Written by: Kevin Cann I have been asked this question frequently by other coaches over the course of the last couple of weeks, so I figured many more young coaches and athletes have similar questions regarding programming. Some great advice I got early on in my career was to mimic the ones that have done… Continue Reading
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Year One of Powerlifting: From Athlete to Powerlifter
Written by: Kevin Cann My second powerlifting meet was completed on April 2nd and marked my one year anniversary of taking up the sport. During this time I have learned a lot about the sport as both an athlete and a coach. When I first started I weighed 165lbs and I was still doing the… Continue Reading
Corrective Exercise and the Strength Coach
Written by: Kevin Cann Corrective exercise is all the buzz in the fitness industry. With the fitness industry focusing more on movement rather than muscles, there has been a lot of grey area between what requires physical therapy and what requires a personal trainer. Shirley Sahrmann has shown us that pain is typically a result… Continue Reading
My Training at 44
Hey Folks! Sorry for the paltry offerings with regards to writing of late. In addition to my usual work we moved out to the Lazy Lobo Ranch (small farm) about a year ago and we have been busting our humps getting a legit permaculture operation going. I’ll do a separate update on that but in… Continue Reading
How Many Days Per Week Should I Train?
Written by: Kevin Cann “How many days a week should I be training” is a question I get practically every day. I encourage people to do some type of physical activity daily, but this does not mean picking up a barbell every single day. We need to take into consideration how the training program affects… Continue Reading
How to Squat with Longer Limbs
Written by: Kevin Cann This is one of my favorite excuses in the world of powerlifting, “My squat sucks because I have long limbs.” I have even seen numerous posts circling around the web showing pictures of people with different anatomical makeups squatting and even skeletal diagrams showing the exact same thing. The problem with… Continue Reading
Importance of the Midfoot in the Squat
Written by: Kevin Cann I love the squat. This exercise to me is the single most important exercise one can do in their training program. Now, this does not mean that we should see everyone throw a bar on their back, sit down and stand up with it. The squat has many different variations whether… Continue Reading
Are Your Upper Traps Hurting Your Lifts?
Written by: Kevin Cann This article is inspired by the numerous athletes and clients that have come into my office complaining of shoulder pain. One thing that I have noticed in this group is that almost all of them have increased tone in their upper traps. This is not too hard to believe, as the… Continue Reading
Do You Suffer from Elbow Pain?
Written By: Kevin Cann One of the most popular complaints I get at Total Performance Sports is “My elbow hurts.” When you think about it this makes quite a bit of sense. We write, text, type all day at work and then we go to the gym and grip a barbell or dumbbell to lift… Continue Reading
How we are wired to sleep and why we have sleep problems
As promised on The Paleo Solution Podcast #270 this is the first installment of a three part blog series on sleep from Doc Parsley! Many people have heard of the concept that humans use the sun to adjust their biological clock. The overall driver of the biological clock is the circadian-rhythm controlling the SCN (suprachiasmatic… Continue Reading
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