I've been asked countless times for a beginner strength training program and I've stayed away from this for a long time. Most of my training requires some sort of a background. Some experience. Something! I tell high school athletes and their parents all the time, if you're an athlete, you should at least be doing push ups, curls and sprints on your own. We've got 2 programs for beginners. High School STRONG is our Off Season Program. This program is for athletes and to be implemented … [Read more...]
282: Jake Tuura | Jumper’s Knee, Strength Coach Business & Vertical Jump Training
STRONG Life Podcast ep. 282. Here we GO! This is the second time I've had Jake Tuura on The STRONG Life Podcast but this time, we are IN person! I recorded our training session and the complete session will be posted to The Underground Strength Academy. Here are the topics we cover: - How is Jake traveling all around the country the past year? - The importance of Strength Coaches creating MSI (Multiple Streams of Income) - How to fix jumper's knee - How to improve an athlete's … [Read more...]
7 Strength Training / Coaching Mistakes that Hurt Athletes
I'm gonna kick this off with something that might sound like arrogance, but in truth, it's me taking pride in what we do and the results we've been delivering since day 1, 2002 garage days. I used to get hated on for how we trained but I look back and feel even those early days, even as imperfect as it all was, it was VERY EFFECTIVE. It was effective because we crushed the basics. We developed athletes, NOT just athletes who could lift heavy weights. These athletes were succeeding in every … [Read more...]
Muscle Building Formula: Build Strength = Build (A Lot) More Muscle
The amount of complicated BS training is getting out of control. The truth is, it is simple. And, NOT easy. It also takes time. Not months, but YEARS of work. The formula to gaining size? It starts with STRENGTH. If you want to get BIG, then you better plan on getting stronger, period. Heavy weights, low to moderate reps, some high rep sets for finishers, lots of quality food, quality rest, basics, basics, basics. I know, ground breaking, right? Yet on the regular, so many … [Read more...]