When designing an exercise program, on what areas do we typically focus? In school, I was taught to think of; warm up, flexibility, resistance and cardiovascular/respiratory training (The Historical Four). These four areas of focus remain the general recommendations from the ACSM. They have been the recommendations for decades. Actually, these Historic Four areas represent …
The CrossFit L1 Cert Doesn’t Make You a Coach Is this really how you hold the bar when you front squat? Is this instructor really qualified? There are so many problems with the personal training certifications. Great article!
How many times have you been told that being “A” symmetrical was bad. That we must correct imbalances to perform optimally. First you must understand how the imbalance pertains to function. There is a difference between imbalances in anatomy and imbalances in strength and mobility. Take cycling or speed skating for example. It would be …
Weighted Implement Training for Increased Throwing Velocities.
Stephen Miller Moore, Oklahoma Stephen Miller, the second inductee to the Oklahoma Olympic Weightlifting Hall of Fame is one of the few USA Weightlifting Level 5 coaches in the U.S. Coach Miller has an eclectic background in martial arts and strength training. In his early days, Stephen was a competitive kick boxer and …
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Be honest, have you ever seen a chin up station this cool. Four different bar heights, about .28 mm in bar diameter ( same as a competition Olympic weightlifting bar ), heavy duty oil/gas field gauge pipe bolted together and about 1000 lbs. Boxes to step on to reach and …
I had the pleasure of having Antonia in PE 640 at UAB. She is one of the most passionate coaches I have ever met. She not only coaches tennis but she was a graduate assistant strength coach at UAB. She is a CSCS and is the only student to score a perfect 100% on …
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126 Kg Snatch 158 Kg Clean & Jerk
Have you ever wondered how you end up in certain situations? You didn’t start out intending to get into trouble but somehow you just do”. Sometimes it’s a lack of focus, not paying attention to details or just letting your guard down for one second. Sometimes that’s all it takes.
Steve Miller is a Senior International Level Coach with the United States Weightlifting Association. He was the Head Coach for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and 2009 U.S. School Age Girls Olympic Weightlifting Team. He is a 2004 Barnholth Award recipient. Steve Miller Olympic Lifting Seminar from Ed Nguyen on Vimeo.
This is not my best lift on the incline but I’m happy at this point to be able to hit a set like this.
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