How Important is Technique? You Earn the Right to Lift More

06/26/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written by: Kevin Cann I had a really good conversation with the youngest member of our team this past weekend.  She had reached out asking for more work because she doesn’t feel sore or tired after training days in the gym.  She also said that the weights feel really easy sometimes and feels she should be doing more. For the sake of this article we will name her Amanda.  Amanda is a very coachable lifter Read More

The Submaximal Effort Method: My Thoughts from Dietmar Wolf’s Programs

06/19/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written by: Kevin Cann I got my hands on some of Dietmar Wolf’s programs earlier this week, and after looking them over it got me thinking a bit.  These programs share many of the same principles as my coach, Boris Sheiko’s programs. The volumes and the number of lifts is very similar for one.  The only difference is in the average relative intensity.  Dietmar’s programs seem to be much lighter in terms of average relative Read More

Stop with The Cues: Words Don’t Fix Technique

06/12/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written By: Kevin Cann You know how many cues that Boris Sheiko has given me over the 140 weeks I have been training with him? Zero.  Not a single cue.  Instead I get feedback on my lifts and appropriate variations to help me fix the issues that he sees. It was not always like this. There were a few months before I started working with Boris that I decided to learn the lifts.  I hadn’t done anything Read More

We All Want Huge PRs, But Buyer Beware

06/05/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written by: Kevin Cann I had another topic that I was actually going to write about today, but we will get to that one next week. This topic is fresh on my mind coming off of a competition and writing the training blocks for my lifters after we have competed. Every competition every lifter wants to hit the biggest personal records (PR) that they can possibly hit.  Of course, they want this, and they absolutely should.  Read More

Stop Regurgitating Words and Tell Me What YOU Know

05/22/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written by: Kevin Cann This is going to be more of a rant than anything.  It is not a bad rant, but something that frustrates me at this point in my career. And before I get started, let me just tell you, I was this person before.  I think it is part of the process of maturing as a coach. I have performed the FMS and swore by it, I have done the “single leg is Read More

Applying ACWR and Exertion Load to Programming and Its Significance on Long Term Athlete Progress

05/15/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written by: Kevin Cann We all know volume is important to getting stronger.  For the most part, we all know that we need to progress training in a way where volume increases over time to get stronger.  However, it is not as simple as it seems. Even though increasing volume is the answer to getting stronger, it can also be a poison to the athlete.  You see, too much volume too quickly and the athlete Read More

Monitoring Internal Load and Intra-block Progress

05/08/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written by: Kevin Cann This article is going to piggy back off of the one that I posted yesterday about my use of Acute Chronic Work Ratio (ACWR)in the strength sports.  My wheels have been burning rubber and it just helps to get this stuff down on paper sometimes. I use the ACWR as a means of monitoring a lifter’s fitness vs fatigue.  The chronic workload is a 4-week rolling average of total weight lifted Read More

ACWR and Athlete Readiness: How We Push Training to Higher Limits

05/07/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written by: Kevin Cann We all know that volume is important to get stronger.  Too little volume and progress can stall and even slide backwards.  Too much volume and we run the risk of overtraining and injury. So how do we know how much volume is appropriate for each lifter? This is where the acute chronic work ratio (ACWR) comes into play.  The ACWR analyzes the athlete’s current training and allows the coach to know what Read More

I Am Proud of PPS: Not Just for Smashing Weights

05/01/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written by: Kevin Cann The month of April was huge for PPS.  We had 2 competitions that saw 13 of us compete.  The first one was on April 8thand it was our beginners’ meet (plus Grace). I am proud of everyone that had the guts to step on the platform for the first time and lift. Val, Kelly, Amanda, Evan, and Kevin you guys did PPS well.  I don’t care what people hit in the gym, Read More

I Got Fired, and It Led to Me Having the Best Job in America

04/24/2018 Kevin Cann 0

Written by: Kevin Cann I coach quite a few other coaches/personal trainers.  Many of them voice their uncertainty with where they want their careers to go in the future.  Many are currently unhappy in their current positions and they look for advice on what to do.  Because of this, I decided to write this article. I have been doing some type of personal training/coaching for over 10 years.  I didn’t always know what I wanted Read More

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