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New Article On T-Nation

Posted in Core training, Injuries, Low Back Pain, Random Thoughts, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Youth Training with tags , , , , , on February 9, 2012 by mboyle1959

My new article is up on T-Nation. They titled it Exercises Saved from the Dumpster. Once again, change is good. Give it a read and let me know what you think.

Another Great Crossfit Video

Posted in Injuries, Low Back Pain, Training, Youth Training with tags , on February 1, 2012 by mboyle1959

I know I said I would stop but every time I see one of these I just have to share it. Plus, these get more views than anything I put up. I’m not sure what I’ll do if the Crossfit folks stop videoing.

You Will Spend Money On Health Maintenance

Posted in Fat Loss, Injuries, Low Back Pain, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized with tags , on January 28, 2012 by mboyle1959

I have a very successful client who once made a great point to me. He said “people are going to spend money on health”. He went on to say that it could be proactive ( ex. a trainer) or reactive (ex. hospitals and nursing homes). In either case the money will be spent. Proactive spending not only will prolong life, it will increase it’s quality.

Why die of preventable diseases with hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank ? If you are a baby boomer go out and hire a trainer. It’s not that I want your money, most of my readers don’t live north of Boston. I just want people to be able to take advantage of natures greatest medicine, exercise.

Endurance Exercise Is Bad For You?

Posted in Fat Loss, Guest Authors, Injuries, Media, Random Thoughts, Training, Training Females with tags , , , on January 25, 2012 by mboyle1959

I’ve been saying for years that I think endurance exercise is bad for you. I think the risk of injury outweighs the benefits. Now it appears that research agrees with me but for a far more significant reason. A sore knee is one thing but increased risk of heart attack? Take a look at this quote from the this article on the Mercola website.

“Clearly, when it comes to exercise, more is not always better. As I’ve learned in more recent years, the opposite is oftentimes true. Granted, this warning does not apply to the vast majority of people reading this, as most people are not exercising nearly enough. But it’s still important to understand that not only is it possible to over-exercise, but focusing on the wrong type of exercise to the exclusion of other important areas can actually do you more harm than good. Even if you don’t end up dying from sudden cardiac death during a race, years of marathon running can take a toll on your ability to achieve optimal health.”

Episode 95 of the StrengthCoach Podcast

Posted in Core training, Fat Loss, Injuries, Low Back Pain, MBSC News, Media, Random Thoughts, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females with tags on January 23, 2012 by mboyle1959

Anthony has a new episode of The Strength Coach Podcast up

In This Issue
Episode 95 Highlights
The Best S&C Resource on the Net
New Podcast Episode Highlights
Episode 95- Thomas Phillips, Senior RKC and founder of The Ultimate Transformation Challenge, joins Anthony to talk about his philosophies on body transformation psychology, coaching and teaching.
-I discuss Using Breathing Techniques with Stretching, Sprints after Sled Work, and Mark Toomey’s article “Is It Just a Sore Back?”
-Nick Winkelman discusses talks about “The AP Acceleration Method and Combine Preparation”.
-Rachel Cosgrove talks about “The Importance of Experience”
-Erin McGirr tells us about the NEW Equipment line at Perform Better.
-Gray Cook does a case study with me for a client at Five Iron Fitness.

Click here to listen to Episode 95

Sports Specific Selling

Posted in Hockey, Injuries, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females, Uncategorized, Youth Training with tags , , , on January 18, 2012 by mboyle1959

I have talked over and over about learning to speak coach and wrote a post on it here. Learning to speak coach or , learning to speak parent is the key to sport specific selling. One of  our StrengthCoach.com members asked about sport specific selling so I wrote the info below.

Swimming- “lower body strength and power are huge. 50% of the race is start and turn” 

Hockey- “strength is huge. Collisions in hockey are at the highest speeds seen in any sport. No one can run faster than the fastest skater and in no other sport do you slam into an immoveable object ( the boards)”

basketball- “lower body strength is huge. The easiest way to improve vertical jump is to improve lower body strength”.

baseball- “lower body strength is huge. You hit the ball from the ground up starting from the feet and moving through the hips. Try to swing sitting down”.

The reality is training is pretty much the same but talking to parents is about learning to speak their language. I could write example after example of how we use the language of the sport to sell the parent on the idea of training. I have never seen a young athlete get involved in a good training program and get worse and I’ve seen thousands get better. What do you think?

On Your Mark, Get Set, Ouch

Posted in Injuries, Low Back Pain, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females, Uncategorized, Youth Training with tags on January 13, 2012 by mboyle1959

I promise this is the last one ( at least for this week). This blog is becoming more and more like Jackass. The key to this one is to watch the trainer. Todays lesson is liability. Never use homemade equipment unless you only train yourself. You have to click the link.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81488626/

Just One More

Posted in Injuries, Low Back Pain, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females, Uncategorized, Youth Training with tags on January 12, 2012 by mboyle1959

This is the best so far. If you don’t want to watch all two minutes, watch the first set of squat to press and body swings and then fast forward to to 1:59.

More “Funny” Crossfit Video

Posted in Injuries, Low Back Pain, Media, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females, Uncategorized, Youth Training with tags on January 11, 2012 by mboyle1959

I know people get angry at me for posting Crossfit videos but this one was too good to skip over. It came courtesy of a member on my StrengthCoach.com site. I can’t believe people actually post this stuff. It’s like watching Weightroom Jackass. This guy could have been killed.

 

Advances in Functional Training for Nook!

Posted in Core training, Injuries, Low Back Pain, Media, Random Thoughts, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females, Youth Training with tags on December 19, 2011 by mboyle1959

Just got some great news that Advances in Functional Training is now available for the Nook. If you are looking for a less expensive version, love your Nook, or are overseas, this might be the answer for you. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/advances-in-functional-training-michael-boyle/1102184291?ean=2940013865716&itm=1&usri=advances+in+functional+training

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