Incredible Push up variations;

I just spent 3 1/2 days with Martin Rooney from the Parisi Speed School in NJ. Martin is the most motivating and inspirational person I have ever met in my life. He took me and a bunch of other guys from all over the US and Canada though a ton of these Push Up variations. They were brutal!!

Best part of the whole thing was that inbetween each set of push ups we were writing down goals for 2011! Talk about stimulating your brain and body at the same time, wow. Give some of these a try and let me know what you think.

A sign that the Apocalypse is upon us...

Does anyone remember this section in Sports Illustrated back in the day?  They may even still have this column in the magazine but I (sadly) haven't read SI in a long long time (apologies to longtime SI writer and my friend Alex Wolff).  It was always a funny yet sad column and I figured I include it from time to time here in my blog.  Now I truly mean this to be a bit of joke and keep things light but the sad reality is that this stuff is real!  This makes me want to go do a triathlon and I didn't even eat it!
If you want to see even more stuff to avoid check this out.  This is why your fat .  Might make you take it a bit easier on Thanksgiving even...  ; )

Pulled Pork Donut Sandwich

(uh oh I feel my breakfast coming up...)

Big Green Swimmers sweep Brown.

The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team competed against Brown on Saturday at Providence College. The meet came down to the final race, the 400 freestyle relay, and the Big Green took first and third to win the meet, 151-149.

Freshman Nejc Zupan (Kamnik, Slovenia) continues to dominate in the distance events as he won the 800 and 400 meter events and also had success in the individual medley, winning that event as well. Junior Michael Ahern (Old Westbury, N.Y.) beat Brown rival, Ryan Kikutchi, in the 100 backstroke.

The Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team edged Brown on Saturday, 156-144, at Providence. The Big Green again used the strength of their freshmen class to earn the victory. The team had strong finishes in the distance events, with freshman Christine Kerr (Gainesville, Fla.) winning both the 800 and 400 meter freestyles. In the 800-meter free freshman Kirstin Hocheder (Tucson, Ariz.) finished second, and freshman Erin Henn (Lawrenceville, N.J.) finished third. Freshman Kendall Farnham (Severna Park, Md.) won both the 100 and 200 butterfly events as well as finished second in the 200 individual medley.


These athletes have been killing it in the weight room (and the pool) since October and it was really great for me to see them have success and they can see how all the hard work pays off.   I expect a lot more good things to come this season from these teams.

Dartmouth Swimming ranks top 25 in Mid Majors poll.

I'm looking for a big year for the Big Green swimmers and this is the first step in the right direction.  Coming off a great win over Cornell by the womens team (including some pool records!) both the men and women are back in the pool this Saturday against Brown.

Poll link

I'm as pumped as Mike !

NSCA’s All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete(s) of the Year program

I'm going to assume that the following information will be news to most of you, given that I've just found out about it, and I've been a member of the NSCA since 2003!  If you're a current NSCA member you should really be taking advantage of this benefit and recognizing your athletes.

The NSCA’s All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete(s) of the Year program recognizes high school and collegiate athletes whose athletic accomplishments reflect their dedication to strength training and conditioning.  If you are a current NSCA member and work as a strength & conditioning or team coach at the high school or collegiate level, you may nominate one male and/or one female candidate for this prestigious award. 

 
Take advantage of this great NSCA membership benefit to reward your athletes with recognition for their hard work and dedication off the court/field as well as on it.  Nominations are currently being accepted through December 15, 2010 for the 2011 NSCA All-American Strength and Conditioning Athletes of the Year.

 
If you're an NSCA member all you need to do is follow this link to nominate your athletes.  If you're not an NSCA member, then join today and start taking advantage of some of these great benefits.  Nominate your athletes here.

How to Bench Press, Get a Big Chest, Add Muscle All Without Wrecking You...

I just spent yesterday doing a clinic with James "Smitty" Smith here in NH and it was great to finally meet him (after all I've been taking ideas from him for a long time!). I wanted to put up this video of his to share with everyone. It's funny how so many people take for granted that certain strength training exercises are "simple". I bet many of you have never though much about how to bench press but watch this video because it has some key points that you should be including (if you aren't already).

Athletes Spotlight

I wanted to put the spot light on some more of my athletes - Dartmouth Rugby just finished up the 2010 Fall season with a 7-0 Ivy League record.  I've been working with some of these athletes now for 3 years so it's really great to see them grow into great rugby players (as well as becoming better athletes overall).  We've just started our intensive winter training program which will take them up until they go home for winter break.  This period of our training is possibly the most important time of the year in terms of athlete development and "pre habilitation", especially considering there's approximately 120 days until the Division I national championship tournament.

The following link has various rankings and scoring info from the Ivy League and Dartmouth Rugby is featured prominently.  Ivy League Season Wrap Up
Check out the total points scored by team for a devastating Dartmouth Rugby statistic.