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From the monthly archives: March 2010

Listen to my new Figure Training interview…FREE!

By nick On March 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Articles / Interviews, Figure Athlete Training, Strength Training
Alli and I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Kevin Larabee of the hugely popular Fitcast. You can listen to our entire interview free on itunes or Mp3 download here. Our interview starts at the 1hr mark. . In this interview, Alli and I revealed all the more »
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TRX Suspension Training – the 15/30 Workout Protocol

By nick On March 29, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Strength Training, TRX Suspension Training
One of my favorite complimentary pieces of fitness equipment to use with my clients and athletes of all levels is the TRX Suspension trainer. . The TRX is a versatile training device that provides a few exercises options that cannot be performed with any other piece of equipment. . more »
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Freestyle Friday issue #3 – Great Training Music, Frog Fail and How juggling makes you smarter!

By nick On March 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Fun / Interesting Stuff, Strength Training
More random videos, trainig music recommendations and other cool stuff you should know about! . Music from the Performance U Playlist . The Band – Strung Out Music Genre – Punk / Metal Best Songs/Albums – Every Strung Out album is great! . I’ve been listening to Strung Out while I workout since my high more »
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Body Saw Exercise – Performance U Style

By nick On March 24, 2010 · 9 Comments · In Core/ Torso Training, Shoulder Pain / Injury, Strength Training
You know here at Performance U, creativity is alive and well. Of course, the creativity always comes with a purpose! Today’s video is no exception. . One of my favorite new core training movements is the Body Saw exercise. The Body Saw exercise is not only great for building superior core strength / stability. But, with the more »
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NFL Combine 40 Yard Dash Fastest Times – The REAL Truth!

By nick On March 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Fun / Interesting Stuff, Strength Training
This post is actually my second post regarding NFL Combine 40 Yard Dash times. In my first post revealing the TRUTH about the NFL Combine 40 Yard Dash Times, I provided some eye opening information on what everything we hear about the fastest 40 yard dash times at the NFL  combine is just plain wrong! more »
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Assessing our Assessments – Part 2

By nick On March 17, 2010 · 19 Comments · In Corrective Exercise / Pre-Hab, Functional Assessments / Movement Screen, Strength Training
I’m back with another installment of my Assessing our Assessments series. In this series, I look at simple and effective ways of improving the way Fitness Professionals use Postural Assessments and Functional Movement Screens. . As I mentioned in Part 1, I use my own hybrid style Assessment of Gray Cook’s more »
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Featured in Women’s Health Magazine! – April 2010

By nick On March 16, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Articles / Interviews, Dynamic Warm Up, Fat Loss, Strength Training
Along with my article gracing the cover of the April 2010 issue of Mens Fitness magazine – I also have the honor of having a Three-part, Dynamic Warm Up routine featured in this Month’s issue of Women’s Health Magazine. My workout / Warm-up is featured on pg.56-57 of the issue pictured below.
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Bodyweight Workout – Are you (or your athletes) strong enough to do this?

By nick On March 15, 2010 · 8 Comments · In Bodybuilding / Muscle Building, Bodyweight Training, Figure Athlete Training, Fun / Interesting Stuff, Grip Training, MMA / Spartan Workout, Strength Training
I LOVE Bodyweight exercises and bodyweight workouts! There is nothing better than burning fat, building muscle and developing insane relative strength using the best piece of exercise equipment ever invented – the human body! . Today’s video is about old time, high school style rope climbing… without using your legs! Many athletes think they’re strong. But, more »
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Rethink ALL of Your Stability Ball Exercises!

By nick On March 11, 2010 · 32 Comments · In Core/ Torso Training, Corrective Exercise / Pre-Hab, Strength Training, Swiss Ball Training
Today, I’m going to talk about popular Stability Ball (Swiss Ball) exercises I highly recommend against using. I hope you are ready to change the way you train! . Stability Ball Exercises You SHOULDN’T Be Using! . Personally, I do not use, nor do I recommend using any free weight (barbells, Dumbbells, etc:) loaded exercises while lying, sitting or standing on more »
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Ab Exercise – Clarifying my view on Crunches

By nick On March 5, 2010 · 8 Comments · In Core/ Torso Training, Corrective Exercise / Pre-Hab, Strength Training
My last few posts have been discussing the concept of whether or not Ab crunches and other trunk flexion exercises are dangerous. . I’m afraid my actual approach to using crunches in my daily training may be misunderstood due to no one’s fault but my own.  I’ve always prided myself on delivering non-biased, battlet-tested training more »
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Featured on the cover of Men’s Fitness Magazine! – April 2010 issue

By nick On March 3, 2010 · 9 Comments · In Articles / Interviews, Bodybuilding / Muscle Building, Bodyweight Training, Fat Loss, Strength Training
I have the honor of designing the “Gain Muscle,Burn Fat” workout article featured on the cover of the April issue of Men’s Fitness Magazine!
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Low Back Pain – The Negative Side of Current Spine Research

By nick On March 1, 2010 · 17 Comments · In Back Pain / Injury, Corrective Exercise / Pre-Hab, Joint Friendly Training
I cant believe the amazing amount feedback we had on my last post displaying Mark’s videos! It just goes to show how important this Low back pain stuff is. . Today, (as promised in my last post) I’m going to discuss the negative side of looking at the spine the way more »
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