Well said WSTrainer. This is something I’ve been wondering for years. I work at least 10 hours a day, 6 days a week with my S&C job and coaching sprinters on the side. I have a reading pile the height of my dresser, I have hundred’s hours of video from top coaches like Charlie and Al Vermeil, and I have a wife and a 15 month old son I spend every spare minute with. Oh yes - I also try to stay in shape myself.
So where am I going to get time touring the world, writing “cutting-edge” articles, making videos, etc., etc., etc. These guys are ‘career horseshit providers’ who think if they publish a book, they are an authority. Last time I checked, any fool can write an article or publish a book (particularly the morons who don’t even cite references or have no experience actually working with athletes). Very frustrating.
This is why I only have proven coaches with thousands of hours of successful experience present at the seminars I put on. Just hearing about their expereinces with different athletes over the years is so much more valuable than 500 articles about the “top 10 exercises for agility and functional training”.
At the club I work at, we have a major problem.
we ahve badminton, Squash, and Tennis “pro’s” that teach in their respective sport. I work in the gym. I would say 60-70% of our members have some sort of injury.
I noticed that some of these “pro’s” were not properly warming up the players (Ok Im being nice, they do NO warm-ups).
When I brought this up during a meeting the squash pro said it is our (the finess staff) jobs to warm up their players. I went nuts. First I dont know nothing about their athletes or their sport so I would be the wrong guy, and 2) these guys are like level 4 materail with Coaching canada , 3M, whatever. Manageemnet then tried to side with them bercause the “pro’s” are not properly qualified to warm people up. Now just so you know, these 3 guys are making roughly 90 grand a year. I said theirs no way a coach should be hired if they cant evn warm up their athletes properly. Then I threw this one at them; I said you can go to any donut shop in toronto, pick out a an old European man with a smoke in his mouth, and chances are they would now something about proper warm ups, theres no way canada is certifying coaches that cant even do the basics like warming up (they can but this is what I said).
What i meant to say with that statement is theee so many “unknowns” out their that are much more qualified than most of these young punks publishing their own books or these supersta coaches that never seem to be in the gym anyways.
WSTrainer - When I had my interview for my current position as a University Strength and Conditioning coach, the theme I kept re-iterating to the administration was that in order for my position to be successful, all of us (coaches) had to work together effectively. It doesn’t matter how knowledgeable you and I are as Strength coaches, if they (sport coaches) are not willing to listen, it will only result in sub-par results. And this goes on constantly where I work. There is not a ‘team’ approach and the coaches are not forced to listen to me (which is an administrative issue as well).
A few coaches are receptive, but it is amazing how many think they know better (even though they have never had any practical or academic education in athlete development). Crappy results and lots of injuries result - and I have no control over it. But my name still gets associated with different teams - as we are all under the same umbrella. My only option now is to publicly dissassociate myself with individual teams at our school and focus on the few that are willing to listen. Very frustrating, but a reality at many similar institutions.
Good points but any coach has the ask the question.
Increase Results (Success of athletes)
Increase Revenues (Success of money)
I work every day full time and ask myself this because I see many other coaches getting paid big bucks for very little. Many bust their butts for a decade and then “sell out”. Some demand huge fees. Some work other jobs (like me).
Many great coaches should produce products so we all can improve in what we do. I read and watch cf.com products and everyone has a right to make a living. I just see most products look like crap and not enough real coaches making things we need. Too much Peter Twist AKA the Mullet Maniac.
I had it done on my shoulder that weekend. It wasn’t the good guy though it was a newer guy who did it. Like ART, I think it’s only as effective as the guy or girl performing it on you. Massage…that’s a different story. Anyone can get decent enough at it to be effective. Felt very similar to ART. Got some relief from it!
Dan,
thanks for that. 2 points that intrigue me from Dr Serrano’s presenatation.
He also warns about constantly getting your protein from the same source (i.e. protein shake) he said eventually you will develop a food allergy towards them. Rotate them every few weeks!
This is not the first time I have seen this type of recomendation and wonder at the reasoning behind it (scientific?) and if it applies purely to protein sources. By extension if I eat the same carb sources every day (brocolli, carots, beans, etc) will I develop an allergy to those?
5. Men over the age of 35 will not benefit from flax oil the way most do.
would you please expand on this. I fall in this category and although I don’t use flax oil, flax seed (crushed and whole) is a part of my daily diet.
[QUOTE=John]Dan,
thanks for that. 2 points that intrigue me from Dr Serrano’s presenatation.
He also warns about constantly getting your protein from the same source (i.e. protein shake) he said eventually you will develop a food allergy towards them. Rotate them every few weeks!
From what i remember, he said change your protein powder every 6 weeks. ie- the brand.
As far as meat protein sources, i beleive he has a recommendation to not eat the same source on back-to-back days.
When many brands share the same manufacturer it’s like “rotating starkist tuna and Chicken of the Sea”. I think it’s good to clear from supplements during the break between seasons and keep most of the meals whole.