Newsletter 5/18/11

Hey everyone, hope the spring is treating everyone well, that was a bad winter this year! I recently upgraded my website for mobile viewers (I’ve only tested on iPhone). Check it out on your phone and let me know what you think! Also, the price of my online CEU course on the shoulder at ShoulderSeminar.com has been reduced by $50! Check it out, you can start any time!

Bulletproof Knees and Back DVD

There is a really great new educational product available from my friend Mike Robertson that I wanted to share with everyone. Mike has released his new DVD package “The Bulletproof Knees and Back Seminar.” If you read my newsletters than you know I enjoy learning from Mike and really get a lot out of his website and teaching. This DVD is awesome. Besides being a great speaker, Mike has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share. His website is a daily visit of mine so I really enjoyed this DVD.

In total, there are almost 13 hours of content over 6 DVDs covering everything from functional anatomy, static and dynamic assessment, and program design. In addition to the standard lectures, Mike has great hands-on sessions on assessment and exercise selection as well, including functional assessment, foam rolling, mobility drills, core training, hip and quad dominant exercises, and single leg exercises. What I liked most was Mike’s emphasis on proper coaching and cueing, which is definitely critical and often the least understood.

Another great aspect of the DVD is that the content is valuable to strength and fitness specialists, rehab specialists, and even fitness enthusiast themselves! If you are a physical therapist or athletic trainer, these are the kinds of DVDs that I recommend to get you a better strength and performance background as this knowledge is essential and can really kick your rehabilitation skills up a notch – it did for me!

I also thought it was amazing that Mike included 10 bonuses as well, including an eBook I wrote on 5 Keys to Training the Person with Patellofemoral Pain.

Mike and his products are always top notch, I won’t go on and on, you can follow this link to read all about his Bulletproof Knees and Back Seminar DVD.

Plays of the Week

Interesting review on Physiospot on contralateral training.
Good article on how little sleep can we get away with?
Interesting read by Greg Lehamn critiquing Janda’s prone hip extension test.
Brian St. Pierre has a good review on essential supplements.
Are the Nike Free shoes as good as barefoot running? Interesting research abstract showing an increase in foot strength.
Eric Cressey has a nice series on deadlifting, and often overlooked exercise in rehabilitation, start by reading part 1 here.
Mike Roberston also announced the lineup for the 2011 Midwest Performance Enhancement Seminar and it looks great, wish I could attend!

Video of the Week

Seriously, what makes someone good at air guitar?? As a novice guitar player myself, should I take offense to this??? Looks like anyone could do this? Got to give him points, though, for his nickname and choice of a Toadies song!