Posts by Smitty

• Athletic Assessments – What to Look For and Where to Start

  Athletic Assessments – What to Look For and Where to Start I filmed this video with Martin Rooney during a trip to the Parisi Speed School in NJ a couple years ago.  During the trip, I did an interview series with Martin for Elitefts.com and...

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• 6 Things You Might Not Know About Defrancos Gym

  6 Things You Might Not Know About Defrancos Gym I just got back from a long weekend co-presenting at the AMPED / POWER Seminar Series and I wanted to share with you some pics I took at Defranco’s Gym. As you know Joe D. and...

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• Your Goals Will Destroy You

  Your Goals Will Destroy You When I was growing up, we didn’t have much money. Because of this I knew the value of hard work from a very early age. I worked three different jobs throughout high school and into college. I worked on our...

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• 2 Unique Chest Building Exercises for Strength and Power

  2 Unique Chest Building Exercises for Strength and Power We will explore two very unique chest building exercises in today’s article.  If you believe the hype and everyone in the gym on Monday’s, the bench press is the king of all pressing exercises. Well, I’m...

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• 3 Tips to Make It In the Fitness Industry

  1. Get Respect, Not Money It seems in the industry today that the tide has shifted, at least on the surface. The old school way of doing things was to train people for years to establish your credibility. After this “10,000 hours to get good...

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• 2 Tips to Increase Your Bench Press

  2 Tips to Increase Your Bench Press In the article today I am going to talk about two different techniques for increasing your bench press. First Technique – More Speed The first technique involves modifying the tempo.  When you modify the tempo (as I showed...

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