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Maybe Texting is a Blessing in Disguise?
Posted in MBSC News, Media, Random Thoughts on June 16, 2016 by mboyle1959Power Athlete Podcast
Posted in MBSC News, Media, Strength Coach Podcast, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females, Youth Training with tags Mike Boyle Podcasts on April 5, 2016 by mboyle1959A few weeks ago I went on the Power Athlete Podcast with John Welbourn and Luke Summers and talked training. Interesting conversation with the guys that developed Crossfit Football
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Is Training for the Combine Cheating?
Posted in MBSC News, Media, Training with tags Mike Boyle Mike Mamula, Mike Boyle NFL Combine on March 2, 2016 by mboyle1959In 1995 I helped Boston College defensive end Mike Mamula turn in one of the best NFL Combine performances in NFL history. Seems someone writes an article about it every year. Here’s this years…
Coach Behind Mike Mamula’s NFL Combine Fame “Hired to do a job”?
Stop The Box Jump Stupidity
Posted in Injuries, MBSC News, Media, Random Thoughts, Strength Coach Podcast, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Youth Training with tags Box Jumps, Stupid Gym Tricks on December 11, 2015 by mboyle1959Here’s my second repost of the same blog. Obviously not seen by enough coaches yet!
The top box in the stack is either a 36 or 42 inch plyo box.
If you have one, please put it away. In fact, unless you are training some great athletes, put your 30 inch box away too. I have dubbed the big plyo boxes “Idiot Boxes”. Idiot boxes are jumped on by young men ( it is always young men) looking to show off. I have begun to refer to them as “skin donors”. I can tell you something for sure. If CSI showed up and dusted the high plyo boxes for DNA most of these boxes would test positive. There was a time when my athletes and I were foolish just like everyone else and did these foolish exercises. After coaching a few “skin donors” I realized that what mattered was the movement of the center of mass, not the height of the box. I no longer own a 36” box but, own lots of 18’s, 24’s and a few 30’s.
Our rule is simple. Jimmy Radcliffe said it best; “jump and land from the same position”. This means that take off and landing should look identical. If you jump from a ½ squat, land in a half squat.
I could post a few videos but, don’t want to get sued. Just Youtube “box jumps” if you want to see foolishness in action.
And please, don’t stack up a bunch of stuff to jump on. That’s even dumber. I just saw an article with a multi-million dollar athlete jumping on a collection of boxes and plates. Try to explain that during your deposition.
Remember, jump and land from the same position.
Facility Design Hints
Posted in MBSC News, Media, Random Thoughts, Strength Coach Podcast, StrengthCoach.com Updates with tags StrengthCoach.com on October 9, 2015 by mboyle1959Are you planning a new facility? Yesterday I got a question from a friend just getting ready to put the finishing touches on a new facility plan. The basic question was “Tell us what we might overlook?”
Here’s the list I sent him:
Ceiling fans like the Big Ass Fan ( really awesome)
Electrical outlets every 10-12 feet ( we have very few in our MBSC facility and often need them)
Rubber flooring wrapped up the wall 24″ in case you lean plates on the wall.
Mirrors 24″ off the floor ( again in case you lean plates)
Platforms built into the flooring, not raised.
Lots of masonry wall for throwing ( architects like to fur out and sheetrock.)
As much ceiling height as attainable
“Daylight” quality lighting. ( our architects at BU gave a a dark dingy space when we asked for bright)
Slideboards recessed into the floor ( see Brandon’s Stanford idea, w/ covers)
Also from an equipment standpoint make sure you get an MVP Shuttle and a Pilates Reformer. Two rehab musts that we often overlook.
Did you know that if you join StrengthCoach.com you get my Designing Strength Training Programs and Facilities as a free download? You also get a free download of Advances in Functional Training? Take a look.
Trainers Helping or Hurting
Posted in MBSC News, Media, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females, Youth Training on August 29, 2015 by mboyle1959I can’t believe I missed this article in USA Today. ( thanks to Vince McConnell for sending the link)
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It’s an interesting article because it shows how some strength coaches are giving the rest of us a bad name. I think it’s funny that a kid training and working hard to get better can be spun into something bad but, that is what this article tries to portray.
Unfortunately strength and conditioning coaches having signing day parties certainly doesn’t help our industry.
I’d love to hear some thoughts after you read it.
( PS- in the small world category I coached Roger Harriot, one of the coaches quoted in the article, at BU in the 90’s)
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