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Archive for September, 2011
A Great Commercial About Kids and Youth Sports
Posted in Media, Random Thoughts, Training, Uncategorized, Youth Training on September 29, 2011 by mboyle1959This a great commercial. Although the subject is tennis this applies to hockey and football also ( and maybe lots of others sports I’m not thinking of) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeHLbDUt_64&feature=player_detailpage Take a minute and watch.
PS- thanks to my friend Michelle Amidon from USA Hockey for the forward.
Strength Coach Creed
Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2011 by mboyle1959This is great piece written by Anthony Donskov that I wanted to share:
I am a strength and conditioning coach, not a cheerleader, rep counter, weight loader, scientist or lab technician. I am a motivator, not a babysitter, amateur psychologist, or boot camp instructor. I will not treat all athletes the same! I will treat athletes the way they deserve and earn to be treated. I believe in determination, sacrifice, attention to detail, respect for those that have walked before me, passion, team spirit, and good old-fashioned sweat and hard work. Lou Holtz once said: “No one has ever drowned in sweat.” I believe there are NO limits to greatness: no ceiling, or rooftop. “I believe that personal greatness is measured against ones own potential, not against someone else on the team or elsewhere” (Coach Wooden). I am not a fad, fashion or preacher. I am an educator, teacher, and role model. I am a Coach!
A Meeting of Minds
Posted in Core training, Fat Loss, Injuries, Low Back Pain, MBSC News, Media, Nutrition, Random Thoughts, Seminars, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females with tags Perform Better on September 28, 2011 by mboyle1959
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Watch the Sing Off Tonight
Posted in Media, Random Thoughts with tags Sam Weisman, Sing Off on September 26, 2011 by mboyle1959I don’t usally blog about TV but The Sing Off is the best show on TV. Check out this clip of Urban Method doing Love the Way You Lie. I am not a rap fan but, what a performance. Just keep reminding yourself, NO INSTRUMENTS!
Read More!
Posted in Random Thoughts on September 20, 2011 by mboyle1959A had a revelation today. Even successful people don’t read enough. If you don’t have the time to read or, don’t read well, listen more ( buy or take out audiobooks). I’m not bragging but I went through about 6 months worth of blog posts to try to get a handle on what I have read or listened to lately and came up with these suggestions. If you are a regular reader, you may have heard these already but, they bear repeating.
“Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow’s Success (Maxwell, John C.)
“Self-Improvement 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know (101 (Thomas Nelson))
Creating Magic- 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney by Lee Cockerell
Barefoot in Boston http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=barefoot+in+boston
Talent Code – Daniel Coyle
Talent is Overrated – Geoff Colvin
First Break All the Rules- Marcus Buckingham
Training Soccer Champions – Anson Dorrance
Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
These are just a few to start you off. In any case, get started.
So Good I had to Share
Posted in Media, Random Thoughts on September 18, 2011 by mboyle1959My friend Robert Dos Remedios ( Coach Dos to most of you) sent me this. I do not believe he wrote this however I don’t have any idea who did. If you read it and it was you, email me and I’ll give you credit.
1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
6. Was learning cursive really necessary?
7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5.
I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
9. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know
that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have
to restart my collection…again.
13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save
any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.
14. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses
begin with Miller Lite than Kay.
18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
19. How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still
didn’t hear or understand a word they said?
20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting
in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!
21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear
them forever.
22. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time
it is.
23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket,
finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet everyone
can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed,
first time, every time.
24. The first testicular guard, the “Cup,” was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet
was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain
is also important
Battle Over High Fructose Corn Syrup Heads to Court
Posted in Fat Loss, Media, Nutrition, Random Thoughts on September 14, 2011 by mboyle1959This is really funny. The sugar manufacturers are suing the corn people to stop the corn people from calling high fructose corn syrup corn sugar? Did I confuse you yet? How bad is a product (HFCS) when the people who make sugar don’t want you ruining their “good name”. This is like John Wayne Gacy suing Jeffrey Dahmer. Read on…
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Bitter-battle-over-corn-syrup-heads-to-LA-court-2167769.php
Defending Your Beliefs
Posted in Injuries, Low Back Pain, Random Thoughts, Seminars, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Uncategorized with tags Functional Training, Meeting of Minds, Single Leg Strength on September 13, 2011 by mboyle1959The link below is to a recent Jim Wendler blog on single leg training. It was brought up in a StrengthCoach.com forum post and I thought I would share my answer with those of you who read this blog but are not StrengthCoach.com members yet.
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I liked Wendler’s 5-3-1 but when someone writes off my 30 years of experience as a publicity stunt it’s really hard to get excited about the guy. My goal is to get athletes better without hurting any of them. I have come to the conclusion that squatting on two legs is no longer part of that. If that pisses of the powerlifting crowd, so be it. As I have said before, I take a lot of heat from the powerlifters, olympic lifters, Crossfitters etc because I question their methods. I want olympic lifts from the hang, one leg squats and Trap Bar deadlifts, all done with great technique in a rep range that is safe. Is that so crazy?
I think I understand why those in the powerlifting and olympic lifting world reject these ideas ( and read the blog, Jim basically says single leg exercises provide a good stretch). For the past thirty years powerlifters and olympic lifters have been the go to source for strength information. As we move towards a more , dare I say, functional view of strength the sports of powerlifting and olympic lifting take on less and less significance. I think the future will prove me right, lets see.
PS- If you want to learn more about the future of our field from some real forward thinkers, check out Perform Better’s Meeting of the Minds in Arizona in October.
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