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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Coach Nick Tumminello has built a reputation as the ‘Trainer of trainers” through his workshops at conferences and fitness club around the world. And, for his consulting work with pro/college sports teams and with exercise equipment/ clothing manufactures.
He’s the owner of Performance University international, which provides hybrid strength training & conditioning for athletes and educational programs for fitness professionals. Based in South Florida, Nick is a Fort Lauderdale personal trainer who works with a select group of athletes and exercise enthusiasts.
You can check out Coach Nick’s articles, DVDs, seminars schedule, mentorship program and very popular hybrid fitness training blog at http://nicktumminello.com/
The ULTIMATE Guide to Single Leg Training! Discover simple assessments, quick corrections AND over 50 innovative Single Leg Squat, Deadlift and Hybrid exercise variations for building a super-strong, great looking, high-performance lower-body!
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Go way beyond Landmine rotations and angled barbell presses! This DVD represents the most comprehensive collection of Upper-body Pushing & Pulling, Lower Body, Core and Total Body exercises using the Sorinex Landmine or any other Angled Barbell training method! Features over 50 innovative exercises that take you to improve strength & performance, and add a new weapon to your training arsenal! This is your chance to learn latest and greatest techniques & concepts from the innovators of the landmine and angled barbell training – the rest are just duplicators!
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This 2-DVD set shows you how to use Joint Friendly Strength Training exercises to spare your joints, work around sensitive spots and still make gains in strength and performance! Discover over 100 innovative exercises for building muscle, superior strength and improved performance while sparing your joints and working around wounded knees, shell-shocked shoulders, back issues and even a bad hand/wrist.
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This DVD is the most comprehensive collections of strength training combinations, complexes and circuits ever assembled. Discover over 100 metabolic protocols using Barbells, Dumbbells, Kettlebells, Medicine Balls, cables & resistance bands, the Landmine, the Core Bar and even bodyweight exercises to reduce body fat and improve work capacity faster than ever before!
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This 2-DVD sets features an easy to use and super effective training system for achieving less restricted and pain-free movement, increased joint mobility and neural drive to lagging muscles, which can enhance the effectiveness of your workouts!
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The 3-DVD set takes you step by step through a Proven, Easy-To-Follow, Fool-Proof Warm Up System That Ensures Optimal Performance Every Time You Train Or Compete. Each DVD volume presents seamlessly integrated Muscle activation, Dynamic mobility & CNS activation exercise sequences performed in a progressive from beginner, to intermediate, to advanced applications. Each DVD displays over 30 exercises – That’s 90+ exercises total!
This is what makes Warm Up Progressions Vol. 1, 2 &3 the essential guide for helping you move better and ready for anything!
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This DVD shows you proven, fool-proof self myofacsical release system using the foam roller and tennis balls to increase Flexibility, Reduce Muscle Tension, Accelerate Recovery - In Just a Few Minutes!
New techniques, tips and tricks, program design and common mistakes are all discussed in simple to understand and easy to us manner!
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The PowerMax 360 provides concentric resistance, with independent unilateral movement for upper body and core exercises, no fixed speed, no fixed movement, with variable speed Omnikinetic resistance that provides 100% maximal muscle overload through full ROM at every angle, speed or plane of movement which provides explosive strength, power and endurance.
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I’ll be there!
Hey Nick:
I’m a colleague of yours from Rockville, MD. Me and my crew will be at the Arnold all weekend. We’ve got lifters competing in the USAPL (powerlifting) events. Come check us out in the Grand Ballroom. We’ll be wearing the black SSPT t-shirts.
Cheers!
I would like to meet you! Will you be selling any products?
Nick,
I’ll be at the Arnold! Have you a booth? Do you know which one it is yet?
Coach Tumminello,
driving down from Canada, I will be there for sure.
Hi Coach,
I hope you get this email. In looking at your other articles on Contrast Training I came across your video dated July 28, 2009. I found something very disturbing. The photo prior to clicking on the video shows a man bench pressing with a thumbless grip. I cannot think of a more stupid thing an individual can do in a weight room. To my knowledge, the only thing that has ever killed a person weight training is having a bar drop on their throat. Whatever benefit that may be derived from a thumbless grip, it is clearly not worth the risk. You are a good guy and I am sure that you will remedy this situation by removing the photo. Every lifter should oppose a thumbless grip whenever they see it. Thank you for all that you do for strength and conditioning.
Sir-
I must comment on the fellow who is so disturbed by a thumb-less grip…If I bench press I utilize such a posture while gripping the bar…I still do for under handed pull-ups as well as over handed-pull ups! I like to throw certain bare knuckle strikes that way as well with the thumb tucked in tight to the side of the tightly flexed forefinger…this is in part due to lack of flexibility and/or the structural integrity of my own personal bio-mechanics…we are slave to structure! It is not incorrect and it doesn’t put one at risk when one lifts…that is silly! Please screen some of the comments more closely as they are not informative and lessens the integrity of an otherwise top notch product! Be well!
Dear Mr. Hyman,
There is nothing silly about my email. Comparing a thumbless grip on pull-ups to a thumbless grip on bench press is ludicrious. If you slip on a pull-up you fall on your ass. Big deal. Sore ass. If the bar slips off your hand on bench press, broken trachia. Sometimes death. Look at the videos on you tube of bench press accidents. Whatever benefit that may be derived from a thumbless bench press grip, it is far outweighed by the danger. Suit yourself. Forewarned is forearmed.
Fred. Relax. Watch your language. Get a grip.