Author: Colin Stewart
Colin "Point Dog" Stewart CEng (MEng) is a former weapons safety Engineer for UK MoD. He owns Mindful Strength, a personal training and fitness education company based in Scotland. He is, among other things, a StrongFirst Certified Elite Instructor, FMS, Groundforce Method Instructor, and Flexible Steel instructor.
A lifelong martial artist, he is a Guro of Kali-Silat (Dog Brothers Martial Arts) and holds ranks/instructorships in various other martial arts including Judo and BJJ. He is one of the few people to be a full member of the Dog Brother Tribe, a collective of Real Contact Stick Fighters, where he regularly takes part in full contact, anything goes stickfights.
Yes, it is still a (world-wide) competition, twice each year. But many (if not most) participants have a completely different reason for committing to the TSC.
Group exercise trainers need a class template they can easily adjust at the last minute. A template that works regardless of the experience and ability level of each student. A proven plan. If a class template like that is what you’re after, keep reading.
Most OCR racers are cardio-beasts held together with iron will who don't understand strength training. This OCR strength training template has developed over the past five years and is something I'm confident your OCR clients can comply with.
At the core of the FMS principles is the understanding that all movement exists in a hierarchy built upon the developmental sequence. This is a complicated way of saying, “You have to walk before you can run.”
The push press is often thought of as “that thing you do on the way to learning the jerk.” But there are some ninja secrets contained in the push press that make it superior to the jerk for my clients—and probably yours, too.