Academic Preparation Mark Rippetoe | April 27, 2016 The academic preparation necessary for becoming an effective coach is not being provided by the vast majority of Exercise Physiology programs in this country, and apparently abroad as well... Continue reading Becoming a Starting Strength CoachA Young Coach's Perspective Dan Flanick | March 23, 2016 “For most college students, the “What the hell am I supposed to do now?” feeling fully sets in about mid-way through senior year. As for an “Exercise Science” major, that feeling may or may not revisit the psyche once you painfully realize the staggering disconnect between training actual people and “the literature” on which your degree program is based…[and] the majority of the throbbing sensation is linked to the discovery that your friend, the business major, passed his [insert fitness certification here] at the local H&R Block the week after you.” Continue reading The Coach’s Cue - Breaking the OODA Loop Gwyn Brookes | October 08, 2015 "OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act...Instead of seeing a bunch of disparate mistakes, the coach that can see the movement as a pattern or as a whole can find the right cue to fix the whole thing, skipping from 'Observe' to 'Act' ." Continue reading The Benefits of the Starting Strength Coach Credential Adam Skillin | September 30, 2015 "Not a single [trainee] has ever said “I just want to tone my arms.” They’ve come to me because they know what it takes to get strong, and they know I have been tested on both my knowledge of the Starting Strength material, and my actual ability to coach the lifts" Continue reading Government Licensure for Personal Trainers: A Solution in Search of a Problem Brodie M. Butland, JD, BSc, SSC | August 20, 2015 "[R]ecent personal training licensing proposals would provide little or no benefit to the consuming public; are unworkable; and would require a hand-picked cabal to arbitrarily decide standards of care and requirements of practice, backed up by the threat of criminal liability commensurate with serious offenses like drunk driving and assault." Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Becoming a Starting Strength CoachA Young Coach's Perspective Dan Flanick | March 23, 2016 “For most college students, the “What the hell am I supposed to do now?” feeling fully sets in about mid-way through senior year. As for an “Exercise Science” major, that feeling may or may not revisit the psyche once you painfully realize the staggering disconnect between training actual people and “the literature” on which your degree program is based…[and] the majority of the throbbing sensation is linked to the discovery that your friend, the business major, passed his [insert fitness certification here] at the local H&R Block the week after you.” Continue reading The Coach’s Cue - Breaking the OODA Loop Gwyn Brookes | October 08, 2015 "OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act...Instead of seeing a bunch of disparate mistakes, the coach that can see the movement as a pattern or as a whole can find the right cue to fix the whole thing, skipping from 'Observe' to 'Act' ." Continue reading The Benefits of the Starting Strength Coach Credential Adam Skillin | September 30, 2015 "Not a single [trainee] has ever said “I just want to tone my arms.” They’ve come to me because they know what it takes to get strong, and they know I have been tested on both my knowledge of the Starting Strength material, and my actual ability to coach the lifts" Continue reading Government Licensure for Personal Trainers: A Solution in Search of a Problem Brodie M. Butland, JD, BSc, SSC | August 20, 2015 "[R]ecent personal training licensing proposals would provide little or no benefit to the consuming public; are unworkable; and would require a hand-picked cabal to arbitrarily decide standards of care and requirements of practice, backed up by the threat of criminal liability commensurate with serious offenses like drunk driving and assault." Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
The Coach’s Cue - Breaking the OODA Loop Gwyn Brookes | October 08, 2015 "OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act...Instead of seeing a bunch of disparate mistakes, the coach that can see the movement as a pattern or as a whole can find the right cue to fix the whole thing, skipping from 'Observe' to 'Act' ." Continue reading The Benefits of the Starting Strength Coach Credential Adam Skillin | September 30, 2015 "Not a single [trainee] has ever said “I just want to tone my arms.” They’ve come to me because they know what it takes to get strong, and they know I have been tested on both my knowledge of the Starting Strength material, and my actual ability to coach the lifts" Continue reading Government Licensure for Personal Trainers: A Solution in Search of a Problem Brodie M. Butland, JD, BSc, SSC | August 20, 2015 "[R]ecent personal training licensing proposals would provide little or no benefit to the consuming public; are unworkable; and would require a hand-picked cabal to arbitrarily decide standards of care and requirements of practice, backed up by the threat of criminal liability commensurate with serious offenses like drunk driving and assault." Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
The Benefits of the Starting Strength Coach Credential Adam Skillin | September 30, 2015 "Not a single [trainee] has ever said “I just want to tone my arms.” They’ve come to me because they know what it takes to get strong, and they know I have been tested on both my knowledge of the Starting Strength material, and my actual ability to coach the lifts" Continue reading Government Licensure for Personal Trainers: A Solution in Search of a Problem Brodie M. Butland, JD, BSc, SSC | August 20, 2015 "[R]ecent personal training licensing proposals would provide little or no benefit to the consuming public; are unworkable; and would require a hand-picked cabal to arbitrarily decide standards of care and requirements of practice, backed up by the threat of criminal liability commensurate with serious offenses like drunk driving and assault." Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Government Licensure for Personal Trainers: A Solution in Search of a Problem Brodie M. Butland, JD, BSc, SSC | August 20, 2015 "[R]ecent personal training licensing proposals would provide little or no benefit to the consuming public; are unworkable; and would require a hand-picked cabal to arbitrarily decide standards of care and requirements of practice, backed up by the threat of criminal liability commensurate with serious offenses like drunk driving and assault." Continue reading
