jason
January 13, 2015
The best exercises in the world are useless if they are performed incorrectly. I love going into public gyms and watch people with the best intentions doing the worst things to their body. The exercise often isn’t the problem. It is their form and technique that is making the exercise toxic. That isn’t going to […]
January 8, 2015
Dynamic Warm Up for the Gym This warm up should be performed before every workout. This is a basic warm up that will prepare the body for the workout ahead. I like to separate the workout into Dynamic Warm Up, Performance Circuit, Dynamic Cool Down. On this site I post numerous Performance Circuits but all […]
January 2, 2015
This is a great workout to blow the cobwebs off after a long flight. Most hotels have a gym nowadays with some free weights and bench. Thats all you need to have a great workout! I travel a lot and when I get off a flight and check in the hotel the first thing I […]
December 24, 2014
**Warning** This podcast has absolutely zero educational benefit for you. Edutainment minus the Education! You are so busy with buying gifts, baking, writing cards…… you don’t have time to listen to this episode! I also know that the day after Christmas you are going to be so sick and tired of Xmas this and Xmas […]
December 18, 2014
http://youtu.be/W4JnyjfTD3c What Are We Training (The Game Show) Have some FUN! See what you score? Guess what we are training on these 8 exercises! If you can name the exercise you get 1 point, guess the purpose of the exercise and you get a bonus! Anyone get a better score than 9 on the first […]
December 9, 2014
What Are You Training? This is a question I want you to ask yourself each and every time you design an exercise for your client. I remember when I first started as a personal trainer. It was around the time that the Bosu and stability balls made up 90% of our training. I remember the […]
December 3, 2014
Fat Shaming! The good the bad and the ugly! For some people fat shaming works and for others it can be send them on a downward spiral that ends in more weight gain. Some people respond to the stick and some people respond to the carrot. Now before you get your Spanx in a knot, […]
November 27, 2014
Competition is a contest between organisms for a limited resource. The resource could be money, fame, clients, likes, retweets, or championships. In my world my competition is none. The great Eric B and Rakim once said “No time for fun, cuz I don’t play with competitors. Its only one when Im done! The competition is […]
November 21, 2014
This month’s focus at the Next Level is Off Season Training. In this video we are featuring the Strength Phase. I cover a lot of material in the video and though I would provide you with supplementary material to reference so you don’t have to stop the video to see some of the graphics or […]
August 14, 2019
**Warning** If you are not a competitive athlete or a coach who works with determined, hardworking athletes…you need to turn this podcast off! I am not wasting my breathe on casual listeners. This ones for the Glisteners! What are the key elements that separate you from the rest of the pack? When you step on […]
August 7, 2019
What if I told you there is no metabolic window, lactic acid flushing is like spinning your wheels and cryotherapy is straight up cold wrong when it comes to metabolic recovery? Some of our most trusted performance techniques are standing on shaky ground. Thats what happens when you put a topic like recovery in the […]
July 31, 2019
Celebrating 300 weeks of podcasting gold. 300 weeks without missing an episode. That is 5.7 years of podcasting! I started this podcast Oct 30th 2013 and it has transformed my life ever since. A community of Glisteners was born and the community his strong. Built on Grass Fed Buddah in De Coffee Ova Der! I […]
July 24, 2019
The Ying Yang symbol that you see on any martial arts studio logo, tattoos from the 80’s and on surf board and skateboards made by T&C is a perfect metaphor for life. The eb and flow of the positive and negative, feminine and masculine, order and chaos, the light and the dark. It represents balance. […]
July 10, 2019
Do you ever show up at the gym and wing it? No plan, other than sweat and get pumped? You may accomplish your goal by accident but if you just took a few minutes to plan your session you could accomplish so much more. In this episode I look at programming from the athlete’s perspective […]
July 10, 2019
You send me a #YOJAY and I will A your Q! This week I answer Glistener questions on topics such as training juniors, training during the season, difference between pro and amateur training programs, party tips for road trips, and questions about the #LOADXPLODE Summer Program. If you want to ask the Coach a question […]