Posts by Smitty

• Conditioning in a Crowded Gym

  Luckily, I’m able to train my athletes out of a large commercial facility.  Unfortunately, many coaches don’t have that same luxury.   Sometimes they don’t have the space to implement a wide variety of different training methods, or the gym is so crowded, they can...

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• 2 Unique Core Training Exercises from Martin Rooney

  Next in the series of lost Rooney footage are two core exercises Martin dropped on us during the trip.  If you remember the first article, I showed you 3 push-up variations that were guaranteed to crush and annihilate your upper body.  Now, Rooney’s new core...

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• Karma

  2012 changed my life. And I’m not talking about a little bit. Let me tell you about a seminar you’ve probably never heard of. A link that popped up on Facebook, probably around midnight one night, about an upcoming seminar in NJ in April. I’m...

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• 3 Tough Push-up Variations from Martin Rooney

  In my How to Perform Push-ups article, I detailed how I coach push-ups, coaching cues I use to dial-in technique, what torque means and why it is important as you start overloading bodyweight training. For today’s installment, I have a treat for you that I...

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• The Calm

  Soldiers standing guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in a Storm, (Washington D.C.) Imagine if you could look into the eyes of the solider in the picture above. Would you find his gaze steely and unyielding; fixed on an unknown target miles away?...

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• Bodyweight Training Basics – Push-ups 101

  You could probably say that push-ups are the most revered of all bodyweight exercises.  Think about it.  Before most of us picked up a barbell, we were all doing tons of push-ups.  Why?  Because everyone wants a big chest.  Don’t believe me?  Step into any...

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