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New Site: www.BretContreras.com 30 Dec 2010 | 10:57 pm
Attention Faithful Blogreaders, I’m switching from www.BretContreras.Wordpress.com to www.BretContreras.com. In about a week I’ll just automatically redirect traffic from the old site to the new site...
10 Stupid Things Coaches Do 24 Dec 2010 | 01:28 pm
If you’re an intelligent strength coach, then chances are you can relate to this article. In training athletes over the past several years, I’ve been very surprised by some of the stupid things that c...
Youtube Videos 23 Dec 2010 | 07:40 pm
I was just going through my Youtube videos and I thought it would be a good time to bring some of them back for review. Here are nine different instructional videos: Hip Thrust Squat Deadlift Ban...
10 Random Thoughts – With Some Good Videos 17 Dec 2010 | 01:14 pm
Well peeps, it’s been a while since I’ve had time to do one of these, and I don’t really have free time right now but I’ll post anyway. Here we go: 1. Muchas Gracias! Thank you everyone for the kind...
Training Equals Rehab, Rehab Equals Training 16 Dec 2010 | 02:19 pm
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, especially the “Good Reads” blogposts, then you know that I often post articles written by Charlie Weingroff. Here’s what I love about Charlie: He’s a DPT ...
Female Strength Levels 16 Dec 2010 | 08:37 am
We see a lot of Youtube videos these days involving people performing astounding feats of strength. It’s important to not get discouraged or biased when watching these videos. For example, I can full ...
New Announcement: BC to NZ! 11 Dec 2010 | 07:22 am
I wanted to post a couple of quick announcements for my readers. 1. BC to NZ It’s funny how things work out. On a Friday night in mid-August I stumbled upon a study by Matt Brughelli on the biomecha...
The American Thrust – A New Spin on the Hip Thrust 7 Dec 2010 | 05:09 pm
In the glute eBook I wrote over a year-and-a-half ago, I included a section that discussed exercise-naming. I find it intriguing that many lifts are named after people or countries. For example, the h...
Rotary Training for Bada$$es 3 Dec 2010 | 11:06 pm
Around eight years ago, my friends got together for a slow-pitch softball game. Although I hadn’t swung a bat in years, I managed to crank out five out-of-the-park homeruns that day. One of them clear...
Good Reads for the Week 2 Dec 2010 | 08:21 pm
Here are some good reads for the week! Tomorrow I’m going to try to put up a blog on rotary training for badasses. Hopefully I’ll have time. I filmed the videos, but I’ve been absolutely swamped worki...
