Friday, April 26, 2013

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Weekly Review - email review of weekly program progress
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Needs Analysis:
A Needs Analysis is a detailed evaluation of where you have been, where you are, and where you want to be.  We will have a thorough discussion through email and/or phone that will provide me with all of the necessary information to tailor your program.  This may include video analysis of either your lifting form or sports analysis.
Skype Movement Screening Video Session:
Using the video function on Skype we will go through an FMS style screening process evaluating your fundamental movement efficiency.  This will lay the foundation for your program.  During the evaluation there will be certain movements that will require the implementation of corrective exercises and avoiding certain exercises.  Through the Functional Movement Screen Solutions site we will create an “exercise menu” for you providing video and all the information you need to correct your weak links and make solid progress in your program.
Program development 
will be centered on achieving your goals.  It will encompass your FMS corrective strategies and your exercise menu.
The tools used in the program will be dictated by your goals and what tools are available.  If kettlebells are your thing then we can easily put together a program.  If barbells are the weapon of choice then it will be a barbell centered program, or bodyweight, or sandbag…
And while we will center on the tools at your disposal, I may ask you to step out of your comfort zone and try something new.  Be prepared to benefit!!
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Just below you can read about your responsibilities in the program and one of those will be maintaining a training log that we will review each week through email.  This is an essential step in the program and allows for consistent guidance and adjustment of your routine.
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Once a month we will set up a day and time to have a Skype video session.  This session can be a recheck of a “weak link” movement pattern or fine tuning form on an exercise.  (up to an hour)
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Once you sign up for an Applied Strength program and complete the Needs Analysis and Program Development you will be at the starting point.  The path will be laid out before you and there will be regular updates and progressions.  Your responsibility will be to keep a complete workout and food diary (if required) and adhere to the “Rules” of the program:
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  1. If it hurts you will not do it!  “Pain” from an intense workout is a discomfort of effort and may be a part of the program – Pain from injury (joint or muscle) is unacceptable.  If a suggested exercise “doesn’t feel right” or if you feel pain – you are to stop and email me immediately.
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  3. You are required to keep and submit a Workout Journal – either a word document or on-line program easily accessed by me.  Failure to do so will mean that you will not receive updates to your routine.  You are accountable to the program – if you do your part then we will find success.  If you do not then you are just paying me to surf the web!  Also – I will make ONE request for your Workout Journal – one only – and then I will assume that it is ok for me to take the week off!!
  4. The only unanswered question will be the one you did not ask.  You will be paying me for my knowledge – access it!
  5. I cannot cover all rules and situations that may arise during your program – so the email and/or phone consultations are our chance for clarity.  There are no stupid questions – Only the question you did not ask. 
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Whoa....where did a month go????

Well to my surprise it has been almost a month since I posted anything - where did it go?

Finalizing my NATA certification - I am once again an ATC!
CICS in the books
A visit down to visit my folks in VA
FMS combo course in Saco ME with Mike Perry of Skill of Strength assisting
Clients, on-line clients and most importantly family time
and some training...

For example:
Today
Prep - Foam roller, Primal Move
24 kg Get-up + arm bar + bridge at elbow and hand x 1+1
1Arm 1Leg PU x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1 (these need a little work)

Deadlift x 315 x 2, 365 x 2, 405 x 2, 2, 315 x 2
Bench x 225 x 5, 5, 5

Full contact Twist x 25# x 5+5, 35# x 5+5, 45# x 5+5

Stretch etc...

Coming up - FMS combo course in Minneapolis, CK-FMS in May....

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Club Swinging and Barbells etc...

Prep - Foam Roller, Primal Move

24 kg Get-up + arm bar + bridge at elbow and hand x 1+1

1 arm 1 leg Push-up x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1

DL x 335 x 3, 355 x 3, 365 x 3

Bench x 235 x 3, 245 x 3, 3

20 kg Pull-up x 4, 4, 4
(neutral grip)

Ab wheel x 3, 3

Headed off to Portland to teach the CICS

Going to uncork a lot of new info at this workshop!

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Outside in the sunshine 

It has been tooooo long.....

Quick prep - foam roller and primal move
40 min of KB work =
24 kg Snatches 10 at the top of each minute (switch hands each set) x 20 sets
24 kg One arm Jerk at top of  each minute (switch hands each set) x 5-6 reps each set x 20 sets

total of 200 snatches and 100 Jerks

Just had to be out in the sunshine for a while

Also - here is an interesting link to a pretty cool article about Pittsburgh:
http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/May-2010/Pittsburgh-was-the-Coffee-Capital-of-America/

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Keeping the barbell moving...

prep - Foam Roller and Primal move

24 kg Get-up + arm bar and bridge at elbow and hand x 1+1

1 arm 1 leg Push-up x 1+1
pistol x 1+1

Deadlift x 335 x 3, 3, 3
Bench 235 x 3, 3, 3
Neutral grip pull-up + 24kg x 3, 3, 3
(12 kg kb on each foot)

Airdyne x 15 min
(40 sec easy/20 sec sprint x 14 = 1 min recovery)

stretch

Really felt the abs and hollow during the pull-ups

I will not be back squatting again but will likely give zerchers a try soon.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

5/50 challenge and some squats

Prep - Foam Roller and Primal Move

1 arm 1 leg push-up x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1

5/50 challenge
50 reps each in best time
Prisoner squats + Jumping Jacks + Push-ups + Mountain Climber + Crunches
my time 3:40.67

Jumpstretch Band squats
doubled Monster Mini bands + 185 x 3, 3, 3, 3


Stretch

Finding depth (notice these are quite a bit deeper than last weeks)
but need to hold Lower back position better (eliminate the tuck at the bottom) - third rep looked pretty good for that.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Back from the San Jose RKC

Still a little jet lagged but off we go

Prep - Foam Roller and Primal Move

1 arm 1 leg push-up x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1

DL x 315 x 3, 3, 3, 3
Bench x 225 x 3, 3, 3, 3
Parallel grip pull-up +32 kg x 2, 2, 2, 2

Stretch

the 32 kg for the pull-ups was a 16 kg on each foot

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Back under the barbell...

Prep - Foam roller and Primal Move

1 arm 1 leg push-up x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1

Jumpstretch Band Barbell squats
Doubled over Monster Mini bands
135 x 3
225 x 3, 3, 3
135 x 3

24 kg Get-up + armbar + bridge at elbow and hand x 1+1

Stir the pot x 1 min

The doubled over monster mini bands were held down by 85 pound DBs and if I even touched them they "levitated" due to the pull of the band so I would say an easy 80# or so of pull at the top.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Back from the Strong First Leadership meeting in Salt Lake City

A great weakend (get it....) capped off by getting to meet Dr. Judd Biasiotto and hear him speak for a couple of hours - Excellent speaker, great man and just what I needed to hear.
(more on that soon)

Training today:

Prep - Foam Roller, Primal Move

Get-up 24kg + arm bar x 1+1
Get-up 24 kg x 3+3

1 arm 1 leg push-up x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1

DL x 315 x 3, 3, 3
Bench x 225 x 3, 3, 3
Neutral grip pull-up + 20 kg (on foot) x 3, 3, 3

Ab Wheel x 5, 5 (nose to floor from knees)

20 min Stationary Bike - random program (70-80% HR)

Toying with the idea of a PL meet of sorts this year....see what KBs will do for you

Thursday, February 14, 2013


Blowing off a little steam...

Took my NATA exam today - glad to be done but we will see what the results are in a couple of weeks

Prep - foam roller and primal move

1 a 1 L push-up x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1

GU
24kg x 1+1
44 kg x 1+1 x 3 sets

Chins x 15
HSPU x 7

40 kg MP x 1+1

44 kg two arm swings
X 15 x 4 sets
+ 2 more sets of 10
Top of minute

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Progress continues...

Monday I just hit some Primal Move and handstands

Today:

prep - Foam roller and Primal Move

1 arm 1 leg Push-up x 1+1
Pistols x 1+1

Get-up ladder
24 kg x 1+1
44 kg x 1+1
32 kg x 1+1
40 kg x 1+1

40 kg MP x 1+1 x 2 sets

Double 24 kg FS x 5

Snatch work
alternating sets of 32 kg 3+3 with sets of 24 kg 10+10 x 10 total sets at top of minute (density style

Stretch etc...

Sunday, February 10, 2013







Back from a teaching weekend

Got a training session in on Friday with some new friends and some old friends

I usually workout on my own so getting to train with other like minded individuals is a great time for me.

Started with a little Foam Roller and Primal Move
One arm One leg push-up x 1+1, 1+1
Pistols x 1+1, 1+1

HSPU with 8" elevation x 2, with 12" elevation 1, 1, 1, 1

Deadlift x 315 x 1, 1  x 365 x 1,  x 405 x 1, 1 (video of first rep above)

KB Snatch 24kg x 8+8 x 5 sets (80% snatch test)

Stretch etc....

I have not touched a bar since July 23 so to hit 405 for a couple of singles is not bad.

My foot position has gone back to my old stance (more on this in an upcoming article).

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

More progress...

Prep - Foam Roller and Primal Move

24 kg get-up + arm bar and bridge at elbow and hand x 1+1

1 arm 1 leg push-up x 1+1, 1+1
Pistols x 1+1, 1+1

Chins + 16 kg on foot x 5 , 5
Stacked press 24 kg + 16 kg x 1 right + 1 Push-press Left
HSPU + 6" range x 2

20 kg One arm swing Pyramid x
5+5 10+10 15+15 20+20 15+15 10+10 5+5
= 160 reps continuous

PM cool down

more reps and less stress than the 16 kg set last week

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Progress...


Prep  - foam roller and primal Move

1arm 1Leg push-up x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1

Get-up
24 x 1+1
44 x 1+1
32 x 1+1
40 x 1+1

32 kg Snatch x 5+5
X 6 min
45% easier that last week

Ab wheel x 3, 3

IC 1 pound x #3 x 25+25

Nice progress on the 32 kg snatch work

I am in study mode getting LOTS of studying done for taking my NATA exam next week

Monday, February 04, 2013

Mixed bag...

Prep - Foam Roller, Primal move

1 arm 1 leg push-up x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1

24 kg Get-up + arm bar and bridge @elbow and hand x 1+1

Pull-ups + 12 kg on Both feet (24 kg total) x 3, 3
Stacked Press - 24 kg + 12 kg = 36 kg x 3+3, 3+3
RFESS - double 24 kg x 6+6, 6+6

Double 24 kg
swing x 10
Clean x 10
Snatch x 10
Press x 10
Squat x 10

16 kg One arm swing x continuous
25+25 - 20+20 - 15+15 - 10+10 - 5+5
(+ 10 or so extra)

Little Primal move to finish

Saturday, February 02, 2013

Quick and effective...

Training today:

Prep - Foam Roller, Primal Move
1 arm 1 leg push-up x 1+1
Pistol x 1+1

24 KG Snatch test x 100 reps in 4:50
10+10 x 5 sets (15 seconds or so between sets)

Stretch etc...

I have my head  under a rock right now banging out my studying for the NATA exam - fun times!

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Almost a repeat...

Training today:
Prep - Foam Roller and Primal Move

1 arm 1 leg push-up x 1 x 2 sets
Pistols x 1+1 x 2 sets
superset

Get-up weight ladder
24 kg x 1+1
44 kg x 1+1
32 kg x 1+1
40 kg x 1+1

Pull-ups x 10, 10
HSPU x 6, 5

32 kg snatch x 5 min
5+5 at the top of each minute - density style

Ab Wheel (face to floor from knees) x 3, 3

2# Indian Clubs x #1 x 10 , #2 x 10, #3 x 10+10

the last workout was so much fun I had to have a "repeat" with some variety of course
32 kg Snatches - fun

Tuesday, January 29, 2013


If you are going to do a lot, you have to do a little...

Which I am sure will result a similar look to what one of my cats gives me all the time - HUH?

Basically if you are going to do a variety of movements you can only do a little of each one - hopefully that helps remove the head tilt.

Training today:
Prep - Foam Roller and Primal Move

1 arm 1 leg push-up x 1 x 3 sets
Pistols x 1+1 x 3 sets
superset

Get-up weight ladder
24 kg x 1+1
44 kg x 1+1
32 kg x 1+1
40 kg x 1+1

Chins x 10, 10
HSPU x 6, 6

16 kg snatch x 6 min
25 L + 25 R +25 L + 25 R + 20 L + 20 R = 140 total

Ab Wheel (face to floor from knees) x 3, 3

Indian Clubs x 10 of each movement (each direction)
#1 x 10 , #2 x 10, #3 x 10+10, #4 x 20, #5 x 20, #6 x 20

1 arm 1 leg push-ups and pistols felt great but so did the chins and HSPU and the Get-ups felt solid etc....
a good training day


Friday, January 25, 2013

My final HKC is in the books....

Got busy last week with travel and work so I haven't posted in a few days

I taught my final HKC this past Saturday - bittersweet.

I did train between Mon the 14th and Wednesday
Tuesday was about 45 minutes of Primal Move and I am always working on Handstands etc...
but then travel Friday and teaching Saturday.

Training Monday

Prep - Foam Roller and Primal Move

28 kg Get-up + bridge at elbow and Hand x 1+1

28 kg MP ladders
(R+L) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5  x 3 ladders

16 kg KB on Foot Pull-ups x 5 x 3 sets

100# (50# DB in each hand) RFESS x 5+5 x 3 sets

28 kg one arm swings - density style
x 4 min (20 L + 20 R + 20 L + 20 R)

Since then I have been cranking away practicing Handstands etc... and will get some pressing in today or tomorrow


Monday, January 14, 2013

ETK easy day...

prep - Foam Roller, Primal Move

28 kg Get-up + arm bar and bridge at elbow and hand x 1+1

28 kg MP laddders
(R+L) 1 - 2 - 3  x 5 ladders

pull-up + 24 kg Kb on foot x 4 x three sets (x2 for one set) = 4 sets

RFESS + 28 kg contralateral x 8+8 x 3 sets

28 kg One Arm Swing Density style x 6 min
20 L - 20 R - 20 L - 20 R - 20 L - 20 R
(reps at top of the minute - rest till start of next minute)

Stretch and PM

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