All Blog Posts Tagged 'Strength' (57)

Originally posted on www.RonMcKeefery.com

Mike Gerber in his book E-Myth Revisted mentions that a business owner must have 3 personalities to have a chance at having a successful business. It is…

Originally posted on www.RonMcKeefery.com By Ryan Flood, Assistant Strength Coach Arkansas State University

John Salka is a Battalion Chief in the New York Fire Department and wrote a book titled…

Originally posted on www.RonMcKeefery.com

With the NSCA and AFCA National Conference right around the corner, I had time to reflect back on my first experience going to them.  My first national conference as a young coach was both thrilling and terrifying.  Thrilling because there was so much information being given, terrifying because I was there by myself and it seemed like everyone knew each other but me.

I tried hard…

The answer to that question is unfortunately no. BUT we can greatly reduce the effect of violent blows to the head by building a strong neck that dissipates the force of the blow down through a strong neck cylinder into the body. It is now fact that a strong neck can minimize and reduce the devastation that contact to the head can cause. I have been a college football coach and strength coach and have seen the debilitating injuries caused by poor neck strength. We as…

If one can't do the press-behind-neck PAIN FREE-soft tissue limitations are usually responsible for those limitations

The weight for a 1RM press-behind-neck from a seated position should represent 66% of the weight used for 1RM in the close-grip bench press

The weight that can be lifted for 8 reps on each dumbbell on an overhead press should represent 29% of the close-grip bench press measure

The…

Strength Performance Network (SPN) turned 4 years old today.  Since it's creation on July 11, 2008, SPN has gained over 8,000 members from the strength and conditioning profession.

Thanks to everyone that continue to support the site.  We couldn't do it without you!

This is an article that I wrote over 10 years ago and i feel that the fundamentals behind why i wrote sadly still holds true today.

I hope you enjoy.

Louie Simmons

I am fascinated…

I would like to thank Brian Harris for allowing Westside Barbell to become a partner within this community of Strength Coaches . It is always good to share information ,both ways, especially with a group of like minded thinkers, people who want to develop optimally in order to reach their full potential whether it be as a coach,athlete or maybe even both. I would like to start my blog with my view on…

Blog post via AnthonyMychal.com:

A sad part of the human psyche, largely ingrained from public schooling, is failing to take initiative. Not to go all Seth Godin, but look at the newspaper clipping sitting to the left. There’s a good chance that someone noticed this misprint. But it wasn’t corrected. Printers print. Editors edit. It’s not a Printers job to be an…

Post from GoVolsXtra.com:

Players will be able to walk straight from the 120-yard practice field into the new weight room — a 22,000 square foot "multilevel thunderdome of power," as it's called in UT's promotional video for the facility. Along with the standard free weights, machines, cardiovascular training equipment — which will be situated on a deck that overlooks…

Via BleacherReport.com:

Larry Burton (Panama City Beach, Fl) On the few times that visitors are allowed to watch the University of Alabama football team practice, one person inevitably gets their attention quickly, and many scratch their heads, not recognizing the man leading the opening drills, clearly in charge and clearly commanding the…

Via GoPSUsports.com:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State head football coach Bill O'Brienhas announced the appointment of Craig Fitzgerald as Director of Strength and Conditioning for Football.

Fitzgerald joins the Penn State staff following three seasons as Director of Football Strength…

Blog from Cavalier Power:

How important is a College Football Strength and Conditioning Coach?



I just read an article in which Nick Saban and Urban Meyer called their Strength and Conditioning Coach the most important assistant…

Via TurfShowTimes.com:

The ink has barley dried on Jeff Fisher's new contract with the St. Louis Rams. Since signing the deal on Tuesday, Fisher has been in the process of filling out his coaching staff. Those efforts hit a road block on Thursday when the…

Via BuckeyeXtra:

By Rob Oller The Columbus Dispatch

Coach Urban Meyer saved the best for last. Standing on the wooden floor of Value City Arena at halftime of Ohio State’s men’s basketball game against Indiana, he introduced — not a veiled guarantee…

From TheWolfpacker.com

Before the head strength and conditioning coach position for the NC State football team opened up this winter, it had been quite some time since former four-year letterwinner Corey Edmond had been back to Raleigh.



In fact, it had been since 2003, when the Murphy Center opened, that Edmond…

Reported on GoBlueRaiders.com:

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee Head Coach Rick Stockstill announced today he has elevated Jason Spray to Head Football Strength Coach. Spray takes over for Russell Patterson.

“I really want to thank Chris Massaro and Coach Stockstill for this opportunity,” said Spray. “There’s not many people who get to work in this capacity at…

Posted by Pittsburgh Sports Daily Bulletin

Lou Riecke:

You started off lifting weights in high school, correct? What got you started as a weightlifter and what did you enjoy so much about it?

Well, I wanted to gain weight to play football. I always was a skinny kid. A fellow in class lifted – I…