Seminar Review: Advanced Performance Coaching and Programming
Warm-Up I imagine I'm not alone when I say I've been reading T-Nation for almost fifteen or twenty years, so it should go without saying that I'm no stranger to Coach Christian Thibaudeau's work . His use of olympic lifting and performance training-based approach to adding mass and strength resonated with me immediately and continues to, even as I shift focus away from traditional barbell/dumbbell training and towards the "unconventional toolset." Add to this that his (hopefully) legendary article, The Beast Evolves , was also one of the first articles I read that made me actually believe that I could go through my own Beast Evolution, from my then less than aesthetically and functionally pleasing self (though it's still a work in progress!), and you could say I'm a bit of a fan. Fast forward to a few years ago when I started really doubling down on mobility/durability training, and found Dr. John Rusin's work on Functional ...
