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Front Squats For Improved Posture & Performance

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

This scares me to death… strength and sports coaches who load heavy weights onto the back of weak and muscularly imbalanced athletes.
Listen, if yourself or your athletes can not maintain a STRONG posture… which in my book is defined as:
“The capacity to maintain The Instantaneous Axis Of Rotation of all joints while static or during [...]

Strongman Training For POWER!

Monday, November 10th, 2008

There are tons of folks out there who justifiably question my style of training.  They often wonder, “Is lifting heavy weights and flipping tires really going to make athletes faster and more powerful?”
According to a recent online test i took (sent by a goofy friend on Facebook) I am classified as a “Results Oriented” Personality [...]

Sprint like a “run-away train”

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Yesterday I taught you about my STRENGTH = SPEED philosophy…
Well, it isn’t that simple.  In fact one HulseStrength.com reader made sure that I acknowledged this.
Check out this video response to Coach Gaskell’s (from Hawaii !) comment on my Football Speed rant video from yesterday.
Make sure you also go back and read Coach Gaskell’s wise advice [...]

Football Speed Truth (are you a Porsche or a Pinto?)

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

With all of the “newest innovations” and gadgets for developing athletic speed on the market, you would think that more of our lil’ rugrats would be faster runners.
Find out why 90% of all “speed schools” and “sprint programs” fail to get athletes faster. And why my Football Strength Program is the best way to get [...]

The Secret to EXPLOSIVE Football Strength & Speed

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Over 15 years ago, when my uncle first began teaching me how to weight train for football in my parents basement with nothing more than a barbell and a few plates, I knew very little about Plyometrics, Jump Training and Speed Development.
In fact, I had never even heard the word “Plyometrics” before college.
Well, instinct told [...]

St Petersburg Personal Trainer - Sand Bag Races

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Training at Strength Camp is always FUN and GAMES!!!
Sure, the athletes and fitness members that deposit their blood, sweat and tears on the rubber mats work hard… VERY hard.
But, a top priority in all of the programs that I design it that they create energy and enthusiasm.
Of Course my obsessive yelling, laughing and encouraging words [...]

Bodybuilding For Athletes ?!?!

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Early in my education as a Strength & Conditioning coach I was taught by several well known and highly respected coaches that athletes should NOT body-build.
These “geniuses” told me that bodybuilding would make athletes “tight and unathletic” and that bodybuilding had no functional carryover to the sports being played.
10 years later…
I body build to get [...]

Squat Technique Flaw

Friday, October 24th, 2008

If you are familiar with my philosophies on strength and conditioning for football player, athletes and general fitness… you know that I LOVE Squats!!
Nothing builds a solid set of legs, back, core, shoulders, neck, ears and eye lids than a healthy set of barbell squats.  In fact, squats are so important for the development of [...]

Football Speed Training Without Sprinting?!?!

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Football players, coaches and parents often ask me…
“How do I make my athletes run a faster 40 yard dash?”
Beyond my typical answer, “Get stronger first!”
I then teach them how to build foot speed and explosive power.
Check out this video with Chris and Byron getting SUPER fast and explosive using my “secret method” for football speed.
Learn [...]

Stone Lifting for speed, strength & power!

Monday, October 20th, 2008

I often argue that “loading exercises” are just as good or better for building power in athletes  than Olympic lifts.
I also believe that “Psychology is more important that Physiology”.  Basically, it is better to train HARD with an okay program or exercise rather than training soft using a “scientifically sound” program.
Nothing builds size, strength and [...]

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