When it comes to full vs. partial ROM there seems to be somewhat of a debate, and there really shouldn't be. This week I go over why Joel Seedman is wrong about his 90-degree stimulus in addition to many other things he's wrong about. Check it out!

Hockey is a sport categorized by 45-second shifts of all-out effort. Or is it? Today we talk about the misconceptions associated with hockey shift times/efforts and what you should be doing when it comes to your physical preparation for the sport of hockey!

Can you vape or dip and still play sports at a high level? Is vaping or chewing better than smoking cigarettes when it comes to performance? It's not messing with your lung capacity so it has to be better than cigarette smoking, right?

The answer's not all that surprising but today we'll go over all the reasons you might want to think twice about taking a pinch out of that can or a puff off of that pen!

The Long Term Athletic Development model has widely been understood to be the best way to train for long-term athleticism. Between training stages and windows of opportunity or trainability, the LTAD model seems to be all buttoned up. In my opinion, this model is very misunderstood and misinterpreted, and oftentimes even downright wrong in its application. We'll go over all that and more today on Strength Coach Rants!

What are the things you need to look for in a strength and conditioning or sports performance coach? Does education matter? What does their clientele look like? How long have they been coaching? Did they play at a high level? I'll answer those questions and more in this week's episode of Strength Coach Rants!

Not too long ago I had a 10 year old in my gym tell me what his favorite flavor of C4 was. This got me thinking about why these kids are drinking energy drinks at such young ages. Do they actually need more energy or is it something else? Kids have more energy than they know what to do with. We've got an epidemic of young boys being put on ADHD meds, do they really also need caffeine?? Well, one thing's for sure, they're not buying them for themselves so this is a conversation that needs to be had with their parents. Today we're going to go over why energy drinks are bad for your kids, and what we should be doing to create an environment in their day where they don't feel the need to reach for these energy drinks.

This week Coach Connor talks about training sub-max weights to failure, when to use it, how to use it, and why to use it. If you've ever thought about including training to failure in your own programs, give this week's episode of Strength Coach Rants a watch!

This week we're gonna talk about the quest for that coveted hyper trophy! We'll talk all things gains this week as Coach Connor lays out the mechanisms for hypertrophy. He'll differentiate between functional and nonfunctional hypertrophy and go over the mechanisms for both!

It's the first episode of 2023 and we're gonna talk about the core. Many people have the misunderstanding that the core consists of really just our six pack, but did you know that your core is everything that attaches to your spine or hip? It's every muscle from the knees to your nipples and it all needs to be trained. From your glutes to your lats it's all connected and needs to be programmed and trained in a way that attacks the whole system, not just your abs. If you're looking for an exercise list then this episode isn't for you, but if you're interested in understanding the "why" behind your core training then give this one a listen or watch!

Ever wonder why the dynamic effort work you include in your programming isn't contributing to strength or even if it does at all?? Well wonder no more! This week Coach Connor walks you through the science behind it, why it probably isn't working for you and what you can do to modify it to work for your athletes in the gym. We'll go over speed endurance adaptations, complex/contrast training and the dynamic effort method as a whole.

Ever wonder why the dynamic effort work you include in your programming isn't contributing to strength or even if it does at all?? Well wonder no more! This week Coach Connor walks you through the science behind it, why it probably isn't working for you and what you can do to modify it to work for your athletes in the gym. We'll go over speed endurance adaptations, complex/contrast training and the dynamic effort method as a whole.

Ever wonder what makes some athletes more agile than others? There's a way to train for this adaptation and today we're going to talk about it. From strength, to body positioning, to edge work with the feet, to angles/force vectors we'll talk about it all! If you're looking to increase your agility through your training check out Coach Connor's tips for your agility training in this week's episode of Strength Coach Rants!

Let's talk about the bench! Who the hell made the metric for upper body strength the bench? Why do we bench? What good is the bench? Coach Connor talks about why you shouldn't put all your efforts into the bench press when it comes to upper extremity strength and what we can do to shift our focus when it comes to the "king" of upper body lifts.

Let's talk about warm ups! Most people completely neglect the amount of work that can be done within a warm up and it's to their own detriment. From mobility, to movement proficiency, to core strength and speed, warm ups are essential! In this week's episode we're going to talk about warm ups, why we do them, and what to include in yours.

We talking bout practice! Skillset acquisition takes time, but the 10,000 hour rule is based on fallacies. This week Coach Connor asks "Does practice actually make perfect?" and he dives into conditioning and what's wrong with most practice plans.

Training takes on a whole new meaning once the season starts and athletes aren't all alike. We've got lower training and higher training age athletes, athletes who play different sports at different levels and they all have different needs. This week we talk about what needs to change in the gym once the season starts. From volume, to intensities to frequencies and even movement selection we go over all of it!

Westside Barbell influenced templates are arguably the best physical preparation for sport programs ever concocted and I'm not exaggerating. It's the thinking man's template! We've talked about the Maximal Effort Method and today we're going to focus on the Dynamic Effort Method and how to program it with your athletes. Here at the Lyons Den we modify it to fit our athlete's needs and this week Coach Connor's gonna give you some insight into how we do that.

TBI's are in the spotlight this week with Too suffering from TWO in less than a week. There are some long term consequences of scenarios like this one, and this week we're gonna talk about them!

BEWARE the field that is strength and conditioning. Becoming a success is a long and hard road, and I try to talk every intern who walks through my doors out of jumping into this field. However when I can't, I've got some advice for them on how to be a success as a strength and conditioning coach. This week I went over 14 different points that can help you be a success in this field if you're willing to put in the effort to make yourself successful!

The Max Effort Method is the greatest method for strength development. But what is it and how can you incorporate it into your training? Glad you asked because that’s precisely what we’re going to go over today!