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	<title>Speed Training Blog &#124; Athletes Acceleration</title>
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		<title>The New Complete Olympic Lifting</title>
		<link>http://www.athletesacceleration.com/the-new-complete-olympic-lifting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It goes without saying that the Olympic Lifts are a standard part of any respectable strength and conditioning program.
I love them. I wouldn&#8217;t consider going into the weight room without teaching them.
But, my background isn&#8217;t Olympic Lifting. I can break down sprinting, hurdling and jumping technique all day. But, teaching and fixing athletes in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It goes without saying that the Olympic Lifts are a standard part of any respectable strength and conditioning program.</p>
<p>I love them. I wouldn&#8217;t consider going into the weight room without teaching them.</p>
<p>But, my background isn&#8217;t Olympic Lifting. I can break down sprinting, hurdling and jumping technique all day. But, teaching and fixing athletes in the clean is a work in progress.</p>
<p>So, long story short, we had a DVD created that not only walks you through the process of teaching the Olympic Lifts, but does so in a straight forward, step by step process.</p>
<p>One of the primary people I go to for strength training information is Wil Fleming. Wil is a former US Olympic Trials Qualifier and NCAA All American Thrower from his days at Indiana University, so he is intimately familiar with how these movements transfer over to success in our sport.</p>
<p>What I love about this program is that for every piece of the movement that he teaches, he explains why athletes often do it wrong and gives corrective exercises or cues that will help resolve the problem.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://www.completeolympiclifting.com">Complete Olympic Lifting</a></p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t about getting a ton of science and background information requiring a fancy scien ce degree. It&#8217;s step by step how to teach the Olympic Lifts so your athletes stop catching the bar with their elbows down, jumping forward during the clean because they don&#8217;t get full hip extension, pulling on the bar with their arms instead of driving through the hips, landing with their feet spread outside their shoulders&#8230;</p>
<p>You get the idea.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not teaching the Olympic Lifts this DVD will help you get over being intimidated by the process.</p>
<p>If you are teaching the Olympic Lifts, this DVD is guaranteed to add a bunch of new tools to your teaching tool box. Because I know my kids are making mistakes. I see kids at the gym doing them and it&#8217;s a hot mess. I see the football players in our school doing them and that&#8217;s not going too well. So, chances are, your athletes would perform better if they were better able to do these lifts properly.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.completeolympiclifting.com">Complete Olympic Lifting</a></p>
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		<title>5 Reasons You Need Functional Strength Coach 4.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to give you a long song and dance about why I think you should stop what you&#8217;re doing and immediately purchase Mike Boyle&#8217;s Functional Strength Coach 4.0.
I thought to myself,
&#8220;Yeah, but he&#8217;s not a track guy. It&#8217;s not &#8216;event specific&#8217;. Track people might not see the value in it so I better [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was going to give you a long song and dance about why I think you should stop what you&#8217;re doing and immediately purchase <a href="http://functionalstrengthcoach4.com/" target="_blank">Mike Boyle&#8217;s Functional Strength Coach 4.0.</a></p>
<p>I thought to myself,</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Yeah, but he&#8217;s not a track guy. It&#8217;s not &#8216;event specific&#8217;. Track people might not see the value in it so I better give a laundry list of benefits and tap dance around the room use a bunch of fancy words.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>But, I changed my mind. If you&#8217;re an information junkie, a lifelong learner and/or one of those people who knows you can never get enough good ideas for your athletes, keep reading.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not really into paying for good information, that&#8217;s cool, but this email isn&#8217;t for you.</p>
<p>I was never much of a Boyle fan until I got Functional Strength Coach 3. But, once I got it I realized it covered a lot more than weight room stuff. And I realized I needed to spend more time studying coaches who weren&#8217;t track and field people.</p>
<p>And if you look at my program, you&#8217;ll see a clear influence from Boyle&#8217;s info, especially in my warmups, my mobility work and my weight room exercise selection.</p>
<p>Strength training is an area of relative weakness for me. And there really isn&#8217;t much good information on strength training in the world of track and field, especially if you&#8217;re not working at the elite levels.</p>
<p>And I am not.</p>
<p>So here is what I think you may learn from Functional Strength Coach 4.0 based on what I learned. If you already have all this mastered, well then I guess you don&#8217;t need it. And don&#8217;t let the fact that he&#8217;s not a &#8216;track guy&#8217; affect you. In my opinion, that would be a mistake.</p>
<p>1. You probably don&#8217;t have the resources to do an FMS (Functional Movement Screen) with all your athletes, but once you watch FSC4 you&#8217;ll see that may not be doing a great job of identifying postural and mechanical deficiencies. Or understanding why athletes can&#8217;t do certain things no matter how hard they try. And it&#8217;ll be hard for you to go back to practice doing the same drills and exercises for your warm up and mobility work. FSC4 will give you ideas on which exercise progressions and regressions you can use to fix many of the issues your kids show up with because, well, we both know they&#8217;re not doing athletic development in their other sports.</p>
<p>2. After you see him talk about foam rolling and see how he works it into his programs, it will be hard for you to start a practice without doing it or hear your athletes complain about being sore and not feel guilty that you&#8217;re basically ignoring simple stuff that would help improve muscle function.</p>
<p>3. After you see him talk about ankle mobility (and, while we&#8217;re at it, hip mobility), you&#8217;ll realize that shin splints are largely a function of poor program design and when your kids complain about them, it&#8217;s really your fault. FSC4 will help eliminate that curse.</p>
<p>4. After he goes over the &#8216;joint by joint approach&#8217;, you&#8217;ll realize that hamstring issues are more about glutes and less about hamstrings, that quad issues are more about hip flexors and less about quads (rectus femoris, more accurately), that knee pain is probably an ankle or hip mobility issue, not a knee issue, that low back pain isn&#8217;t about the lower back, but&#8230;.you get the idea.</p>
<p>FSC4 will show you what you need to add to your program, individually and globally, to, first and foremost, reduce injury and secondarily improve performance.</p>
<p>5. After you watch the strength programming section you&#8217;ll realize that most of your athletes should probably be goblet squatting, not back squatting or even front squatting. That you should be doing more single leg work than you&#8217;re doing, but that your single leg progressions are probably too complicated for your athletes&#8217; current level of ability (lunges are not a beginner exercise). That you have an imbalance in the amount of hip dominant vs knee dominant work you&#8217;re doing. And that you don&#8217;t have enough regressions and progressions for each movement pattern you use. But, FSC4 will definitely fix that.</p>
<p>Within all these areas, Boyle shows exactly what he does, why he does it and how he progresses and regresses everything based on ability.</p>
<p>Bottom line:</p>
<p>You will get better results with your track and field athletes after you implement what you learn in Functional Strength Coach 4.0.</p>
<p>So, if you&#8217;re in the market for an upgrade to your biomotor programming system/approach, it is a worthwhile investment.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://functionalstrengthcoach4.com/" target="_blank">Functional Strength Coach 4.0.</a></p>
<p>Of course, if you have questions about whether it is a good fit for you, I&#8217;ll be glad to answer them.</p>
<p><a href="http://FunctionalStrengthCoach4.com"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1258" title="Functional Strength Coach 4" src="http://www.athletesacceleration.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/FunctionalStrengthCoach4-300x202.jpg" alt="Functional Strength Coach 4" width="300" height="202" /></a></p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>-Latif Thomas</p>
<p>P.S.  You may be asking, &#8220;What&#8217;s the difference between Functional Strength Coach 3 and Functional Strength Coach 4?&#8221;</p>
<p>Here is what Coach Boyle said:</p>
<p>&#8220;The major way FSC4 is different than FSC3 (and 1 and 2) is that it is part of my continued attempt to keep everyone current on what we presently do. The FSC series is really an evolutionary process. I learn and then the viewers learn with me. If you look at my books you see the evolution. You can read one and then the next and not find them repetitive.&#8221;</p>
<p>Grab your copy of FSC4 now here -&gt; <a href="http://functionalstrengthcoach4.com/" target="_blank">Mike Boyle&#8217;s Functional Strength Coach 4.0.</a></p>
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		<title>Summer Track and Field Clinic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Summer Track and Field Camp!
We&#8217;re  not quite ready to start taking registrations for this summer&#8217;s clinic,  but I&#8217;m getting requests and questions every day so I wanted to at  least give you some information so you can schedule vacations, etc.  around the clinic.
The dates for this year&#8217;s clinic are July [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2012 Summer Track and Field Camp!</p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We&#8217;re  not quite ready to start taking registrations for this summer&#8217;s clinic,  but I&#8217;m getting requests and questions every day so I wanted to at  least give you some information so you can schedule vacations, etc.  around the clinic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The dates for this year&#8217;s clinic are <strong>July 19-22, 2012 at Brown University</strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">With  the overwhelming success of last year&#8217;s clinic, we have decided to  expand this year&#8217;s program. So here are some things that are new this  year:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1.  We&#8217;ve doubled the number of slots for the sprints and hurdles. Last  year the clinic sold out almost 6 weeks before it was held and we want  to make sure no one gets left out again this year.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">So  we will offer two sprints or hurdles sessions. One will be  Thursday/Friday July 19-20 and the other session will be Saturday/Sunday  July 21-22. This gives you the option of choosing the session that best  fits your life and/or allows you to register for, say, sprints during  the Thursday/Friday session and then jumps during Saturday/Sunday  session.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">2.  We&#8217;re adding the throws for the Saturday/Sunday session. We haven&#8217;t  lined up all of the staff for the shot put, discus and javelin just yet,  but you can be assured it will be top notch like with the other events.  Case in point: One of our lead throws instructors will be Brown  University Director of Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s Track and Field Michelle Eisenreich.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">3.  We&#8217;re adding classroom session for coaches. On Friday night, July 19,  we&#8217;ll be running seminar style classroom sessions for coaches. This way  you can get some insight into the workout planning, philosophies and  preparation side of coaching. Then, with that information and insight in  hand, you&#8217;ll go out to the track sessions to see how we take &#8216;book  information&#8217; and specifically apply it to athletes. I don&#8217;t know of any  other clinic that offers this (though I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll borrow the idea)  and we think it&#8217;s going to be pretty cool.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I  don&#8217;t know who is speaking on what quite yet, but we are certainly open  to your feedback and suggestions since this clinic is about you and not  about us.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">4.  We&#8217;re adding more staff. Last year I don&#8217;t think we had enough coaches  covering the sprints. Most of last year&#8217;s staff has signed on to return  this year, but we&#8217;ll be adding even more coaches to ensure low staff to  athlete ratios. For starters, one of the best sprints coaches in New  England, Wheaton College Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s Head Coach Dave Cusano, will be joining the sprints staff for both sessions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Now  those are the basics for now. </span></p>
<p><a href="http://completetrackandfield.com/clinic/" target="_blank">Registration for this summer&#8217;s Track &amp; Field Clinic is underway.</a></p>
<p>As  I&#8217;ve said there are limited spots in each event group so if you plan to  attend, I recommend signing up as soon as possible to reserve your  spot.</p>
<p>Hope to see you this summer!</p>
<p><a href="http://completetrackandfield.com/clinic/" target="_blank">2012 New England Track &amp; Field Clinic</a></p>
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		<title>The Best Strength &amp; Conditioning Resource</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not OnlineBodyByBoyle has been live for over a year now. In the past 14 months the site has evolved into a diverse database of educational content from the best minds in the industry.
When Mike Launched the website back in October 2010, the plan was to create the ultimate source for content from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918);"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Believe it or not <a href="http://www.OnlineBodyByBoyle.com">OnlineBodyByBoyle</a> has been live for over a </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">year now. In the past 14 months the site has evolved into a </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">diverse database of educational content from the best minds in </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the industry.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Mike Launched the website back in October 2010, the plan was </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to create the ultimate source for content from Mike Boyle for </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">those that couldn’t travel to seminars, and for those that</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">wanted the inside scoop on what they do at Mike Boyle Strength </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Conditioning. Instead, it became much more. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the last year the guys at <a href="http://www.OnlineBodyByBoyle.com">OnlineBodyByBoyle</a> have posted almost 100 hours of </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">educational video content that covers a wide range of subjects </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from strength and conditioning, to assessments, to speed </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">training, to rehab, and much more. And this content isn’t just </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">coming from Mike. In the first year they have had talks from Sue </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Falsone (Athletes Performance/LA Dodgers), Charlie Weingroff, Dan </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John, Kelly Starret (MobiliyWod), Nick Tumminello, Negar Fonooni, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joe Sansalone, Charles Staley, and more! </span></strong></p>
<p><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918);"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The subjects have </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">included, kettlebell training, sandbag training, a talk on the </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thoracic spine, mobility with bands, rotary training, the FMS, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and more. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To put it simply, they have created a library of content that is </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">must watch if you are a fitness enthusiast, trainer, physical </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">therapist, strength coach, or just love strength and </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">conditioning. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The best part is that they now support the iPhone, iPad, and iPod </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Touch for watching their content. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They also have their exercise database on there along with </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the same programs that they use with their high school, college, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and professional athletes.</span></strong></p>
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<p>Online Body By Boyle gives you the newest approaches and techniques to assist you to get your finest result. If you want better results from your strength and conditioning program, this resource is what you&#8217;re looking for.</p>
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		<title>Simple nutrition coaching for your players</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[nutrition for athletes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Roussell, PhD
Nutrition is a funny thing for your athletes. They don’t pay enough attention to it. You don’t have the time or resources to address it and it could arguable make the biggest impact on their performance. So how can you use the little time you have to talk nutrition and make the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Mike Roussell, PhD</p>
<p>Nutrition is a funny thing for your athletes. They don’t pay enough attention to it. You don’t have the time or resources to address it and it could arguable make the biggest impact on their performance. So how can you use the little time you have to talk nutrition and make the biggest impact possible.</p>
<p>Talk actions and behaviors.</p>
<p>Nutritionist love to talk about grams of this, percent calories of that…try telling a 18 year old running back that he needs to eat 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. It doesn’t work. It isn’t tangible enough for them. So they’ll end up saying ‘okay coach’ going home and continuing doing what they always do. Fortunately breaking the nutrition barrier with your athletes isn’t that tough if you give them specific actions and things to do. Here are 3 simple and actionable things your athletes can do.</p>
<p><strong>Have something right after exercise</strong> – A sports drink is good. A sports drink with a little protein is a little better. This is the highest impact single thing they can do. Fortunately sports drinks are easier to find than water in some places so no one should have trouble doing this. Getting in liquid nutrition right away will</p>
<p><strong>Eat Breakfast that contains protein</strong> – Many young athletes skip breakfast and then when they do have breakfast, they’ll opt for a bagel or cereals – both less than idea. Have your athletes 1. Eat breakfast and 2. Make sure it has some protein. This will improve the quality of what they are eating (eggs, greek yogurt, etc).</p>
<p><strong>Eat a fruit or vegetable at every meal -</strong> If you look at the top 5 sources of calories in the American diet, vegetables are non-existent. Have your athletes commit to eating a fruit or vegetable at every meal. It is a very simple thing for them to do and it will make a big difference in the quality of their diets.</p>
<p>Have you athletes do all three or just get them to do one for a week and then add one more. Simple actionable changes that they can stick to will make a difference and improve their performance.</p>
<p>If this kind of action based approach rings true to you then check out my newly released <a href="http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1405928">Peak Diet &amp; Training Design home study course</a> while also grabbing 2.0 NSCA CEUs.</p>
<p>Mike Roussell, PhD<br />
Science Advisory Board: LiveStrong.com<br />
Columnist: Bodybuilding.com, Shape.com</p>
<p>For more information on Mike Roussell and his programs <a href="http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1405928">Click Here</a></p>
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		<title>Hurdle Training Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t compete as a hurdler, you probably struggle teaching the event more than you do with the sprints.
OK, I&#8217;m talking about myself&#8230;
But, even if you were a hurdler, as my mentor told me the day he hired me many moons ago,
&#8220;Just because you ran fast doesn&#8217;t mean you know how to teach people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you didn&#8217;t compete as a hurdler, you probably struggle teaching the event more than you do with the sprints.</p>
<p>OK, I&#8217;m talking about myself&#8230;</p>
<p>But, even if you were a hurdler, as my mentor told me the day he hired me many moons ago,</p>
<p>&#8220;Just because you ran fast doesn&#8217;t mean you know how to teach people to run fast.&#8221;</p>
<p>Those felt like harsh words when I was 22, but no truer words were ever spoken.</p>
<p>There are a ton of drill based hurdle DVDs out there. And I&#8217;ve got a lot of them.</p>
<p>But, as I&#8217;ve learned, drills alone aren&#8217;t the answer. And there is a fundamental lack of information out there aimed at running a quality hurdle program, especially if you coach at the high school level.</p>
<p>So I decided to fix that problem. Last year I sent a survey to Complete Track and Field readers asking them for their questions about the hurdles. Then I had one of my hurdle mentors, Tony Veney, create a resource that covered all of the topics you want to know about.</p>
<p>So, long story short, here it is &#8211; <a href="http://completetrackandfield.com/hurdle-training/">Training the Sprint Hurdler</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m taking a slightly different approach with this email. I&#8217;m not going to give you a thesis on why you should get it. I&#8217;m not going to lay out all the features and benefits of the program. The type of coaches who will invest in this resource don&#8217;t need it.</p>
<p>You know we put out good information here at Complete Track and Field. Coach Veney&#8217;s program is no different.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re the type of coach who likes to learn things, apply them at practice and make track more fun for your athletes, you&#8217;ll check it out.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be basing my hurdles program on it. It&#8217;s half price for the rest of the week. It&#8217;s digital so you can start watching it in about 3 minutes. And Coach Veney will answer your questions.</p>
<p>Here is Tony Veney&#8217;s &#8216;<a href="http://completetrackandfield.com/hurdle-training/">Hurdling Training Program</a>&#8216;.</p>
<p>To your success,</p>
<p>Latif Thomas</p>
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		<title>Five Reasons You Aren&#8217;t Getting Stronger&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Training and Conditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eric cressey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to get stronger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to share a great article Eric Cressey wrote about the things that almost always are the reasons people don&#8217;t get stronger.
I also wanted to let you know that Eric just added an additional Bonus for you if you buy during his World Series Sale for his best selling product, Show &#38; Go: High [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wanted to share a great article Eric Cressey wrote about the things that almost always are the reasons people don&#8217;t get stronger.</p>
<p>I also wanted to let you know that Eric just added an additional Bonus for you if you buy during his World Series Sale for his best selling product, <em><a href="http://www.showgotraining.com/">Show &amp; Go: High Performance Training</a> to Look, Feel, and<br />
Move Better</em>.</p>
<p>This new Bonus is called &#8216;Warm Ups 2011&#8242; and it goes behind the scenes in his gym Cressey Performance and shows you how he prepares some of the top athletes in the world to prevent injuries and maximize performance.  One of his professional baseball players even demonstrates it.</p>
<p>If you order <em>Show and Go</em> before at midnight on Thursday you can get this bonus along with all the other great components of the <em>Show and Go</em> System for 50% off the normal price.</p>
<p>You can check it out here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.showgotraining.com/">Show and Go: High Performance Training</a></p>
<p>And here&#8217;s the article that I mentioned from Eric:</p>
<p><strong>5 Reasons You Aren’t Getting Stronger</strong></p>
<p><strong>By: <a href="http://www.showgotraining.com/">Eric Cressey</a></strong><br />
Like just about all lifters, I got a lot bigger and stronger in my first 1-2 years of training in spite of the moronic stuff that I did.  In hindsight, I was about as informed as a chimp with a barbell – but things worked out nonetheless.  That is, at least, until I hit a big fat plateau where things didn’t budge.</p>
<p>Think I’m joking?  Sadly, I’m not; otherwise, I wouldn’t have spent about 14 months trying to go from a 225-pound bench to 230.  When you’re finished laughing at my past futility (or about how similar it sounds to your own plight), we’ll continue.</p>
<p>Ready?  Good – because self-deprecating writing was never a strong suit of mine.  I have, however, become quite good at picking heavy stuff off the floor – to the tune of a personal-best 660-pound deadlift at a body weight of 188.</p>
<p>My other numbers aren’t too shabby, either, but this article isn’t about me; it’s about why YOU aren’t necessarily getting strong as fast as you’d like.  Let’s look at a few mistakes many people make in their quest to get stronger.  Sadly, I made most of these myself along the way, so hopefully I can save you some frustration.</p>
<p><strong>Mistake #1: Only doing what’s fun and not what you need.</strong></p>
<p>As you could probably tell, deadlifting is a strength of mine – and I enjoy it.  Squatting, on the other hand, never came naturally to me.  I always squatted, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say that it took the back seat to pulling heavy.</p>
<p>Eventually, though, I smartened up and took care of the issue – by always putting squatting before deadlifting in all my lower-body training sessions (twice a week).</p>
<p>In addition to me dramatically improving my squat, a funny thing happened: I actually started to love to squat.  Whoever said that you can’t teach an old dog (or deadlifter) new tricks didn’t have the real scoop.</p>
<p><strong>Mistake #2: Not taking deload periods.</strong></p>
<p>One phrase of which I’ve grown quite fond is “fatigue masks fitness.”  As a little frame of reference, my best vertical jump is 36” – but on most days, I won’t give you anything over 34.5” or so.  The reason is very simple: most of your training career is going to be spent in some degree of fatigue.  How you manage that fatigue is what’s going to dictate your adaptation over the long-term.</p>
<p>On one hand, you want to impose enough fatigue to create supercompensation – so that you’ll adapt and come back at a higher level of fitness.  On the other hand, you don’t want to impose so much fatigue that you dig yourself a hole you can’t get out of without a significant amount of time off.</p>
<p>Good programs implement strategic overreaching follows by periods of lower training stress to allow for adaptation to occur.  You can’t just go in and hit personal bests in every single training session.</p>
<p><strong>Mistake #3: Not rotating movements.</strong></p>
<p>It never ceases to amaze me when a guy claims that he just can’t seem to add to his bench press (or any lift, for that matter), and when you ask him what he’s done to work on it of late, and he tells you “bench press.” Specificity is important, folks, but if you aren’t rotating exercises, you’re missing out on a wildly valuable training stimulus: rotating exercises.</p>
<p>While there is certainly a place for extended periods of specificity (Smolov squat cycles, for instance), you can’t push this approach indefinitely.  Rotating my heaviest movements was one of the most important lessons I learned along my journey.  In addition to helping to create adaptation, you’re also expanding your “motor program” and avoiding overuse injuries via pattern overload.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that you have to overhaul your entire program each time you walk into the gym, but there should be some semi-regular fluctuation in exercise selection.  The more experienced you get, the more often you’ll want to rotate your exercises (I do it weekly).  We generally rotate assistance exercises every four weeks, though.</p>
<p><strong>Mistake #4: Inconsistency in training.</strong></p>
<p>I always tell our clients from all walks of life that the best strength and conditioning programs are ones that are sustainable.  I’ll take a crappy program executed with consistency over a great program that’s only done sporadically.  In my daily practice, this is absolutely huge for professional athletes who need to maximize progress in the off-season; they just can’t afford to have unplanned breaks in training if they want to improve from year to year.</p>
<p>If a program isn’t conducive to your goals and lifestyle, then it isn’t a good program.  That’s why I went out of my way to create 2x/week, 3x/week, and 4x/week strength training options – plus five supplemental conditioning options and a host of exercise modifications – when I pulled <em>Show and Go</em> together; I wanted it to be a very versatile resource.</p>
<p>Likewise, I wanted it to be safe; a program isn’t good if it injures you and prevents you from exercising.  Solid programs include targeted efforts to reduce the likelihood of injury via means like mobility warm-ups, supplemental stretching recommendations, specific progressions, fluctuations in training stress, and alternative exercises (“plan B”) in case you aren’t quite ready to execute “Plan A.”</p>
<p>For me personally, I attribute a lot of my progress to the fact that at one point, I actually went over eight years without missing a planned lift.  It’s a bit extreme, I know, but there’s a lesson to be learned.</p>
<p><strong>Mistake #5: Wrong rep schemes.</strong></p>
<p>Beginners can make strength gains on as little as 40% of their one-rep max.  Past that initial period, the number moves to 70% &#8211; which is roughly a 12-rep max for most folks.  Later, I’d say that the number creeps up to about 85% &#8211; which would be about a 5-rep max for an intermediate lifter.  This last range is where you’ll find most people who head to the internet for strength training information.</p>
<p>What they don’t realize is that 85% isn’t going to get the job done for very long, either.  My experience is that in advanced lifters, the fastest way to build strength is to perform singles at or above 90% of one-rep max with regularity.  As long as exercises are rotated and deloading periods are included, this is a strategy that can be employed for an extended period of time.  In fact, it was probably the single (no pun intended) most valuable discovery I made in my quest to get stronger.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that you should be attempting one-rep maxes each time you enter the gym, but I do think they’ll “just happen” if you employ this technique.</p>
<p><em>To take the guesswork out of all this and try some programming that considers all these crucial factors (and a whole lot more), check out Eric’s new resource, <strong><a href="http://www.showgotraining.com/">Show and Go: High Performance Training </a>to Look, Feel, and Move Better.</strong></em></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.showgotraining.com/">Show and Go Performance Training</a></p>
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		<title>Youth Strength and Conditioning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Youth Strength and Conditioning: Systems, not just Sets and Reps
By: Eric Cressey
Back in November of 2010, a good buddy of mine who is a very accomplished college strength coach came up to Boston for a seminar we were holding at Cressey Performance.  The seminar was on a Sunday, but he actually flew up Friday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Youth Strength and Conditioning: Systems, not just Sets and Reps<br />
By: <a href="http://www.SHOWGOTRAINING.COM">Eric Cressey</a></strong></p>
<p>Back in November of 2010, a good buddy of mine who is a very accomplished college strength coach came up to Boston for a seminar we were holding at Cressey Performance.  The seminar was on a Sunday, but he actually flew up Friday night so that he could observe on Saturday while we trained our clients – which was a nice blend of high school, college, and professional athletes, plus our adult clientele.  All told, I’d say that high school athletes are 70% of our clientele.</p>
<p>That Tuesday morning, I woke up to this email from him:</p>
<p><em>“I just wanted to say thanks for everything.  I had a great time.  Your staff was outstanding and I really enjoyed watching you guys work on Saturday.  I realize you are managers, but certainly technicians as well.  Perfect form, I told Tony I saw two bad reps all weekend and someone was on the athlete before he had a chance to do another rep!!!   Thanks so much and come visit anytime, we would love to have you.” </em></p>
<p>This isn’t an email to toot our own horn; it’s to make a very valuable point.  If this coach had walked into every single private training facility and high school weight room in the country, in what percentage of cases do you think he would have come out with a favorable impression of the technique he witnessed in these strength and conditioning programs?  If I had to venture an extremely conservative guess, I’d say less than 10%.</p>
<p>Simply stated, both in the public and private sectors, some coaches are letting kids get away with murder with respect to technique, not warming up, poor load selection in weight training programs, and a host of other factors.</p>
<p>What happens, then, when the s**t hits the fan and a kid gets hurt?  I’ll tell you: certain exercises get “condemned” and strength and conditioning programs become more and more foo-foo; external loading is eliminated and kids wind up doing agility ladders and “speed training” for 60-90 minutes at a time in what can only be described as glorified babysitting.  Or, worse yet, weight rooms get closed altogether.  The door of opportunity gets slammed in the faces of a lot of kids who desperately need to get strong to stay healthy, improve performance, and build confidence.</p>
<p>That’s the reactive model, but what about a proactive model to prevent these issues in the first place?  Again, I’ll tell you: assess kids up-front.  Find out what is in their health history and evaluate how well they move.  Actually learn their names and backgrounds.  Then, program individually for them.  Coach intensely in their initial sessions and get things right from the start.  And, if an exercise doesn’t work for them, give them an alternative.   As an example, take the squat.  Some kids may not have sufficient ankle or hip mobility to squat deep in an Olympic style squat, so they’ll benefit more (and stay healthier) with box squat variations while you improve their mobility.  Others may even be too immobile (or possess structural issues like femoroacetabular impingement) to even box squat safely, so you give them more single-leg work and deadlift variations.  Regardless, you “coach ‘em up” well from the get-go – and they learn along the way.</p>
<p>In other words, the exercises aren’t the problem because exercises can be quickly and easily changed on the fly to match the athlete’s level of abilities.  It’s the system in which they are placed that can be the stubborn, tough-to-change problem.</p>
<p>This is one reason why I’m super excited to be involved with the International Youth Conditioning Association.  In my role on the IYCA’s Advisory Committee, I want to emphasize that you can have all the book smarts and coaching ability in the world, but if you aren’t put in a good system and business model, it simply won’t matter.</p>
<p>If you’re struggling to get results with your youth strength and conditioning programs – or your business itself is struggling – be sure to look at your business model and overall systems before you start tinkering with the individual exercises.  Chances are that you need to rededicate yourself to relationship building and individualization more than you need to worry about sets and reps.</p>
<p>Eric Cressey is the president and co-founder of Cressey Performance, based just west of Boston. For more information on his training go to <a href="http://www.SHOWGOTRAINING.COM">Show and Go Training</a> today.</p>
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		<title>The right speed &amp; agility program for you</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Speed Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past summer I had the opportunity to collaborate with the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA) in creating their recently released Youth Speed and Agility Specialist (YSAS) Certification Course.
Combining the expertise of myself, Dave Jack and Dr. Toby Brooks, I feel confident saying that the final result is the definitive coaching resource on developing speed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This past summer I had the opportunity to collaborate with the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA) in creating their recently released <a href="http://youthspeedspecialist.com/" target="_blank">Youth Speed and Agility Specialist (YSAS) Certification Course</a>.</p>
<p>Combining the expertise of myself, Dave Jack and Dr. Toby Brooks, I feel confident saying that the final result is <strong>the</strong> definitive coaching resource on developing speed and agility in youth (6-18) field and court sport athletes.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>Because the three of us catered to our strengths. Dr. Brooks brought his sport science background and drafted the most impressive text I&#8217;ve seen on the theory and methodology of teaching speed and agility to kids.</p>
<p>Dave Jack, an advisor to Reebok and Boston Celtic Paul Pierce&#8217;s Truth on Health Foundation, brings his wealth of knowledge in the areas of multidirectional speed and agility.</p>
<p>And, of course, I demonstrate my most up-to-date progressions for teaching linear speed.</p>
<p>(Become a <a href="http://youthspeedspecialist.com/" target="_blank">Youth Speed &amp; Agility Specialist</a> today.)</p>
<p>As you research possible speed and agility programs to invest in, you may be wondering which program is a better fit for your personal needs: my Complete Speed Training (CST) program or the YSAS Course.</p>
<p>So here is my opinion:</p>
<p>If you coach athletes competing in team (field &amp; court) sports like football, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, etc., you will get more bang for your buck with the YSAS course than you will with CST.</p>
<p>CST is very <strong>drill</strong> dominant. So it does have a larger overall inventory of drills and exercises in terms of showing you the actual things you&#8217;ll specifically use to make up your training sessions. And it does a great job of explaining how to teach and cue those drills so your athletes do them right.</p>
<p>I think that is where CST is very strong and why it continues to be one of the most popular speed training programs on the market.</p>
<p>The YSAS course, on the other hand, is very <strong>skill</strong> and <strong>progression</strong> dominant. Instead of just showing you all the drills you can use, we actually show you how we <strong>teach</strong> these skills and progressions to real athletes in a training situation.</p>
<p><em>(For example, I had never met the athlete I workwith in the course *and* he is a wrestler so &#8217;speed&#8217; isn&#8217;t a skill he has developed. So we didn&#8217;t stage the filming to work with top tier athletes.) </em></p>
<p>And I think this is a more effective way for you to learn how to progress/regress, modify and evolve the way you run your practices.</p>
<p>Here is a perfect example of why I think you will see the greatest benefits with the YSAS course:</p>
<p>In the agility DVD of CST, I teach that skill using primarily agility ladder drills and cone drills. There is nothing wrong with using these techniques, but as you learned from our teleseminar, these drills should supplement the skills we teach, not serve as the skills.</p>
<p>So I don&#8217;t think CST does a <em>stellar</em> job teaching the multidirectional component of speed.</p>
<p>On the other hand, in the <a href="http://youthspeedspecialist.com/" target="_blank">YSAS course</a>, Dave Jack bases all his instruction on the teaching of skill sets, progressions and regressions. He teaches you the general and specific movement patterns that generally and specifically apply to general and specific situations that field and court sport athletes of all ages will face in competitive situations.</p>
<p>He does an awesome job. Personally, I think he steals the show, though Dr. Brooks wrote a fascinating and detailed manual that you&#8217;ll learn a lot from.</p>
<p>Simply put, CST was filmed in the summer of 2004. YSAS was filmed in the summer of 2011. Here in 2011, the combination of myself, Dave Jack <strong>and</strong> Dr. Brooks flat out know a lot more than just I did back then.</p>
<p>Plus, I&#8217;d bet the farm that 2011 Latif would<strong> severely</strong> outcoach 2004 Latif.</p>
<p>And for that reason alone, I recommend the YSAS course over CST. I believe you will provide a better experience and help your athletes achieve the best results with this program.</p>
<p>I hope I&#8217;ve given you an honest, objective assessment of the two programs so you can make an informed decision.</p>
<p>When you&#8217;re ready to become a better speed coach, invest in the <a href="http://youthspeedspecialist.com/" target="_blank">IYCA Youth Speed &amp; Agility Specialist Certification Course.</a></p>
<p>To your success,</p>
<p>Latif Thomas</p>
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		<title>RE: Stop Doing Speed Drills?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Latif Thomas, Athletes&#39; Acceleration</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday night, I&#8217;m doing a teleseminar on the topic of Speed and Agility.
During the call, I&#8217;ll explain, among other things, why I&#8217;ve stop using &#8217;speed drills&#8217; in the conventional sense. It&#8217;s true.
I used to teach every speed drill in the book. Now, I don&#8217;t.
Watch this video to find out more:
As you&#8217;ll see, my video has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">On Monday night, I&#8217;m doing a teleseminar on the<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">topic of Speed and Agility.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">During the call, I&#8217;ll explain, among other things, why I&#8217;ve stop using<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">&#8217;speed drills&#8217; in the conventional sense. It&#8217;s true.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">I used to teach every speed drill in the book. Now,<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">I don&#8217;t.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">Watch<span> </span><a style="color: #1c51a8; " href="http://youthspeedspecialist.com/stop-teaching-speed-drills" target="_blank">this video<span> </span></a>to find out more:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium; ">As you&#8217;ll see, my video has elicited<span> </span><strong>quite</strong><span> </span>a reaction.</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: medium; ">(If that surprises you, you probably haven&#8217;t been reading<span> </span></span></em><em><span style="font-size: medium; ">my stuff for very long&#8230;)</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">Some of you are really thinking it through and I can<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">tell have a good sense of where I&#8217;m going with this.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">Some are just intrigued to hear how my perspective<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">has changed and want to learn something new.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">Others are afraid that my stance on speed drills means<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">they have to throw every program I&#8217;ve ever created in<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">the trash. <em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">And, as always, a few grouches just hate Christmas,<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">puppies and smiling babies and want everyone to know!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">Whether your initial reaction is interest or offense,<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">if you&#8217;re fascinated by the idea that there might be a<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">better way to make your athletes faster, get on the<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">call.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; "><a style="color: #1c51a8; " href="http://youthspeedspecialist.com/stop-teaching-speed-drills" target="_blank">Speed and Agility Teleseminar Registration</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">Agree or disagree, my<span> </span><strong>primary purpose</strong><span> </span>is always to help you<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">become a better coach. But as the saying goes:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">&#8220;You can lead a horse to water&#8230;&#8221;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium; ">To your success,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">Latif Thomas</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">P.S. The call is at 8pm Eastern on Monday. If you know<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">you can&#8217;t make it, sign up anyway. We&#8217;ll send out a link<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; ">to catch the replay.</span></p>
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