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10 months

I’m a 47 year old mom. This is a 32kg bell. Girls are tearing ACLs. I played sports in cleats until I was 41. No knee trauma. This bell weighs 32kg. Do we have an issue of being under-trained? I think so…

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The LA Rams took ideas from Premier League soccer teams to prevent injuries, canceling workouts if players walk too much. Now they're one of the least injured NFL teams.

The LA Rams took ideas from Premier League soccer teams to prevent injuries, canceling workouts if...

The LA Rams remain one of the least injured teams since 2016. Their sports medicine VP said it's thanks to an approach inspired by the Premier League.

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Athlete - I want to be quicker Can’t do 30 BW calf raises Can’t balance on one foot for 60 seconds Think of speed as icing on a cake where the cake is made of stability in the foot/ankle complex and hip/trunk region.

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My thoughts on the rise of Achilles ruptures: 1. Overspecialization in linear speed (tendons like more variety) 2. Not enough slow strength work for tendon health 3. Poor nutrition 4. Mismatch in capacity of tissue and horsepower of athletes

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Have we really looked under the hood as to the reasons why female athletes sustain more ACL traumas? Is it really 'just' our Q angle and anatomy? Or is our strategies? And our lack of exposure to good coaching, movement training and lifting to get strong. I am willing to bet.

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3 years

How is it that parents can think an ex pro football player with no university degree in strength and conditioning is qualified to prescribe and coach exercise and physically prepare athletes?

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2 years

Isometrics are bloody overrated. There. I said it.

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10 months

Why don’t we all admit we don’t know the optimal dose of exercise?

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1 year

The left side of the F-V curve is how we build the athletes brakes. It’s also the side with big forces. As much as sprinting in a straight line develops qualities, it does not prepare tissue in the manner they need to tolerate forces.

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Truth be told - my adolescent son who plays a variety of sports but mostly basketball performs a routine of static stretches as he goes through his peak growth. And he’s not slower or less athletic. He also does mobility as shown

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7 months

Taught a workshop today There was no PowerPoint People learned by doing It was fun and now I’m sore.

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Whoever said this is genius: "I’m MORE afraid of my kid hating sports, getting injured, than I am of them getting behind their peers in skills at 12."

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5 years

I am excited to announce in 2020 I will be heading down to @ALTIS @ALTISEdu to deliver a talk and more importantly help grow the field for female high performance coaches. I will also be consulting with @ubcperformance in the same areas of coach development!

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@NaomiRendina People like this are everywhere in the world you guys. Learn to rise above it and work in spite of it. It’s a first work problem if “Jane or Peter doesn’t like you” Who cares!

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3 months

Personally I think the manual therapy haters here on the Twit don’t treat enough high level athletes to fully appreciate the role it plays in recovery / restoration. Ok come at me bro. 😎

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4 years

Weights just don’t fight back. In my opinion, one of the best ways to develop strength in the trunk and the neck is through partner work using wrestling and perturbations. Absorb - control - redirect energy.

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7 months

A strong clean is a strong athlete - rarely can one lift expose so many limitations. IMO. (Me in 2007 university of Hawaii)

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1 year

Isometrics of the foot/ankle are like dill pickles - they are hidden in every yummy burger. 1. Heavy deads 2. Heavy squats 3. Step ups 4. Uphill running To name a few burgers. Oh and they are ALL OVERCOMING because you should be pushing the earth 🌍

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10 months

Ok people are arguing that kids are overtrained. No. They are overdosed with the wrong meds! Long distance running Less than 10 hours sleep per night Not enough protein The word trained means something.

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1 year

As an @sfu lecturer, I too condemn the cancellation of the football 🏈 program and wish for it to be reinstated. Thank you 🙏 @DrScottLear @globalnews @sbarnesglobal

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Thanks @garymasonglobe for writing this. As an @SFU professor it's quite disappointing how this has come about and I will cheer for our football program to be reinstated. @sfufbalumni @drjoyjohnson @SFUMomSquad

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6 years

The most important time to develop speed and quickness is between the ages of 8 and 13. via @SimpliFaster

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1 year

Plyos for isos Not isos for isos

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10 months

I use the stability ball a lot for core work Call me stuck in the 1990s but the feedback it provides is terrific *mid stage ACLR core work Next 🔥exercise based rehab course🔥 in January 2024. Fully online.

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8 months

Why do you think ACL INJURIES are on the rise for the youth athlete population?

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10 months

Here’s another video of me exercising (N of 1) recommending this drill to the masses - making claims and taking names. Most athletes size up their opponents before they chirp 🐣 them. 😂😂😂😂

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4 months

You know how it’s obvious when folks haven’t worked with high level athletes? They say thing like they: 🤦‍♀️are obsessed with perfection 🤦‍♀️are always competing 🤦‍♀️ don’t socialize and get down to task Oh yeah? This is France warming up and oh no - Having fun!!! #elite

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7 months

Interesting that no valid measure of core stability exists yet anecdote of “you lack core stability” exists. Stability is a tap of the brake. It’s about control of abhorrent motion….its entwined in strength… it’s dependent on context…

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5 years

Periodization is but what it is - a model. What is a model? A representation of what something “should” look like. Rarely though, with humans, do things go according to model.

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1 year

A study conducted on toddlers ages 12-17 mos concluded they averaged 2K steps per day and fell down, on average 17 times per hour. That’s what learning looks like. 👊🏼💪🏀🏈❤️👊🏼💪🏀🏈❤️

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2 years

I just got in from throwing the football with my son. Doesn’t seem like a big deal but when your kid asks mom to throw to him while he runs routes - well that’s cool!

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2 years

@WokeTemple Good scientists can explain complex phenomena simply (without jargon) and it’s how we demonstrate transparency. SJ movement the goal is moral superiority so the tactic using jargon is to cause confusion versus educate. It’s a very elitist vantage point.

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For girls “social acceptance enhances performance”. For boys “performance enhances social acceptance” How misogynistic of me to report research findings and rely on my 27 years of coaching experience! How dare I set women back by saying this!

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3 years

Just sayin

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1 year

Loss of Athletic Identity is real when athletes cannot participate in their chosen sport - it’s akin the grieving process associated with death.

The Loss of Your Athletic Identity — Sidelined USA

Cut off from competing due to circumstances outside your control? What to do when you aren't sure who you are without your sport.

www.sidelinedusa.org

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5 years

I like so much about this. For creating a “motivational climate” - now a tip: have the athletes write down their emotions and feeling associated with the new PR. This will help them conjur the same energy for a combine test! #mentalperformance

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Just got asked, “What is a GAUNTLET 40?” We do them twice a year. 61% of the participants run a PR. Powerful stuff.

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3 months

Fight age with metal Ahhh I love a good lift Who’s with me?

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2 years

Can a “quality” such as RFD ever truly be “transferred” without the specific motor skill (kinematics) the athlete must be able to perform… a predictable CMJ is not what I’m after. I’m curious about these relationships in more complex “agility” skills…

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3 years

If you have university students under your wing as a mentor, teach them how to coach. Sounds obvious, but students do enough labs in their coursework. They need to learn to instruct, motivate, communicate and be professional.

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I think, if strength and conditioning coaches started their first session with a new athlete asking them what THEY need, we would get more insight than “testing” them… #oldschool

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2 years

Muscle activation in running > than muscle activation in a run-specific ISOMETRIC.

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1 year

There comes a point when training men for sport like football 🏈 where looking the part is also key. Not sure how some of the cute stuff I see works as well as a good old fashioned 5 by 5 of front squats.

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9 months

10 sets of 3. Double clean + Press. Been lifting bells since 2007. Trained by very good coaches and now passing on the lessons to others

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4 months

Sport parents - understanding the acute to chronic workload ratio is the most important aspect of physical development you need to understand to mitigate overuse injury risk in your youth.

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1 year

Masculinity is not toxic. There. I said it. This world is bananas 🍌

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4 months

Technology helps us measure better. It does not help us coach better. Coach Coach Coach

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5 years

You don’t say 💪🔑 Coaching ability knows no gender.

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5 years

🏀 BASKETBALL NEWS: Gregg Popovich says ‘no difference between a woman who knows the game and a man who knows the game’

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I have been coaching since 1998. Did a physical education undergrad and a masters in sport science/medicine. I have come to understand & appreciate there are differences in coaching male athletes versus female athletes. Am I a misogynist?

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2 years

If we could mentor the future of s&c to use their eyes primarily versus a force plate we’d have better coaching. IMO.

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1 year

Coaching > Profiling This is not meant to create polarization on the Twit. But I cannot stress this enough. The job is humanistic. You must teach. You must empower. You must be excited! Profiling physical qualities is not the only aspect of this gig.

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5 years

Excited to speak @ALTIS at the High Performance Coaching Conference in a few weeks. I’m tackling the topic of Confidence and sharing practical mental skill exercises to enhance confidence.

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8 months

“In order to prevent ACL INJURIES athlete must engage in neuromuscular training.” Neuromuscular training? Huh? Do you mean strength training, plyometrics, change of direction and deceleration? Oh, ok! Gotcha.

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1 year

In @stevemagness book “Do hard things” he talks about stress. And he says “Uncertainty amplifies stress.” Why? “It causes us to get lost in the future with 'what ifs' instead of being in the present.”

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1 year

SFU Football Alumni Society says U SPORTS is preferred path — if program returns via @BurnabyNOW_News

SFU Football Alumni Society says U SPORTS is preferred path — if program returns

"We have received positive feedback and encouragement from football stakeholders across Canada to make U SPORTS and Canada West the home of SFU Football."

www.burnabynow.com

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1 year

All universities need arts, science and sport. I’ll argue though that sport, esp team sport, teaches something the academics may not.

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11 months

Thoughts on Barkley’s view on load management. Comment below 👇

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2 years

“Force plates are the new heart rate variability”

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1 year

For the kids needing a break to gather themselves, gain perspective and then aim their efforts again, I got you.

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No, kin students don’t need more courses on programming They need more hours coaching drills and working on communication skills.

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10 months

A while back I said that young athletes (ages 16-23) are untrained for the most part. People thought I was mental (I am BTW). Everyone shouted "No, they are overtraining!" It's possible to be both. Now go train. HARD. WITH PURPOSE.

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Accelerating through the full range of motion equates to power development Back squatting fast does not fulfill this, as top third is spent decelerating. Thank you 😊

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Hey young bucks - just so you know - when you get older as an s&c your back will hurt just watching a squat.

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1 year

I love @SFUFootball and all the student athletes who work so hard in sport and studies! I wish for them an outcome that supports their hope. As a coach, this is what we do. #supporthope

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2 years

Quick screenshot from a talk I gave in Poland regarding Mitochondrial Biogenesis. The short answer is - "It depends" and the stimulus for this adaptation can vary. Mechanistic understanding is relevant. Book a consult if you want to learn beyond the bathroom wall here.

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I teach a testing a measurement lab at the university here and yesterday there was a squatting protocol that required the feet to be 15cm apart. Try squatting this way. Be critical of what is published by scientists who are not practitioners.

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Some suggestions for progressions within the typology of plyometrics @McInnesWatson

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10 months

The more I educate physical therapists on exercise coaching the more sad I get at the behaviour of “some” (not all) parents forcing their kids to perform at sport 7 days a week. The kids are unhappy 🙁 and that bothers me. It’s supposed to be fun.

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2 years

If coaching certication bodies were serious they would have a mentorship program in place. If they were serious….

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Nice new weightroom at university of Calgary. All branded up! Cmon @sfu

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1 year

@spikesonly No one knows. Some great athletes can brake and change direction on a dime and barely squat 1.5x their weight. Others can squat 2+ x and cannot. I use weights to improve tensile strength of connective tissue as a primary goal. And other methods for timing.

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Re: #isometrics research, looking at specific motor performance: No evidence they improve jumping performance No conclusive evidence they improve running economy The increased stiffness post IST might not be beneficial to activities involving the stretch shortening cycle

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3 years

Model of Adolescent Football Development. There is a process involved in ensuring young bodies develop appropriately. A few key things to understand: 1. qualities that simply cannot be 'paired' 2. appropriate doses for this Dev-age (not shown) 3. coordination mvt > loading mvt

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This blew up on the Twit yesterday. Since I have a lot of football 🏈 coaches and athletes following me, I’ll re share that this is INCORRECT. Feel free to comment below WHY.

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Notre Dame Wide Receivers working stance & start

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Coaching is not writing training plans or performing fitness assessments. So, what is coaching? 👇👇👇👇

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10 months

What a FUN way to get exercise! My son, 12, ripping it up with our doggo. Anyone want to critique his form? lol 😂

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1 year

Twitter friends - please help by making a small donation to help us save the football program at SFU We are close! Even 10 bucks is enough!!!!

SFU Football Alumni

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. #1Day4SFUFootball 200 pledges needed to engage $600K matching funds Make your pledge here on Tuesday, April 25 #SaveSFUFootball 🇨🇦🏈 #wecanplay2023 #VISTA Sign the petition @CFL @BCLions @CFLPA @CFL_Alumni @SFU @USPORTSca

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The present longitudinal study suggests that in growing active children during puberty, high volumes of systematic endurance training do not have an additional effect on VO2m compared with similar volume of training mainly aiming at developing motor skills

Longitudinal changes in maximal oxygen uptake in adolescent girls and boys with different training...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of high-volume endurance training on the development of maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) in physically active boys and girls between the ages...

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2 years

The moment the S&C realizes and accepts the sport coach is not trained in physiology is a good place to be. Trust me. Then go help and be of service.

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When my athletes succeed it is on them - all the way. I simply get to be a small part. Nothing I do is earth shattering or game-changing. I’m just extra good at giving unconditional support. #always

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Through my own training of my own body I began to really understand how the body adapts… before you judge a method, try it yourself.

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My 12 year old son and his Coquitlam Flag Football 🏈 friends at @SFU home game last Fall. I truly hope @sfufbalumni can turn this bus around and aim it right back up Burnaby Mountain.

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In speed development for team sport (MD) Athletes it’s not about becoming mister-fix-it. It’s a fine line between teaching “good enough”mechanics and making them too in-their-body (neurotic). Always keep in mind they have to read, react & use implements.

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If you take my workshop you will learn the precise mechanisms behind adaptations using “holding” isometrics. Just remember they do not solve world 🌎 hunger or climate change.

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Haters gonna hate

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Final hike of 2023

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Isn’t moving well under load still a thing? Y’all be iso-velocity-eccentric-contrasting-complexing before y’all moving better than a cardboard box 📦.

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My dog is looking at me like - you are weird human.

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Live and die by the copenhagen or try this on for size. Enjoy the discomfort.

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Dear clubs of all sports - Please stop using the term “elite” and “U12, U13, U14 etc” in the same sentence Sincerely, Growth & motor development professor and 25 year veteran of performance coaching.

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My coaching priorities 1. Attendance & engagement 1st 2. technique is gospel 3. effort (intensity) matters 4. Remove barriers (lack of sleep, mindset, contraindications) Then worry about ‘data’ #voteforpedro

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Testing linemen, especially O line on the 40 is stupid. Why? 😳Their position involves the most decelerations 😳They are a static dynamic athlete 😳It doesn’t dictate / predict performance or career longevity Banish it.

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Big day! (I’m just a prof who likes to train some dudes)

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1 year

Picture 1 OH squat Picture 2 KB arm bar 30s /so Picture 3 perfect OH squat Coaching.

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Dear Twitter homies - I have a favour to ask . . . (Yes I’m in pjs)

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Last time I coached a skips my athletes magically moved forwards. It was weird, but it seemed to occur. Even without a tailwind. There they went - forwards, with good shapes. So very weird.

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"They (the team sport athlete) have to go after something in the forward direction. So why then would you do an ‘A-Skip’, which is where your straight up and down?” Steve Fudge

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Tall kneeling press as I give myself a bit of tactical feedback. C-section with complications, left side hernia repair has led me down a trail of back pain McGill’s methods have worked well for me. I also do the curl ups with an added isometric stress!

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@DrScottLear @garymasonglobe @SFU @sfufbalumni @drjoyjohnson @SFUMomSquad Thank you @DrScottLear - I am also cheering for the program to be reinstated. I am incredibly disappointed and in support of @sfufootball and @sfufbalumni . I encourage @drjoyjohnson to retract this decision and show support for these student athletes.

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New coaches - the best places to learn are as follows: 1. Attending sport practices with a notepad 📝 2. Shadowing a veteran coach and doing the athlete workouts 3. Clinics that are experiential 4. In small think tank groups focused on solving problems

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You know what is run-specific? Running. Follow me for more smart ass comments. Honestly I do understand this new-age need to complicate boring training interventions.

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