• Oct22

    How to Write and Adapt a Program

    What a weekend. Tony Gentilcore and I took a group of 20 fitness professionals through a workshop, cheekily titled “Dean & Tony’s Excellent Workshop High Five!!” here in Edmonton, and we covered pretty much everything under the sun relating to becoming a better coach: coaching the squat and deadlift, breathing patterns, why bosus and bands…… Read More

  • Oct17

    Extension Biased Breathing Restriction versus Flexion Bias Breathing Restriction, plus Breaking Bad to make this post Awesome

    I’m sure breathing is about as sexy as, well, heavy laboured breathing, but it’s something I’ve come to realize is incredibly important. Sure, without we all kinda die but deeper than that, there’s the element of how and why we breathe the way we do and how that affects our ability to hoist loads against…… Read More

  • Oct15

    Individualizing Your Shoulder Program for Dummies

    Shoulder anatomy is pretty amazingly complex for such a relatively open area of the body. The basic joint is the glenohumeral, the ball and socket joint that produces most of the movemment. The secondary joints include the scapulothoracic, acromioclavicular and sternoclavicular, which allow the arm to move through a range of motion in the saggital…… Read More