Posts by Smitty

• Top 4 Spotting Tips for the Squat

  In this quick article, I am going to show you some important coaching cues for how to correctly spot for back squats. An important note to remember is that while spotting technique for different squat variations is similar, there are a few minor tweaks here...

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• Time’s Greatest Illusion

  The tragedy of life is time’s greatest illusion. Time is fleeting but when most people realize this, they’re too old or too far gone from their dreams to ever recover. As a child and teenager, time moves slowly. It seems to creep along and the...

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• How to Bench Press – How to Use Leg Drive

  In our continuing series with Jesse Burdick from PowerWOD.com, we tackle one of the most misunderstand aspects of the bench press – leg drive. Whenever I talk to anyone or instruct a group on how to bench press, I always get puzzled looks when I...

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• 15 Minute Mass Building Arm Workout

  Here is a fast mass building workout that I did for Muscle & Fitness.  It looks like they want me to do a weekly series on the site, so look for more articles soon.  I am really enjoying these quick articles because they are easy...

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• Is There an I In Team?

  They say there is no “I” in team. Well, I don’t know about that. The way I see it is that there are many “I’s” in team and they all have a pretty big responsibility. As we’ve talked about before, the power of team is...

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• New HardCORE Core Development System

  New Hard:CORE Core Development System The new Hard:CORE Core Development System is LIVE!! To celebrate the release of this new awesome product, I dropped the hammer on 10 common core training myths.  Check them out below! Before we get into the myths, I wanted to...

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