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Body-weight Movements for Fun 1 Mar 2012 | 02:43 am
Low crawls, or spider-man’s are a good indicator of general useable strength and mobility. Many people do have a tough time with them. Yes, just because one might be good at push-ups or planks does no...
It’s Always Hot Somewhere… 26 Jan 2012 | 04:10 am
This is in response to a aussieluke at Davedraper.com in regards to training in hot, dry climates (and it will be that soon enough here in AZ) : I feel your pain. Training in hot dry weather is no...
Squats For You and Me 25 Jan 2012 | 05:17 am
Let’s take a look at squats. Everybody should be doing them for a variety of reasons. There are many variations of squatting movements: hip-belt squats, back squats done powerlifting style or Olympi...
Quick Feet – Part III 3 Nov 2011 | 04:16 am
“Agility or nimbleness is the ability to change the body’s position efficiently, and requires the integration of isolated movement skills using a combination of balance , coordination , speed , reflex...
Quick Feet — Part II 25 Aug 2011 | 01:50 am
As someone once said (Jeff Martone? Steve Maxwell?), quick feet are happy feet. In this case they were talking about using kettlebells. Because if you drop one and it lands on your foot, you wil...
Quick Feet 10 Aug 2011 | 03:33 am
Agility is a must for any type of athlete. If a person isn’t agile they won’t last long in any sport as they will always get beat by the other guy. Agility is also an excellent gauge of a persons mas...
Pay Attention to Tension 21 Jul 2011 | 02:55 am
Think of tension in the muscles as being generated by loading the muscle or moving the limb or body through a range of motion. Movement or the initiation of movement causes tension in the muscle. It ...
Shrugs for Building the Traps 19 May 2011 | 12:42 am
I often post answers to questions that come up on other forums dealing with training. And to be honest, I never really gave them a second thought until just recently when I posted the information that...
Horizontal Pulls and Natural Bodyweight Training 12 May 2011 | 03:19 am
We are going to address two things in this article. The first has to do with Step 2: Horizontal Pulls (HzP’s), as found in Convict Conditioning page 124 – 125, performed from a table or some oth...
Looking for some “POP!” ? 5 May 2011 | 05:12 am
Carbonation. We use to call my Dad that. Pops. But only when we were out of arms reach and he was in a good mood. Or we’d get popped upside the head. Do you have it? Do you need it? It is th...
