Putting strength to the test!

Hi,
I want to share my training with whoever is out there. That's how I learned and perhaps you can too. I am a personal trainer who specializes in helping athletes perform better. I am located near Dayton, Ohio. Through this forum I want to share my training and some of the training I put my clients through. My clients have predominately been female. I didn't plan it that way. In my experience, I have found that females are easier to train because they usually don't know much. Therefore there are no bad habits to unlearn. I don't train them any differently than male athletes, however.

In the past I have worked with athletes from football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, soccer and even golf. Some even went on to play at a high collegiate level but all played better. I also work with the "average" mom or dad or weekend warrior simply trying to get better at whatever. My training philosophy is based on the premise that if you're stronger, everything is easier. Of course that is relative to the task (sport) at hand. A female golfer needn't be as strong as an offensive lineman but making her stronger can improve her game. Each client I train, athlete or otherwise, is evaluated to determine if weaknesses exist and/or how the training can be augmented to better their performance. I believe that one's training must be programmed i.e. weekly, monthly and even yearly training must be thought out. A lot of trainers (even some who should know better) simply throw something together prior to a client's arrival. This usually falls under the category "make them tired" or "run them until they puke". I can do that too. Better yet, I can train you to be better. And you needn't crawl out of the gym on your hands and knees to do so!

So that gives you a little idea of how I think. I'll take questions if anybody has one (because I am trying to drum up a little business too) and welcome comments and suggestions.

Here's today's training.

June 8, 2009 (Monday) trained with Matt 4Board and Big Auto

Warm-ups
Good mornings with safety squat bar and four 5/8" chains per side, medium stance: work up to 235x3, 275x3, 325x3 (bar weight only not incl. weight of chains)
Sled pulls: 5 trips approximately 60 yards each pulling a weighted sled(180-pounds)
Glute-ham raises (raised back of bench two inches): 3x8
Dumbbell shrugs: 6 sets of 10 reps/ 100, 110, 120, 130, 14, 150(x15)
Ball crunches: 4x15 holding wt. behind head
Standing crunches (on Cybex) 2x10*
*I strained my right bicep last week deadlifting and the standing crunches aggravated it so I stopped at two sets.

Monday PM walked

See ya!
Ed T.