Newsletter 1/19/11

Welcome to the first newsletter of the year! Sorry for being distant so far this month, but as you’ve probably noticed, I have been busy with my two new website projects!

Redesign of MikeReinold.com

What do you think of my recent upgrade to the website? It was a major task transferring over from Blogger to WordPress and designing the new layout, but well worth it! In the long run, this is going to create a much better site moving forward. You should be able to navigate it much easier and get more out of it.

New Online Shoulder CEU Program Website

My other project is the completely redesigned website for my online shoulder CEU class. This is pretty significant too. Not only does it look and work a lot better, there are a few huge new features I was able to add that are really going to put it over the top:

The ability to join when ever you want! In the past there has been set start and close dates for the program – not any more! You can not join anytime that works best for you. Then, every 7 days from that point a new week’s lesson is available for you to access. This is huge!
CEU credit from the NSCA and APTA (MA Chapter). The NATA “lost” my application and I am working on fixing this ASAP, hope to hear about this very soon.
The DVDs that were included are now all online so you dont have to wait for them to come in the mail, you can view anytime online. I also know that many people already have the DVD, so you are all set, this will be reflected in the price and for those that don’t have them, there is an option to buy them at a ridiculous discount.
Better access from work! I had my last site on Blogger as well, and some business IT departments blocked this for some reason, not anymore with the new domain!
Better mobile access! The website looks awesome on an iPad!
There is now a new free bonus that includes my two recent publications on treating the overhead athlete, making the program a little more complete

Now that the new website is complete, I plan on refreshing and enhancing the actual educational content yearly, so this will be something to come back to in a few years even if you have taken it in the past.

The website is live and I have some of my past participants testing it out to make sure there are no more glitches, but hope it goes live by the end of the month. I am going to open up the program to newsletter subscribers at 25% off for the first several weeks, so tell your friends if they are interested to sign up for my newsletter ASAP so they don’t miss out when I announce this.

Plays of the Week

Craig Liebenson has a killer article on getting out of the sagittal plane, I couldn’t agree any more!
Cool article from Greg Lehman on the dangers of hip extension. Well written and referenced!
Nick Tumminello has a nice post of recommendations for pre-workout nutrition.
This kind of goes along with my post on squat technique earlier in the week, but Eric Cressey discusses the impact of pelvic tilt on the squat.
Brian St. Pierre presents more great info on the benefit of green tea.
Michael Boyle on cutting out high fructose corn syrup in our kid’s diets.
Wow, I’m shocked… PowerBands admits their is no science behind their wristbands! Next thing they’ll tell us is that the earth isn’t flat! Oh, wait…

Random Thoughts

I’m going to be more active on Facebook, I promise. Join me there, I actually like reading and discussing things in that environment.
I need a new contest – comment on this post with any suggestions.
I’m putting together a post on the best health related iPad apps, comment on this post with any suggestions on what you use!
Is this not what the end of every fruit salad looks like??? Seriously, enough with the melon, no one likes it, it’s just cheap filler for the other expensive berries!