Lifting Weights
Lift Weights To Live Longer
A recent review of health studies has shown that regular strengthening exercises reduced mortality rates from all causes. i.e., those who did resistance training for 30-60 minutes per week had [...]
4 Bad Habits Ruining Your Workouts
Here are the four bad habits I see the most often, with my recommended solutions for each.
5 Strength Training Mistakes Too Many Athletes Make
here are five incorrect ideas that many athletes have about training, which we can clear up starting today.
3 Things Youth Athletes Should Never Do in the Weight Room
I believe that introducing strength training to our youth athletes at an early age is one of the greatest things we can do for them as coaches,...
Does Bigger Equal Stronger?
A topic that is often clouded with misunderstanding in strength and conditioning is how muscle size and strength are intertwined.
‘Never Lift on Game Day’: Exposing One of the Biggest Myths in Sports
The first time you hear it, the idea of lifting before a game sounds ridiculous. Because before that moment, you’d likely been led to believe—either through words or through actions [...]
The Reason Why Many Softball Pitchers Never Get Better
In my 13 years of coaching pitchers, I always have a few softball pitchers that just don't seem to be improving. After a short discussion with the child...
How to Know When Your Child Is Ready to Lift Weights
While scrolling through my Instagram feed recently, I came across a video of a youth athlete performing Barbell Squats with knee valgus, low back flexion and hip shifting. It also [...]
The Weakling’s Guide to Working Out
There are a million and one reasons why someone may make the decision to start working out. For the sake of brevity, "working out" in this instance...
How Correct Form for Back Exercises Can Vary Depending on Your Height and Physique
Lee Boyce on The Truth About Back Exercises Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRosWo0irDo Simply put, no two bodies are created equally. Taller...
