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Band Training for Hybrid Olympic Lifts - 29th January 2012

   ____________   Band Training provides the need proprioceptive training that many athletes lack with Olympic Lifts   Teaching Olympic Lift hybrid movements to younger athletes can be difficult for multiple reasons:   Cannot lift the bar PVC does not offer any resistance to load the posterior chain Poor awareness of how to accelerate the…

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Partner Band Training and becoming a Mentor Leader - 25th January 2012

    Partner Band Training will help you become a better bootcamp leader   As I was traveling the past few days I had the opportunity to listen to Tony Dungy’s new book, Mentor Leadership.  An outstanding book that I highly recommend   Upon returning to my office yesterday, interestingly one of the emails I…

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Resistance Bands can make training fun for young athletes anywhere and anytime - 18th January 2012

Resistance Bands Make Strength Training Fun  regardless age, gender and fitness level     At least once a week I am posed the question about how to train my son or daughter using bands and in most cases all I can envision is kids being put through a grueling workout using big bands that literally…

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Resistance Bands and Getting Better as a Fitness Professional - 12th January 2012

When I started training clients and athletes with resistance bands in 1996, I was shooting from the hip to say the least.   I  knew what I wanted to achieve but to say I got instant results would be a lie.  However, over time I started to create a band training blue print that started…

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10 Ways Band Training will help you reach your fitness goals fast - 11th January 2012

  Band Training will get you quick results   I have spent over 15 years training and learning how to improve functional movement, strength, power, flexibility, agility, speed and quickness training with bands.  To say I have made a lot of mistakes, would be a total understatement but over time I have had a lot…

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The Number 1 Band Exercise for Total Shoulder Development - 5th January 2012

   When it comes to hitting the shoulders with 1 band exercise using resistance bands, that has to be high pulls.     Band High pull not only rock the deltoids but when you use bands, you also work on getting the scapula to lock down and stabilize.  Trust me, coming from a physical therapist, that…

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