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Best Way to Build Healthy & Strong Shoulders
April 15, 2020
Cory Cripe, DVRT Master (Creator DVRT Dynamic Strength & Movement Strength)
I read Josh’s recent post on how functional training can actually provide a great arm workout (HERE), and at…
Innovative Ways To Build Core Strength & Stability with Ultimate Sandbag Training
April 14, 2020
I’ll be honest, I NEVER thought in a million years when I started with that old army duffel bag in my garage that I would be talking so much about sandbag training. I often think of the old Allen…
Better Shoulder & Hip Mobility Training
April 13, 2020
Stress is through the roof right now! That typically means that our bodies aren’t up to performing at the same high level that we may want or are use to either. It also is probably reflected in the f…
How To Make Home Workouts Awesome!
April 12, 2020
Recently I was asked to do a Zoom live with some pretty phenomenal coaches, people that I look up to quite a bit and learn a lot from myself!
When strength coach, Robert Dos Remedios asked for…
Why You SHOULD Train Like Top Athletes
April 10, 2020
When functional training started to get big, there was a saying that became popular as well…”everybody is an athlete.” That went along with “train like an athlete.” These were both really well mean…
Can You Do Great Arm Workouts With Ultimate Sandbag Exercises?
April 10, 2020
It was about 5 years ago, I was at a pretty big industry national conference. I overheard two coaches talking and one was almost lecturing the other! “If you do arm exercises then you don’t do functi…
Why You Need THESE Planks In Your Workouts!
April 8, 2020
Let’s see, burpees, squat jumps, push-ups, lunges, and planks! Those are typically the “go to” bodyweight home workout exercises that most people use. That is also why most home workouts burn out pre…
Top 5 Ways to Make Powerful Fat Loss Home Workouts
April 7, 2020
In 30 years of coaching, I would say 99% of the people that came to me had the goal of losing fat. Even those that had their shoulders falling off or killer back pain wanted fat loss. So, it was…
Why You Need More Ultimate Sandbag Snatch Training
April 4, 2020
One of my all time favorite Saturday Live skits was the Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken cowbell scene. Something so memorable, that I never got upset when clients would jokingly call kettlebells…