. Arriving: Getting to the gym is 90% of it. A few sets in and you’re good to go.

2. Confirmation: You can always find someone to confirm why you should or shouldn’t do something.

3. Motion: “Motion is Lotion.” Any pain or other issues should dissipate as the workout progresses.

4. New: When confronted with a new exercise. Ask yourself; “Does it make me stronger or more explosive”?

5. Simplicity: Keep it simple initially. Trainers will over complicate to justify their fee.

6. Environment: In life you absorb your environment. Train somewhere you enjoy that also motivates you.

7. Strength: The most important physical attribute is strength - especially as you age.

8. Age: Let it speed you up instead of slowing you down. You can actually get stronger as you age.

9. Pain: Train through or around pain. The alternative is to do nothing which is worse.

10.Furnace: Muscle acts as a metabolic furnace.The larger percentage of muscle mass - the more calories burned.

11. Present: Be present and focused when under the barbell. One rep at a time.

12. Injury: Very highly unlikely that you will get injured lifting weights, especially with proper technique.

13. Barbell: A barbell can be progressively overloaded which makes it the best piece of fitness equipment.

14. Stress: Stress the organism enough to create an adaptation whether low reps or high reps.

15. Brace: If you forget everything else, engage the core (hold your breath) while the bar is moving.

16. Heavy: Lift heavy at least once per week for each of the big moves. Strength is the priority.

17. Coaching: Get a coach initially even if you are a coach. Never stop learning. Pursue mastery and pass it on to other coaches and athletes.

18. Confidence: The benefits of training are beyond physical.

19. Attitude: Be grateful for what you have and go get what you want. Embrace the chase.