Category: Coaching
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A Better Way to Think About Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Belts
At our little club in Iowa Park, TX, we’ve been talking a lot about standards and think it’s important for everyone to have a good idea about where they stand as far as skill goes and what you should be working on at each belt level. BJJ is hard and it can feel like you’re…
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Balancing BJJ and Starting Strength
We’ve spent a bunch of time and typed many words talking about why getting stronger is important for grapplers. I won’t rehash the arguments much here, but BJJ is no different than any other sport. Unless your sport is strictly endurance based (and BJJ is not, I promise), then dedicating time throughout the year to…
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A Better Way to Cue the Press
The press is the most ego-crushing of the basic barbell lifts. The combination of the long kinetic chain and the fact that the relatively small muscles of the shoulders and arms are doing the job of locking the bar out, while nearly every other muscle in the body stabilizes the position and the load, makes…
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In Defense of The Squat for Old People
A loud minority of Internet Fitness Experts (IFEs) are busy proliferating the idea that the squat is of limited use and, in some cases, downright dangerous. Some assert that the squat is an advanced movement, potentially requiring upwards of 60 corrective exercises for the fixing of movement deficiencies before actually learning it. Others dismiss…
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2016 Starting Strength Fall Classic – T-Shirt Pre-Sale Starts NOW!
It’s time again for the Fall Classic. I’ll be running the meet at Wichita Falls Athletic Club on October 29th, 2016. The contested lifts are the squat, the overhead press, and the deadlift. Some of you may know this as a “CrossFit Total”. This is a fantastic meet for both first time lifters and experienced…
Lift. Fight. Win. 