This week we pick up where we left off last week when Coach Mitchell and I discussed the life lessons we learned from the weight room.  Today we bring it all together as we talk about why the weight room is so important and these lessons and struggles are still as relevant as they were when we were in school.  We felt this was a great discussion and important during these strange times as schools prepare to re-open and athletes return to the field this fall. 

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This week we kick off our resource reviews that feature shoulder health and stability.  To get things rolling Coach Mitchell reviews the Bamboo Bar.  Coach Mitchell discusses the many uses of the Bamboo Bar as well as some of the science behind it.  Finally, Coach Mitchell reveals how he implements the Bamboo Bar is his own training and how we might use this tool when programming for arm health in throwing athletes. 

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This week Coach Mitchell and I discuss important lessons we have learned over the years spent in the weight room.  Of course we discuss our influences and mistakes made, but more importantly we dig into the lessons that came from the work, and how that has carried over to our adult lives.  Finally, Coach Mitchell and I get into why these lessons were so important and why it is so important for our current generation of high school athletes.

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This week Coach Hicks discusses a resource he got into at the beginning of quarantine when he started digging into programming speed work and sprint mechanics. Coach Hicks' resource this week is the online course Exose Presents: The Tenth of A Second Difference. 

This course explains how the coaches at Exos prep their collegiate athletes for the NFL Combine and is a fantastic resource for anyone working with athletes that need to develop their game speed. 

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This week Coach Mitchell concludes his discussion on what events brought him to the Conjugate System and how mistakes made along the way.  Nick explains how injuries lead him to this way of programming and what he did to fix those issues.  

Coach Mitchell also discusses how and why he believes this is a superior method in creating longevity within an athletes chosen sport as well as some mistakes athletes commonly make when they first begin using the Conjugate System. 

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Coach Mitchell switches things up on us a bit this week as we move away from books and courses and start discussing equipment and bars that you can add to your arsenal when programming for yourself or your athletes.  

While Coach Mitchell and I both believe that education, reading, and networking is how we grow as coaches, but the tools in your weight room (bars, racks, etc.) determine how and why you program the way you do.  Coach Mitchell does a great job explaining the many uses of the safety squat bar and we also discuss a research paper from a few years back discussing the benefits of safety squat bar. 

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This week Coach Hicks continues our theme of recovery and preparation for the next training session as he discusses this week's resource, Nutrient Timing. 

Coach Hicks discussed how this book helped him understand how peri workout nutrition can not only fuel your training but also extend the "anabolic window" when it comes to post workout nutrition. We also discuss the importance of a basic nutritional understanding in order to better communicate with your clients/athletes when they ask questions about performance or weight gain. 

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This week we are switching things up a bit and digging into our own personal history in regards to training and programming.  To kick things off, Coach Mitchell discusses his history with other training formats and how those experiences lead him to conjugate.  

Coach Mitchell discusses his experiences with 5-3-1 and Juggernaut training, the positives and negatives associated with both and how that lead him to the Westside Book of Methods.  He lays out some good advice and how you can progress through your studying and better comprehend conjugate by starting with another book before digging into the book of methods. 

Next week we will begin comparing methods and really unpacking his experience with conjugate. 

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Most of us are one week back to work as restrictions due to Covid-19 have been lifted to an extent.  Now that we have been discussing what we thought this was going to look like we can finally step back and reflect to see how we did and if our students and athletes were where we thought they would be. 

I thought this was a great way to wrap things up and hopefully we just continue to move forward and out of the lockdown! 

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This week Coach Mitchell was really excited to dig into this resource as it has been one he has been talking about for several weeks.  Coach Mitchell discusses the book Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker, PhD.  When Coach Mitchell started reading this book he immediatly started getting on me about my poor sleep habits and started sharing just how bad lack of sleep really is based on some of the studies he read about.  I of course shruged him off, but as we continued to debate the importance of sleep I quickly realized I wasn't doing myself or my athletes any favors by only getting 5-6 hours of sleep.  You may think you have an idea as to how your performance decreases because of poor sleep, but if you are anything like me the truth is really going to scare you and you will end up buying this book just like I did.  

I think you are really going to enjoy this conversation and Coach Mitchell did a great job explaining this resource.  

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