Daniel Disney
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girlfriend put me in charge of the aux.
So I played hey there delilah by plain white t's. Waited for her to get deep into song and right as she hits a passionate high note...immediately switch to Crank That Soulja Boy.
She was absolutely blindsided.
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We have a guy at our bjj gym that is on the spectrum
Last night practicing back takes:
"I don't mean to insult you but your hair is greying"
"I'm getting old"
"you are 30, you shouldn't have gray hair"
"It's genetic"
"Would you fight a gorilla"
"Maybe"
"You'd lose"
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My girlfriend always gets pink lemonade/lemonade for us to share whenever we go to the movies. Today, after 3 years, I told her I hate pink lemonade. She was shook.
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I train someone whose first language is spanish
Today he looked at me and said "Senor Dan, I don't like the Insecto Muertos"
We were doing dead bugs
Due to Insecto Muertos being significantly more metal, I will be changing all dead bug terminology for the foreseeable future.
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To the kid that Ding Dong Ditched my house
Please DM me for training
I watched the video from my
@ring
Your acceleration mechanics are trash & you have the upper back development of a 4th grader
Also, 45 seconds to travel less than 30 yards? Disgraceful really.
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Every strength coach when they realize their carefully planned context based off season program is useless because no one is allowed on campus because of the Coronavirus
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Strength Coaches on their way to prove cold is a mindset
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Forgot to lock car door last night and got handle checked.
I guess they were really disappointed to see the only items in my car were empty bang cans, a lint roller, 17 printed out warmups and a 3 dollar phone charger.
Robbing a mid-major strength coach = huge waste of time
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After I retire from Strength and Conditioning I plan on bankrolling a barber shop for introverts.
Quiet Cutz will be THE premier hair cutting experience for people that want high fades and low socializing expectations.
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Can I fire my strength coach after I inevitably mismanage my injuries to go up 70-3 in a non conference game?
Wear & Tear!
- as the hits add up, players wear down. Manage your players’ health, limit fatigue, assess risk of injury, and avoid on-field mistakes by using strategic substitutions to ensure your players are at their best with it counts the most.
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Since people are correcting this FREAK lift and saying this is a Squat Clean not a Power Clean
Squat clean is a made up term
Its a clean
If it isn't a power, it is implied that you catch in a full squat. Or a split if you're weird
If you're going to nitpick, at least be right
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For the first time in 9 years, I won't return to a college weight room after the winter break
I've elected to move back home to Virginia and make the transition to Tactical S&C
To all the athletes I've had over the years, thank you for making this career as fulfilling as it was
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Me -"Any questions"
*Silence*
Me - "Alright go"
*45 seconds goes by*
How many reps?
What's a high pull?
When does the bookstore close?
Was the moon landing faked?
Does 5 each mean 2 on one leg and 3 on the other?
You watch Ozarks?
My biggest pet peeve as a strength coach in the weight room is when ________________.
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I've lived in Mississippi for 1 hour.
Review
Hot
Humid
There's a Raising Canes and a Waffle House on the same street.
10/10 would retire here
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As my time at APSU comes to an end, I want to say I appreciate the support and the relationships I've built with my staff, sport coaches and athletes.
I'll cherish my time as a Gov but I am excited to officially join the staff at the University of Southern Mississippi.
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@Streccius
He calls me GorillaMan because I'm strong and Dan is hard for him to remember
He is unintentionally funny but also 230 and doesn't understand his own strength - unintentionally dangerous.
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Happy to say I've accepted an Assistant Strength Coach position at Austin Peay State University.
My time at WIU has been a great experience and I wish the best to all of my athletes. Without you, I wouldn't be the coach or the tweetrr that I've developed into. Thank you all.
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Today, I got paid my unused leave from my previous school.
I have more money in my bank account than I have ever had in my entire life.
I also blew a tire on the way to work
The universe instills humility at every turn.
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my favorite thing to do when I get to work is remember that I used to hand mix cement in 110 degrees for a guy named Jeff that used to crush vicodin up in his coffee and drink Mad Dog 20/20 for lunch.
Coaching squats > Working for Jeff
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Things I was told in 2012
Find a niche
Stay in your lane
First one in, last one out
Always be working
Lessons in 2020
Generalist > Specialist
"Silos" reduce effectiveness and your value
4 am to 8 pm proves nothing
Activity isn't achievement, employers want people w/ hobbies
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Major difference between the midwest and east coast during snowstorms
East Coast - only people with trucks and jeeps drive, usually only in emergencies
Midwest - Look out the window and you'll see a Ford Taurus drifting sideways down the street like nobody's business.
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You can't have a winning team with losing people.
Can't have a hard working team with lazy people.
Can't have a tough team with soft people.
The team you want has to come from the people you have, their behaviors and their 20 square feet.
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@litt_strength
@Streccius
When I shave my head he calls me Heisenberg because he thinks I look like Walter White
"So we meet again Heisenberg" is pretty common when we roll
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Opinion
Being a strength coach is way too stressful to be worried about what someone you've never met thinks about your exercise selection
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Whenever Imposter Syndrome creeps up on you remember, a fake high school football team played IMG on national TV.
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I've been watching rugby with my 82 year old grandfather silently for 15 minutes.
Him
"What the Hell do they call this"
Me
"Rugby, this is what I played"
Him
"Cause you weren't good at football"
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Friendly reminder tweet - Athletes Lifting weights shirtless isn't cool, sanitary, or motivational. Strength Coaches lifting weights shirtless is unprofessional and down right embarrassing.
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Guy arguing with me about training
"I played D1 in the 80's"
*I scrambled eggs yesterday*
"And?"
*And you don't see me picking a fight with Gordan Ramsey today do you?*
"Well you're not a che....oh.."
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What I miss about college S&C
The athletes
Snacks
The feeling you get when a team actually got you gear
*If you don't get your S&C coach gear, you suck*
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When your alma mater wants to send you mail asking for donations but they wouldn't interview you to be their Director of S&C
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I've been working in strength and conditioning since 2013.
Today I did possibly the most strength coach thing of my career.
I murdered a wasp in my weight room by throwing a 25lb plate on it
"When in doubt, slap a quarter on and let it fly" applies to many things
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If you want to know why I left college S&C here's a graph
*I loved Southern Miss though*
*its still SMTTT*
Why are people leaving their jobs?
💰 38.5% - I'm paid too little $$$
👹 21.5% - Bad company culture
🤩 9.5% - Want a new challenge
🎒 9.5% - Want remote / flexibility
🌳 9.2% - Need more life balance
💫 2.4% - Changing jobs is good
❓ 4.4% - Other
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My biggest weakness as a strength coach is the existential crisis that I experience daily when my brain swings between "everything matters" and "nothing matters" every 10 minutes
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AD sold me on the school putting 10s of millions of $ into new facility
I asked why the S&C turnover was so high
He said the pay
I asked what's the point of new facility if the employees can't afford rent..crickets
"The money is there it just isn't for you"
@RUGBY_STR_COACH
Mid major women’s basketball coach: $150K
Their SID: $40K
Schools: “Why can’t we keep anyone?”
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My uncle
Eagles Fan
Swore Andy Reid was a bad coach
His Resume
1 yr high school FB
30 yr truck driver
Puts uncooked hot dogs between fingers so he can eat 4 at a time
If you start to care about strangers opinions, remember my hot dog handed uncle
Ignore unqualified opinons
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Anyone looking for a GA? I'm about to fire mine for turning down coffee at 3 p.m.
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Don't sell your soul for cardboard cakes that have 11 grams of protein
Some things shouldn't be tampered with
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When its hiring season and strength coaches are trying to figure out where everyone will end up
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My exp w/ tactical population so far
Some People: run ultra marathons and have their diets dialed in perfectly
Most People: Chain smoke Marlboro reds, have tattoos from throat to knuckles, have 0 functioning joints.
Everyone: love caffeine, don't sleep
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There's two kinds of strength coaches in the world.
A)The kind that turn down cookies on the team bus
B) The kind that get handed cookies silently like some back alley deal.
Never be A. Always be B.
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I'd urge any young S&C coach to read this.
Everyone loves the S&C staff as long as they don't ask for money or support.
Interview for jobs, negotiate hard and be willing to walk away.
The institution is a business first, play the same game.
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1) I think about this pretty often
2) This was pretty much my coaching style 7 years ago w/ 6 am D3 men's golf
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I just had a man in his 40s tell me he's never seen someone RDL more than 225
Make RDLS Heavy Again
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I don't know this man
But anyone that zerchers 650 NAKED ELBOW is alright by me
650 lbs zercher squat. Not too bad for a dadbod professor.
#zercher
#strong
@glennrevell
@CoachClayBewley
does this get your approval?
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"So what does a strength coach actually do" - My Family
Me -
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Graduated with a Master's degree today but that's not important, here's a list of insults from my girlfriend from tonight
"You dress like a truck driver"
"You're a finger counter"
"You're a bow-legged Neanderthal"
Guess she's keeping me humble...
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Update on Mike
He asked me what I do
I told him I'm a volleyball strength coach at USM.
He said girls don't need to lift weights.
We are no longer on speaking terms
Sitting at a bar in the Charlotte airport and this guy named Mike just told me Andre the Giant licked his forehead at a wrestling show in the 80's. This guy is electric.
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I stopped taking myself so seriously when I was described as a "hater with a whistle" and being told "you've got a master's but make GED money"
A 6 year old told me today that my job is “yelling and walking around” & she’s not wrong.
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FCS FB S&C when the HC brings in the 17th FBS transfer with documented character issues and says "you just gotta get em right"
If I run the thought experiment in my head and imagine
A) rigorous selection, uncompromising standards, and a cohesive group
Vs
B) kids on their 5th last chance but who get punished with brutal physical exercise
A) will be the more mentally resilient group
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WIU made the right call here. Jon brings it every day and deserves this opportunity. Thankful to have spent time chugging rockstars at 4 a.m. and slinging footballs vs the equipment staff with him
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"We're gonna coach every rep!" Just leads to people throwing arbitrary cue words and filling the gaps with "good" or "finish"
Word vomiting to look passionate is ineffective communication and creates a noisy system.
Solve 1 problem at a time and let people self organize
Sometimes over-coaching can be as much of a problem as under-coaching.
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2 concepts that have improved my coaching
1) there are no exercises you HAVE to do
2) good cues are relative to the receivers ability to use them
Dynamic environments require dynamic problem solving. If the system is too rigid and you can't pivot, you are relying on luck.
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Cici's pizza filing for bankruptcy....Coronavirus just took down an icon.
Cici's is responsible for extending the career of hundreds of S&C coaches making 10k a year.
RIP
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Lessons to be learned from this
1) don't sleep on the FCS
2) don't sleep on the Necks
3) don't mispronounce a man's name all year and make him change his Twitter handle
4) don't sleep on St. Louis folks
5) this might be the first nfl jersey I ever buy
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Minding my own business eating a sausage&egg biscuit in the hallway between classes when a stranger tells me how bad it is for me. So I said "you're right, time for a lifestyle change." Then I pulled another one out of my pocket and started eating it.
Let me live my life.
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Mid Major strength coaches when they see high school weight rooms in Texas
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Things I like about Missisippi:
The food
Hot sauce selection in stores
Nice people
USM Golden Eagles
Things I don't like:
Every time I go outside it is disrespectfully hot
Every time I go into a store when it is sunny, by the time I leave, torrential downpour
Other schools in MS
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Was lacking motivation to train today
Then I remembered August 16th 2010 the local newspaper put me on the cover and wrote that I was a "diminutive" offensive lineman.
When I looked it up, it meant small
While technically true, still keeps me going 11 years later.
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Every team always has 1 person that saves them by knowing what to do at all times
Be that person
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Looking back it is pretty crazy that at 16 I was walking into GNC and they were selling me coconut flavored Meth with zero remorse
(I miss the real Jack3d)
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best way to learn is to teach so my girlfriend helps me study for exams by letting me teach her stuff/quiz me with my flashcards. Gf has to work tonight so I've been teaching my dog different ways to analyze variance. It was weird at first but she's starting to get it now.
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love to see it but this isnt the norm. For every massive salary there are 50+ coaches pulling 70 hour weeks for 1k/month.
Money doesn't matter is a dying narrative. S&C need to be taught to negotiate and to defend their quality of life. Otherwise, burnout is imminent.
Clemson's strength coach receives a $100,000 raise, which puts his salary in the top five of strength coaches.
1. Chris Doyle, Iowa, $725K
2. Micky Marotti, Ohio State, $675K
3. Craig Fitzgerald, Tennessee, $625K
4. Joey Batson, Clemson, $600K
5. Scott Cochran, Alabama, $585K
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How I sleep at night knowing some people in the industry wouldn't approve of my programming
Olympic Lift vs Loaded Jump
Is training well thought out?
Is training highly organized?
Is there tremendous intent on display?
Is there consistency?
Are you coaching every rep?
If the answer is “YES” then who cares.
Coach your dudes, keep getting better and go win some games.
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I'll never stop programming Zercher squats because
80% of my athletes hate front squats and the other 20% hate everything
Zerchers clean up a lot of issues really quickly in my experience
Ok, I’m going to say it….
Zercher Squats fall in the Turkish Getup category in my book.
I understand the benefits, but the reality is most athletes simply don’t like to do them. That’s enough for me to move on.
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I was sitting in the hall and got absolutely roasted by a professor.
He just walked up and said "Let me ask you a question, if you lift all these weights then why haven't you got any bigger?"
To all my athletes that I roast on a daily basis, I finally took an L. It hurts.
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Veteran Strength Coaches becoming administrators is the best thing for student athletes, strength coaches, and sport coaches. S&C coaches have to speak the language of every different department, be logistical wizards, and manage human beings efficiently. This is what we need.
To be clear, there are a rare few S&C coaches with Assoc AD titles and when we see them we should shout them out. My goal and vision is for us to sit behind the desk with a name plate of SENIOR Associate Athletic Director. Decision makers in regards to SA health and welfare.
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I never thought I'd see the day that S&C Twitter would devolve into a bunch of grown adults calling each other bullies for tweeting different opinions
How did we get soft enough that strangers on the internet can hurt our feelings over LIFTING WEIGHTS
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There's a special place in whatever Hell you believe in for people that steal G2s from a strength coach
this is a Pilot G2 Gel Pen stan account. retweet if you are part of the superior Pilot G2 Gel Pen fandom
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Too many athletes have the opinion that they can't be coached by someone less athletic/with less achievement in sport than them.
That kind of ego kills careers.
Some people are made to drive fast and some are made to design the car. Backwards compatibility is not the rule.
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Smuckers Uncrustables are solely kept on the shelves by collegiate athletics, change my mind.
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Strength Coaches from all across the industry banding together to destroy a guy for blatant plagiarism
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A big part of my daily work is trolling my boss
He is a multi-ply powerlifter who spent a few years training at westside
Today I told him RDLs are > Deadlifts and Goodmornings
I think he might have a brain aneurysm. It ain't much but it's honest work.
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Walking on the treadmill earlier
Slow pace, just minding my business
The guy next to me started running
Fast
Disrespectfully Fast
So, for the first time in years
I ran
All for an imaginary insult
I regret it
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When you're a strength coach with two degrees and 8 years of experience and some guy in Nebraska is about to make 500k selling Pokemon cards
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Heading back to MacVegas with a huge team win. In case anyone in the country needed to be reminded, we've got two things at WIU - Corn fields and play makers.
#roaddawgs
LEATHERNECKS WIN‼️
The Leathernecks will leave Springfield with their first road victory over the year.
#TRADITIONofTOUGH
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1) How many places have 200lb dbs?
2) How many people are out here rowing 200lbs clean?
Answer to both: Ain't a lot
Why do we do Heavy Rows in our Program???
How are Rows sport specific???
❗️WATCH AND SEE❗️
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1 of these people is one of the toughest athletes I've ever had and the other is
@JohnnyMac_18
A Leatherneck Love Story:
Congratulations, Olivia & Sean 💛💜
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While we can't seem to agree on much I think all Strength Coaches could agree on this.....
The price of foam plyo boxes is too damn high
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I've lived on both coasts and the midwest.
I've been eating Ranch my whole life.
The Midwest has the best Ranch in the country.
This is not an opinion. It is a fact. Period.
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Squatober is okay but have you ever tried doing tricep extensions for the entirety of The Devil Went Down To Georgia?
More fiddle = More gains
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Goals for 2k19
Continue being best dressed S&C coach in the valley/summit league
Get an energy drink sponsor
Troll my girlfriend more often
Maybe get health insurance
Hit some curls
Wash less dishes
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Pre Austin Peay:
2 Years Undergrad Assistant
1 Volunteer Internship
Part Time Job - $500 month w/housing & 19 meals/week
Part Time Job - 15k/year
2 Years Grad Assistant - 10k+Tuition
6 Schools, 6 States before landing a full time job
Every path is different, thankful for mine
Too many times coaches are asked “How did you get that job?” As if it were handed to them. Instead, the question should be asked “What path did you take to get where you are?” This 👇🏽 is a good example.
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Shoutout to all my fellow 5'8, 205+lb strength coaches walking around with a 30 BMI because we know if you're gonna be short you better be wide
'The relative risk due to increasing BMI is particularly notable people younger than 40 years and of Black ethnicity'.
My BMI is 22.2 (at 60yrs)
I've always thought the *majority* of people are overweight even tho' society classes them as normal weight. Be more like me, H-G 😀
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In the market for an official coffee sponsor
I receive:
free coffee
You receive :
the undying loyalty of a strength coach with 1,011 Twitter followers
Consuming four or five eight-ounce cups of coffee (or about 400 milligrams of caffeine) a day has been associated with reduced death rates, numerous studies suggest.
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I know a lot of people are invested in the employment status of my GA after the coffee incident.
He took some obviously expired pre workout, is squatting with a specialty bar and listening to 2000s rock anthems.
The position is no longer available.
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Unpaid Intern Story
left the windows of the supplement dorm open during camp so I could sleep there after I ran out of money in 2 months.
I would ride my bike to the opp side of campus so if anyone saw me they would think I was still in the apt that I got kicked out of.
Journalism Twitter is arguing about unpaid internships.....wait until S&C Twitter gets a hold of that one...
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Strength Coach Twitter is dangerous
Have an opinion? You're wrong
Don't have an opinion? You should but it would be wrong
Want to talk programming? "It's about people not exercises"
Relationship Building? "Sure your players like you but I bet you can't coach"
It's all a trap
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Wishing a happy new year to everyone except for people that
1) Say no offense and then say something offensive
2) Use Astrology to explain their behavior
3) Don't put shopping carts back
4) are social media fitness influencers
5) are Nazis
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Yes
Stop telling athletes they are soft for strapping up RDLs
Having a weak grip or small hands should not doom you to have underloaded glutes and hamstrings
Do you let your athletes where wrist straps during hinge movements to help with grip? Why or why not? I like them personally.
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I've gotten multiple (at least 2) questions on what my transition to tactical S&C has been like
The short answer
I'm not having as much fun as I did with collegiate but I won't have a mental crisis when I have to pay my rent tomorrow
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