by Bill Marnich | Aug 31, 2017 | Personal, Training for Athletes, Why Train?
In my three years as a high school strength and conditioning coach the hundreds to thousands of athletes that have gone through my program have done exactly zero Olympic lifts. That’s right, zero power cleans, zero jerks, and zero snatches. I know this will be...
by Bill Marnich | Jul 6, 2017 | Bodybuilding, Strength, Training for Athletes
Growing up playing sports, then eventually progressing to weight training, I’ve heard the word intensity a lot in my twenty-five years on earth. Coaches would scream across the field that “you have to do this with intensity.” Strength coaches in high school and...
by Bill Marnich | Jun 29, 2017 | Training for Athletes
One of my favorite kettlebell exercises is the kettlebell swing, and thanks in part to CrossFit, it is one of the most well-known uses of the kettlebell. As a trainer, there have been many occasions where a client has told me that they have done swings in the past. I...
by Bill Marnich | Jun 13, 2017 | Injury Prevention, Training for Athletes
I’m not sure there is a single body part that is more frustrating than the shoulder. The shoulder joint is the most mobile joint in the human body with 120 degrees of flexion available. This mobility is useful for achieving great athletic feats but can be a detriment...
by Bill Marnich | Jun 1, 2017 | Bodybuilding, Strength, Training for Athletes
Yes, It Is Awesome Ahh the bench press. The holy grail of exercises. “How much can you bench?” is asked thousands of times a day (an educated guess) in gyms across the world. To most novice lifters, it’s the standard by which their peers judge how strong they are....