• I Made a Mistake

    I Made a Mistake

    For the past 23 years, I’ve been a coach in the health, fitness, and sports performance fields. For 13 of those years, I owned my own gym – Coaching For Glory.  For 5 years, I’ve run a company that teaches people how to coach – The Refined Art of Coaching. And yet, just last month,…

  • From the Yankees to Platforms in Spain

    From the Yankees to Platforms in Spain

    While cleaning out our attic recently, I came across a photo of me demonstrating a back squat. The kids noticed that I was wearing a New York Yankees shirt and asked what that was from.  Back before YouTube, we had to use written materials with accompanying photos to demonstrate movements. This photo was for an…

  • Stop Using Exercise as a Form of Punishment or Poor Planning

    Stop Using Exercise as a Form of Punishment or Poor Planning

    [This is a letter to myself as a younger and/or more inexperienced coach as much as it is anyone else.] Dear Coaches, Teachers, Educators, and Parents –  STOP using exercise as a form of punishment. There are two reasons why this is done, but neither of them are any good.  Reason #1 – As a…