I talk with people everyday who are studying for their CSCS Exam, or have already taken the exam a few times but keeping missing the mark...

The CSCS Exam is way harder than it used to be. Back in 2018 when I sat for my CSCS Exam, the first-time pass rate was in the high 60% -...

The start of our spring athletics season has really thrown me for a loop, and caused me to deviate from some of my core habits. Training...

The recipe for a program design question usually involves an athlete, the season they’re in, and concludes by asking which training...

Let's walk through a barbell shoulder press progression, going from simple to complex. The criteria for the progression is how many...

Back in December 2017, it's early on a Saturday morning. Just me, my dog Arthur, a white board and dry-erase marker. Something in the...

Our shoulder is a very unique joint, as its base of a support is basically a giant sesamoid bone (bone within the substance of muscle),...

In the past 13 months, I have taken on the responsibilities of being a father and a homeowner. While these are tremendous blessings, they...

Creatine had a bad reputation for causing a plethora of negative side effects, like bloating, water retention, kidney complications and...

Gait is the manner in which we walk, run or jog. Each of us has our own unique gait, with its own variations in tempo, joint kinematics...

OLD Guidelines Strength & Power: 1.4-1.7g/kg of BW Aerobic: 1.0-1.6g/kg of BW NEW Guidelines 1.4-1.8g/kg for ALL athletes ALL is the...

Before we tackle the Cunningham Equation, let's make sure we have mastered the basics... Macronutrient vs Micronutrient Macronutrient:...

The top two sport psych topics I am asked to break down most frequently are reinforcement vs punishment, and the attentional styles....

Amino acids supplements have gotten a bad rap as research shows they don’t offer us any benefits. But because these supplements are...

The deltoid muscle is the round muscle that encapsulates your shoulder. There are three heads, or three origins points, of the deltoid...

The physioball ball rollout is an anti-extension exercise for your abdominal muscles. As you roll your body forward, your goal is to keep...

Here are two of my favorite single leg exercises. They are great choices for building single-leg strength, particularly for the...

We all know the feeling of being sore for about 1-3 days after a hard workout. This soreness is known as Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness...

As you walk down the aisles of the grocery store, there are more and more “healthy snacks”. These snacks may be “healthier” as they most...

When designing my own programs, everything has a purpose. Today I am going into my quadricep workout “finisher”. The two exercise are...