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The elusive lat muscle. There are a million and one ways to cue how to access your lats and sometimes clients still struggle to engage each rep. “Protect your pits” is a quick easy saying to add to your arsenal of cues for lat engagement. The Latissimus Dorsi muscle is a large muscle spanning across
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On the training floor those rest periods with your coach can be some of the most crucial minutes of your session. Not solely for the minutes of recovery that are necessary, but for in between reps conversation. Your coaches are a fountain of knowledge and we want to share it all with you! Coach Andrew
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“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” —Andy Bernard, The Office Every so often you must stop and take stock of what you have going on around you, and ask if your current situation serves you, or if you serve it. It’s very
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I wrote this on November 22nd, 2023 shortly after finishing my heavy set of squats from that day’s workout. The story tells itself, but I will reiterate the moral of the story to drive the point home: visualization of your desired outcome in any given situation makes a difference. If you don’t believe me, you’ve
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“Wash the plate not because it is dirty nor because you are told to wash it, but because you love the person who will use it next.” —Mother Teresa of Calcutta Life tends to make more sense when we have a purpose, and all of the daily tasks that we deal with, when given meaning,
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“I never know how to breathe” is a common thing I hear when coaching. Each movement may require a different breathing strategy for the client. It’s your job to assess that, and coach them on how to breathe. How much tension do they need? Is the movement compound or isolated? How heavy? Any physiological considerations?
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“They were not the same eyes with which he had last looked out at this particular scene, and the brain which interpreted the images the eyes resolved was not the same brain. There had been no surgery involved, just the continual wrenching of experience.” —Douglas Adams, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish It’s
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“And then—the watcher at his pulse took fright. No one believed. They listened at his heart. Little—less—nothing!—and that ended it. No more to build on there. And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs.” —Robert Frost, ‘Out, Out—’ While this snippet of a poem is incredibly abrupt, it is also
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Here at Iron Legion, we have a strong network of providers we trust when our client’s need something that is beyond our scope of practice. This blog by Dr. Phil Finemore is a great topic to discuss. Ultimately as coaches, we all have one goal in mind, which is to help the person in front
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“Why ever hurry?Even water takes its timeflowing down the drain.” —Michael Chernin We’re kicking off the 2nd quarter of the year and it’s time for a personal check-in. Are you giving yourself the patience you deserve? Are you allowing yourself the room that you need to actually grow and accomplish your goals? There’s no hurry
The Break Room
The Break Room 