After 10+ years working in the trenches as a private strength coach/business owner working with athletes from middle school on up through the pros..Began fresh off active duty military in 2013 with free training for athletes to “prove” results & slowly increased pricing to

This is my only point. It’s a bit misleading to say everything works leaving out the fact it’s all conditional and relative. There is nuance in training, especially athletic performance. Many young athletes need to be taught nuances of training instead of doing whatever works.

These issues may lead these athletes toward having glaring holes in their structural stability, which may lead to injury. Many youth sports injuries are preventable with a structured and periodized strength & conditioning system designed by a coach. Instead of some random stuff.

Ex. Many teenage athletes will focus on how much they bench press vs mastering the push up. Many young athletes will focus on plyometrics to jump higher / run faster prior to building foundational lower body strength through training deadlifts, squats, etc.

Respectfully disagree sir. Everything works until a certain point. Many teens refuse to adhere to a system or program that is designed by experts that came before them, made many mistakes along the way, and have figured some things out that will save them time, effort, and pain.

STRENGTH COACH 101: If & when possible, refrain from telling people how much they're lifting prior to a relatively heavy lift. Most people will complete the lift and surprise the hell out of themselves with how strong they actually are after you tell them how much they just did.

I'm not impressed by the "I did this marathon on no training" folks. To me, that sends an opposite signal: 1. You self-sabotaged so you had an out handy. You didn't risk seeing what you could do. 2. The prep is the meaningful part. You didn't have the discipline to do it.

Once we accept the pain as part of the process making progress, we settle in

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Accumulate intensity under fatigue. Everyone does well while fresh. Winners win while being tired. Practice tired enough to win.

Hiring a strength coach and not following their guidance outside of your time with them is like paying for school and not doing the homework.

Winners hate to lose more than they love to win and losers love an excuse

Strength is BUILT outside of the comfort zones

Do what most don’t. Go where most won’t.

‘The shortcut’ is to stop thinking so much and begin doing much more.

Taking training advice from someone that doesn’t hold themselves to the standard is like taking travel advice from someone that’s never been anywhere. Hypocrisy is the number one barrier to entry for leadership in anything. Especially in training. Live it first.

The closer we get the tougher it is

Observation: people with ‘trust issues’ don’t do very well with ‘the process’

The results we want are ready for us when we are ready to do the work required consistently enough to get them.