Blogs

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 […]

Last Christmas my face lit up like a 6-year old ripping through wrapping paper to discover a toy fire truck (or iPhone in today’s kids) when I opened my presents. I got 5 AWESOME Physical Therapy textbooks. It was probably the most excited I’ve been about Christmas presents in over a decade. My family thinks […]

A couple months ago I wrote a quick article for the Endeavor Fitness website on the issue of whether kids should lift weights or not. It’s a question I get a lot, or more accurately, it’s a misconception I have to explain a lot. Today I read Eric Cressey’s newsletter on the same issue. Whether […]

Last week I received my copy of Assess and Correct in the mail, the new DVD set from three of the brightest and most well-respected guys in our industry: Mike Robertson, Bill Hartman and Mike Robertson. I’ve been fortunate to learn a ton from all of these guys; I own all of their products and […]

As a reminder, check out my new hockey training website to pick up my Off-Ice Performance Training Course for only $47! I should have an update for you soon on my OTHER new hockey training site too, so check back for that. While I was in grad school at UMass Amherst, a lot of my […]

Protein has long been hailed as the “super nutrient” amongst athletes and lifters. Dr. John Berardi recently sent out an email presenting a few new studies have sparked up a lot of conversation about whether athletes do have a higher protein requirement than non-athletes and if the additional protein actually contributes to improved performance or training […]