Posts Tagged ‘strength training’
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Filed under: corrective exercise, strength training
Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization in Baseball with Nate Shaw of the Diamondbacks
by Carson Boddicker on Jul 27th, 2010
This week we're in for a treat. A few weeks back, I had the good fortune to spend a few hours with the Arizona Diamondbacks' sports medicine and performance team. They're an incredibly intelligent bunch of guys who have a strong manual therapy basis, a command of DNS, and how all of it fits together for baseball players. As DNS is a popular topic as of late, I had Nate Shaw, their strength coach, put together some thoughts on the basics of the...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Running, strength training
Quality or Quantity
by Carson Boddicker on Aug 3rd, 2009
Wow! What a great weekend? I spent all weekend learning from some incredibly smart people at the Perform Better Summit in Long Beach. It is always a great opportunity to get out and mix it up with the bright minds in the industry. I promise a full review to come soon. In short, Chris Poirier and his Perform Better team did another fantastic job as the weekend was very on point and seamless. If you are looking for an educational opport...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Continuing Education, regeneration
Random Monday Thoughts:
by Carson Boddicker on May 11th, 2009
1. Lately I've been introduced to the idea of adducting into a pad during a glute bridge to activate the pelvic floor and to hope to get a heightened activation of the core. When you look at the pelvic floor part, it makes sense from a deep front line perspective. Also, if you look at young kids learning to walk, you'll see that they have their arms all over the place and squeeze and contract and make funny faces to help them move, the same...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: coaching, strength training
Do it right…
by Carson Boddicker on Mar 31st, 2009
Recently I've had the pleasure of seeing athletes who compete in sports besides running. I've noticed a reversed loading phenomenon. Where distance runners tend to be very, very conservative with their load selection, field and court sport athletes tend to push it the other direction. They want more load on the bar even if it means poor mechanics and even pain. I see no reason to sacrifice perfect movements for added load. Sure, it's nice ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Continuing Education, coaching
The Learnings of A Nomad: Part II
by Carson Boddicker on Mar 17th, 2009
As I mentioned in the last post, moving can be tough. The amazing thing about my parents is that they were always looking out for me. When faced with a move in the middle of high school to a completely contrasting setting, my parents' largest concern was not how far from the house the office was located or that they could afford a little more house in another place, but instead how good of an education I could receive and if it was somewhere ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Running, strength training
Good training is good training
by Carson Boddicker on Mar 12th, 2009
I was having a conversation recently with another strength coach, and during the conversation the similarities between programs came up. He said, "You know, any way you look at it a squat is a squat. We train the same things that USC does...It's all about taking the same tools and applying to your group of athletes." Further, in Eric Cressey's Interview of Kevein Needle it was said that "good training is good training." I couldn't agree m...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: corrective exercise, strength training
Squatting Issues
by Carson Boddicker on Mar 9th, 2009
Squatting is a great exercise that plays an important part in many strength programs. It's able to be loaded pretty heavily, it hits a large percentage of muscle mass, which is great for training economy, immune, and endocrine stimulation. While the technique is relatively simple, most of the time the lift gets butchered, especially with endurance athletes. Here's why: 1. Poor mobility at the hip and ankle. This limits an athlete's abilit...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Anatomy and Physiology, strength training
(New) Core Training
by Carson Boddicker on Mar 9th, 2009
These days it seems like everything you read in the popular media talks up the benefits of training the “core” for optimum health and performance. Unfortunately, the majority of the gizmos, trendy articles, and example exercises are incredibly skewed toward training the abdominals leading to an over-implementation of abdominal work among well intentioned coaches and athletes. While the abdominals are a very important piece of the core puzzl...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Program Design, Running, strength training
A Paradigm Shift In Off-Season Running
by Carson Boddicker on Feb 20th, 2009
Take a look at the average endurance athlete's off-season training program, and you'll likely see a “more is better” approach with high volumes of long aerobic work, a few threshold runs, and perhaps you'll also see some haphazardly performed “form running drills” and strides peppered in at random. What you likely won't see is a balanced strength program that focuses on improving multiple strength qualities and correcting structural and m...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: corrective exercise
Why Don’t You Slide?
by Carson Boddicker on Feb 14th, 2009
Sorry for not posting much today. On top of it being a very important day in the relationship realm, Valentine's Day, (hope you remembered gentlemen!) I have been building a slide board today. For those who don't know what a slide board is, it is a training tool used a lot by skaters and skiiers that simulates their sport's movements. For runners, it is an exceptional way to break out of the typical movement stereotypes and ward off injury....Read More » Tags
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