New HKC listed- Nov. 13th in Sydney, Australia

September 2, 2010 by admin  
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For several months now I have been in contact with Andrew Read, RKCII and head of Dragon Door Australia about doing an HKC certification in Sydney.
Well, it is finally live on the website and ready for folks to sign up HERE.  The date is November 13th, the week after Hardstyle Ventura.
I’ll be there for several days [...]

Function and Performance are NOT the same thing

August 31, 2010 by admin  
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You’d think that a very high level athlete would by definition have functional movement patterns, right?
An athlete who performs well is very often  not functional, but is very good at compensating. Function and Performance are NOT the same thing.
Here are a a couple of quotes from Gray Cooks book Movement :
“Specialized activities will always lead toward [...]

Summit of Strength in review

August 27, 2010 by admin  
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Redneck Ninja, Tamer, Neup-Dog and the Legendary Brett Jones

If you missed it, then you missed it. The Summit of Strength was an event that I had very high expectations for, and it surpassed those expectations. Envisioned by the Redneck Ninja and organized by RKCTL DustinRippetoe and his wife Kenzie, it was nicknamed the Summit of Awesome before [...]

They are ready!

August 18, 2010 by admin  
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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you not one….. but two NEW DVDs shot live without a net in Sunnyvale CA.

Do you want to learn  how to use the old-time strongmen’s methods to take your own training to levels you hadn’t imagined? This DVD is a combination strongman show, history lesson and philosophical discourse on the [...]

Movement: The Book

August 6, 2010 by admin  
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Been travelin’ a lot. In fact I am in Omaha as write this, discussing Gray Cook’s new book Movement with Mark Snow, RKC.
TONS of paradigm shifting information, flowing from a very simple premise: “Screen movement patterns before you train them. Training poor movement patterns reinforces poor qualityand creates greater risk of injury. If you identify poor movement [...]

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