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I hope you had a great weekend. Emily and I went to the Flyers vs. Penguins game yesterday to watch one of my Fitness Segments with Jim McCrossin on the JumboTron. Check out this picture my friend took with his phone: The Flyers had been undefeated since our first segment rolled; I just assume it’s […]

Nick Tumminello recently posted a video of how he’s changed the way he does the “push-up plus” to get more serratus anterior activation. For those of you that may not be familiar with that muscle, one of its major roles is to upwardly rotate the scapula (shoulder blade) which allows for more efficient overhead movement. […]

Last night I surprised Emily by picking her up at the airport (she was expecting a friend from work). Her flight was delayed, so I’m a little tired today! I’m always curious what resources other Strength and Conditioning Coaches go to for new/unique training information. There are a ton of great books, websites, audio programs, […]

My friend Joe Heiler, the brilliant Physical Therapist behind SportsRehabExpert.com, just sent me an email announcing the final line-up to his FREE “Sports Rehab to Sports Performance Teleseminar.” Check out this list of presenters! Gray Cook and Shirley Sahrmann Robert Panariello Stuart McGill (bonus interview with Chris Poirier from Perform Better) Craig Liebenson and Clare […]

On Friday I posted a revolutionary training tip from Nick Tumminello (a personal trainer in Baltimore) that has completely changed the way I write my dynamic warm-ups. In short, now I pair mobility and stability/activation exercises for each joint within the warm-up, instead of doing all mobility work first and all activation work second. To […]

Nick Tumminello, a Baltimore Personal Trainer, has become one of my go-to resources for new training information. During a recent conversation, he mentioned something so simple that I was (and still am) embarrassed that I didn’t think of it already. As you probably already know, my dynamic warm-ups include a lot of joint mobility and […]

A couple weeks ago I visited my friend and colleague Nick Tumminello at his facility in Baltimore. Nick is a brilliant coach so I love stopping by his place to steal some good stuff from him. While there, I saw him do a hip mobility exercise I had never done before. I started playing around […]

2009 has been an incredible year for me. I completed my graduate program at UMass Amherst, started a new job as the Director of Athletic Development at Endeavor Fitness, and moved to Baltimore with Emily. To keep the good times rolling through 2010, I’m making a list of goals for the year: 1) To remove […]

Yesterday Karl (our first intern at Endeavor Fitness) and I went through the Functional Movement Screen together. I’m proud to say, as the mentor, that I came out victorious with a score of 18 (over his measly 17!). He “lost” because his hamstring extensibility (or flexibility) was terrible. While most of our athletes have decent […]

A few weeks ago I started working with a Division 1 bound high school baseball player. During his first session, he was able to do a set of Dumbbell Reverse Lunges with 40s for 6 reps/side. 2 weeks later he did a set of 4 reps/side with 75s, and he did 70s for 6/side the […]