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Football Strong Michigan Clinic 2013 Write Up

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This past Saturday I traveled up to Wixom, Michigan to attend the Football Strong Clinic Ron McKeefery and Jim Kielbaso put on.  It was a fantastic clinic with some good speakers that were willing to not only talk in-depth about their programs but stay after and “talk shop” with the attendees.  In this post, I’ll give an outline of some of the takeaway messages I got from each presentation.  Continue With The Awesomeness...

Aaron Wellman Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach Michigan

  • Kids need at least 2 months off from a specific sport.  Preferably 3 to 4.  Specialization is bad.
  • Our job isn’t just to win games – it’s also to impact lives
  • There is just as much of an art to what we do as a science.  Science is constantly changing.  Learn to filter what works for your team/client.

Nunn’s Performance Training At The Core Powerlifting Meet!

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This past weekend, some of the clients from the gym and Jason competed in the Core Fitness Powerlifting meet.  The results were pretty good.  Check it out!

Here’s John Hitting A 1,095 Total At 168lbs At His First Powerlifting Meet

 Here’s Connie, Misty, Michelle, and Nicole Hitting Some Huge Numbers

girls core meet 2013 from Jason Nunn on Vimeo.

Here’s Jason Totaling 1,835lbs At 268lbs


All the competitors did great and a fun time was had by all!

 

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The “What, Why, and How” of Nunn’s Performance Training

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Why We Were Created

This business was created to empower individuals who are seeking a way to increase their abilities on the field, on the platform  or in the game of life, but who have been unable to achieve this within the conventional constructs of a fitness or performance based facility.

Why We Feel Coaching Is The Key To Fitness Success

Move well, then move often.

Our philosophy on fitness and sports performance is that people should first focus on moving well, then focus on moving often.  At Nunn’s Performance Training, we ensure that our clients are well coached on their individual fitness journey.

Our Motto of Fitness Success

Strength is the backbone of fitness, weight loss, and sports performance.

Our mission statement

We change lives.

This gym exists for one reason, to help people reach their fitness and performance based goals as quickly and safely as possible.  Continue With The Awesomeness...

Sport Specific Training: Is It Fact or Fiction?

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For several decades now, coaches and athletes have known that one way to get better at your sport is to become stronger, faster, and more powerful.  This is great news for those of us in the strength and conditioning industry as it validates the need for teams to have a strength and conditioning or sports performance coach, whichever you want to call it.  What ends up coming out of this is the thought that each sport team may have a certain way of training that is different than other sports.  It’s the thought that we need sport specific training.  So the question arises:

Is sport specific training a myth?

The answer to this question isn’t exactly black and white.  On one hand, ALL ATHLETES need to get stronger and faster.  It doesn’t matter what sport they play.  On the other hand, there may be some exercises that are dangerous and contraindicated for certain sports.  Continue With The Awesomeness...

12/29/2012 Snatch Balance, Snatch, Speed Hang Cleans, and Squattin.

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Snatch Balance – I hope these will help in training the snatch.

90 x 5 singles

155 x 3 singles

175 x 2 singles

200 x 2 singles – these felt great!

Snatch

155 x 3

175 x 3

200 x 4

Speed Hang Cleans

6 sets of 2 with 30 seconds rest at 220.

Squat

405 x 3

455 x 3

505 x 5

My squats still aren’t back to where they were before I started having the elbow issue but they are coming around.  Deadlift and press are going great.  I think I’ll do another week of training 3′s before I start tapering down.

I may or may not've look something like this.

I may or may not’ve look something like this.

 

 

 

 

 

Top 10 Of 2012

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At the end of each year, I go through our blog and see which ones had the most views.  I’m going to give you the top ten, but, before I do, check out some of the previous year’s top 10:

2010′s Top Ten

and

2011′s Top Ten

Ok, now for this year’s:

1.  Why Most Speed And Agility Camps Don’t Work - Pretty self explanatory.  It’s a pretty short post that points out what a scam most “camps” are.

2.  How To Make A Monster Charlie Weingroff Write Up - Last February, I had the opportunity to attend an all day workshop with Charlie Weingroff, DPT.  It was one of the better ones I’ve attended in a while.

3.  Should Athlete’s Olympic Lift - A look at a couple different philosophies on olympic lifting with athletes.

4.  Basic Nutrition For Athletes – Just some basics.  Continue With The Awesomeness...

Why Strength Training Is Important For Fat Loss, Bodybuilding, and Sports Performance

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People are often surprised when I talk to them about my philosophy on training for fat loss.  When a client comes in with fat loss goals, the first thing we do is teach them to squat, hinge, carry, press, and be strong in a single leg stance.  It’s a strength training program.

When people come in with a sports performance or bodybuilding-type goal, we teach them to squat, hinge, carry, press, and be strong in a single leg stance.  It’s a strength training program.

Sound redudant?…because it is.

The fact is, the more relative strength a person has, the easier it is to accomplish all the other goals, whether they’re fat loss or they want to look better on stage.  By relative strength, I mean the more strength a person has in relation to his or her bodyweight.  Continue With The Awesomeness...

Nunn’s Performance Training vs. The Champions Of The Stupid

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Let’s get a couple of definitions out-of-the-way first.

Muscle Tone:  Muscle tone is the amount of tension a muscle has on it.  It has nothing to do with the appearance of the muscle or leanness of the person.  Most people confuse this with someone being lean.

Hypertrophy:  Hypertrophy is an increase in cell size.  Basically, it’s an increase in muscle size (or fat cell size for some of you).  This is important for both fat loss and strength gains as more muscle mass has a higher metabolism and can move bigger weights.

She’s lean. We can’t tell how much muscle tone she has without doing some sort of medical evaluation  Continue With The Awesomeness...