Happy new year everybody! It’s been a good week on the island of Maui. A bunch of family time, relaxation, and food. January is going to be a busy month for me. I’m assisting at a StrongFirst kettlebell certification in Atlanta at the end of the month, and I’m stoked to reconnect with some friends, do a little bit of teaching, and a lotta bit of learning. It’ll be a good time. Today, I’m headed out to do some sport climbing on a new wall being developed here on Maui. The last two times I’ve been to the islands, the burgeoning climbing community has been super welcoming and open with their areas, and I’m incredibly grateful for that. I’ll be sure to post some pictures of the stone! Let’s get into the bullet points.
The Bullet Points
Dr. Weingroff is at the top of the list of people who influence me. His blog posts aren’t super frequent, but always full of information. Sometimes, the information is wayyy over my head, but usually there are always some good pieces to pull out. In this article, he takes a simple question about a plank and delves into movement technique, the art of cuing, tension, and a bunch of other concepts related to the plank and trunk stability. I highly recommend this read.
First off, I don’t treat pain. Not my scope of practice. If you’re in pain, don’t see a trainer or someone with a weekend certification that allows him or her to make believe that they are a shitty physical therapist. Ok. Rant over. Just because I refer pain out and don’t deal with it doesn’t mean it isn’t interesting to me. It’s a really cool topic. A sweet video from the folks over at Modern Manual Therapy.
It’s the new year, and it’s time to look forward and start building our training plan for 2017. I always like to sit down, and I create my plan. It’s perfect. I’m gonna get so strong. And then life happens. Schedules get crazy. It’s easy to let all of the planning fall by the wayside and call an audible. Here are some ways to NOT do that.
The Brew
Liquid Breadfruit, Maui Brewing Company
One item out of the infinite number of cool things about Maui is Maui Brewing Company. It’s a huge facility and they have up to 24 different beers of their own available for sampling, awesome food trucks outside, and plenty of games to play. I’ve never had this limited release of theirs and was intrigued, so I picked it up. It’s brewed with breadfruit and toasted papaya seeds. It got some bready malt flavors, hints of orange, mango and papaya, and a faint toastiness, I assume from the papaya seeds. For a higher-abv beer, the alcohol is hidden quite well. A good one.
What’s Happening
Mailing List
I’m playing around with a newsletter. It will contain article alerts, special content promotions, and offers exclusive to subscribers. You can sign up here if you’d like. It’s completely free.
Nutrition, Performance, and Strength Coaching
It’s the new year, and a lot of people are building out their strategy for training in 2017. I can help. If you’re interested in nutrition coaching, strength training, Functional Movement Screen consulting, performance training, or some combination of these programs, you can find more information here.
Kettlebell Classes
No kettlebell classes this next two weeks, as I will be out of town, but they will resume when I return. You can check out the SCSF schedule here.