Dan John

The term "coach" originally referred to a carriage that transports one from one place to another. So much of The Art of Coaching is to stay focused on this simple truth: we agreed that you are "here" and want to go "there." The true art is in keeping our collective vision on the "there" while ignoring all the posts on social media, a fitness expert on a talk show, or the diet some superstar actor shared with us. The secret to coaching is to make the complex simple enough to understand and then apply the repetitions towards performance. Learn the Art of Coaching and let success happen.

Design a training facility and craft strength and conditioning programs to meet the needs of your athletes. Strength and Conditioning Coaching: Winning Methods, Programs, and Facilities will help you make the right choices, apply the best methods, offer superior training experiences and outcomes, and be a more successful professional in a very competitive industry. Leading strength and conditioning coach Mike Boyle filters out the faulty information, failed approaches, and trendy training techniques and simply shares what works best and why. Inside you’ll find the following: 7 weightroom behavior guidelines 8 rules for successful program design 8 essential mobility, activation, and dynamic warm-up exercises 3 common problems in developing speed training programs and how to avoid them 14 impactful ways to be a more effective coach during training sessions Strength and Conditioning Coaching provides a science-meets-practice perspective on the following questions and more: Why does core training keep evolving? Why is off-season aerobic conditioning often detrimental to athletes’ performance? Why are unilateral lower-body exercises so important in athlete performance training? Boyle answers them all in his unique no-nonsense, insightful style. The author also delves into each of the four most common strength and conditioning training methods, their pros and cons, and how to apply them for athletes of all developmental stages and abilities. Learn more about important topics that every strength and conditioning professional should know: Modern facility design Equipment selection Strength and power programming Conditioning programming Speed development Strength and Conditioning Coaching is a vital resource that can help you maximize training results for your clients and athletes. This title was previously released as Designing Strength Training Programs and Facilities, Second Edition.

One of the least appreciated aspects of coaching, teaching, and training is judging. We must judge grammar, squat depth, and behaviors in just a few sentences. It was estimated years ago that the average teacher makes 10,000 decisions EACH day. It helps to have a way to decide. Of course, "decide" comes from the root, "to cut," The hard part of deciding or judging is knowing that some things need to be left behind...for at least a bit of time. The ABCF system is a fun and easy way to simplify the process, especially in the constantly growing and confusing fitness industry. Let Dan take you through his simple system that expands in an exciting new way to look at movement in all of its variations and the level changes that expand on this idea further. In addition, we will look at a simple example, using the tools of geometry, to build a system with just about any tools and situations available.

Sometimes, you need a trusted friend to guide you through the process and help you get the results you desire. Dan John is that friend. In this book, he shares many nuggets of wisdom that are not only tested but with measured results over years of teaching others worldwide. If you know how to swing and do a getup, this book can help you advance to the next level. Learn the power of using a single kettlebell to gain strength and increase stamina while building a more balanced life. Up your kettlebell results with this book. Never Let Go

With his passion for training intact, Dave Draper takes a glimpse in his rear view to bring us the stories that make up the foundation of Golden Era bodybuilding. Dave's unique writing style and spectacular insight allows us to feel like we were there, leaning against the dumbbell rack in Joe Gold's gym in the morning, then soaking up the golden sun of Santa Monica in the afternoon. In this collection of Dave Draper's quirky memory columns, we get to sit next to the Blond Bomber as he weaves his tales from the East Coast to the West. Over 60 years under the iron surrounded by some of the world's top bodybuilding personalities in gyms around the world provides a lot of fodder for an unusual wordsmith to mold into a most enjoyable book." A Glimpse in the Rear View puts us in the passenger seat as Dave Draper pulls away from Muscle Beach and from the stage of Mr. Universe. He takes us into the dungeon, brings us out to the movie set and lets us help open a gym with the Austrian Oak. He pulls the weight set from under the bed for us and leads us in sets of dips on kitchen chairs. We meet people from all over who love the iron. We bury some of them as time moves along, and others just fade from sight. "This isn't once upon a time; these are real stories. Life can be sad. Life can be cruel. Dave protects us; he cushions us in his mighty arms." Dan John, author of 40 Years with a Whistle

40 Years with a Whistle-40 years of coaching tips woven into a touching memoir of a coach's life Dan John has been performing as an athlete for six decades. His coaches-the mentors he describes in this book-steered him on the narrow path toward success in both sports and life. These coaches emphasized performance, yes...but they all also insisted on the balance of health, fitness and longevity. From Dan's introduction to 40 Years with a Whistle: I've learned a lot over those decades and would like to share these lessons with you. I didn't want a book filled with "Xs" and "Os" or sets and reps. I wanted to share the lessons that apply to life and living. I begin with what are clearly my 10 best lessons of coaching. Each of these works well for the teacher, student, parent and neighbor too. Following the advice of the 10th lesson, I explore the stories of the people who shaped my career and the gems of advice they shared with me. I finish with my vision of coaching-basically looking at training from the big picture and the toolkit to allow one to succeed. The lessons are simple. The application is difficult. The rewards are worth everything. The lessons learned on the fields and in the gyms will lead to a successful life. Hop on board. "As I read through this book, over and over I found myself mentally saying, 'Yup' and 'Absolutely.' If you're a coach, an athletic administrator or the parent of a school-age athlete, you need to read this book. I know my coaching staff will be reading it." Chris Long, Athletic Director, Juan Diego Catholic High School

"A rare book" - Dan John, author of Easy Strength and Never Let GoConsistency is keyThe most important rule of effective training is to be consistent. However, it is surprisingly easy, and human, to break this rule. Training wisdom is about recognizing and prioritizing the most important training principles and not getting distracted by secondary issues. In The Little Black Book of Training Wisdom, Dr Dan Cleather - an elite strength and conditioning coach - describes the fundamental training principles in a simple and accessible way. In addition, he highlights some of the most common training pitfalls so they can be avoided. The book is a must for anyone who wants to learn how to build dominant athletic prowess by working smarter not harder." Dan cuts through the intellectual rubbish bin that has dominated our field for the last few decades and gives us clarity and insight." - Dan John

In Intervention, Dan described how he evaluates adults and suggests course corrections to improve the basics. He followed that with Can You Go?, where he addressed assessments trainers and coaches might use with their clients and athletes. Now, in Now What? Dan loops back around to tell us what to do next. You've brought your clients up to the minimum standards. You've done your assessments. Now what? That's the question Dan answers in this book, the third installment of this series. Dan John's Now What? will help you determine the next steps in moving toward the goals of your clients and athletes. "In Now What? Dan presents basic tools and training principles from his experiences as an athlete and coach, and applies them with experienced hands and through empathetic eyes toward the personal growth of his readers. It's a reasonable approach to help us all reach our goals, bringing greater satisfaction while working through the process." Chip Morton From Dan's Introduction to Now What?: The lessons learned about the road to success from elite athletes and performers can make everyone's life better. From de-cluttering the inbox or letter pile with a shark habit, to applying pirate maps to ongoing health and fitness, most people can free up some mental space to focus on moving ahead with all of life's goals and dreams. Elite performers focus on the fundamentals and basics more thoroughly than the hobbyist. Elite performers keep their heads clear, carving out the clutter of life-both the important and the unimportant-with a scalpel. When needed, the elite focus on two- to twelve-week programs to shore up a weakness or some other issue. Elite performance is principle based. Most of us can learn from this "carving of the clutter." At times, we can follow a program, but most of the time, we can adopt a simple list of pirate maps for our fitness, health and longevity needs and goals. The stumbling block of Now what? soon takes on a new meaning. After emptying the inbox and finishing the laundry, we can ask Now what? as the start of a new adventure, a new challenge. In this book, I outline a simple quadrant showing how I teach elite performers the tools to deal with life, living and high-end achievement. And if you don't think you're an elite performer, I would like you to reconsider this. Dan John

Picture this (go ahead; it's an easy one): You're bored with your workouts. Nothing's changing; you're not getting stronger or leaner or feeling better, and, heck, maybe you'll just take a layoff and see what happens. You know what happens. That two-week layoff lasts a year, that's what happens Now consider this: Traffic was light and you're fifteen minutes early for your dental cleaning appointment. You flip open your tablet and bring up your new copy of Before We Go. By the time the dental tech calls you, you've read two article chapters and are amped to get to the gym. Your mind is racing through the appointment, and it's all you can do to stay in that squeaky lounge chair. You get to the gym an hour later and sail through the best workout you've had in months, maybe years. That's what this book can do for you. "I go through one chapter at a time, slowly, and let it percolate." TC Luoma, Editor-in-Chief, T Nation Dan John's Before We Go will spur your training to that exciting level you love. Following the pattern set by his earlier book, Never Let Go (230 reviews averaging five stars, still in the top 30 weight training books years later), Before We Go is the second compilation of Dan's best articles previously published online.

You have two choices: Be luck enough in middle school, junior high or high school to be taught basic body movements and step-by-step instructions in the Olympic lifts, powerlifting, mobility, flexibility, kettlebell training & tumbling Apply Intervention For most of us, it's option two. Five Principles Here are the answers, but the questions are the real keys- 1) Strength training for lean body mass and joint mobility work trump everything else. 2) Fundamental human movements are... fundamental. 3) Standards and gaps must be constantly assessed. 4) The notion of 'park bench' and 'bus bench' workouts must be applied throughout the training lifetime. 5) Constantly strive for mastery and grace. "I've always said the greatest compliment to a coach is to say he gets it. Dan John really gets it...and knows how to put it on paper. Read and enjoy." Michael Boyle "I love Dan John's back-to-basics yet progressive approach, his coupling of the physical and spiritual dimensions of training, his attention to detail and his ability to help push us to find our inner limits." Todd Durkin

Coach Dan John breaks down the most complicated concepts of strength training and high-performance athletics in his personal, no-nonsense, thought-provoking and motivating style. Workout routines, Olympic lifting guidance, Highland Games, track and field and Strongman events are all covered, in addition to weight training philosophy for the general public. You'll learn... How to get stronger, faster and leaner; Simple steps to great conditioning; What it takes to compete at high-level athletics; Dan John's top training tips; Effective workouts to carry you through your training seasons; Variations of the classic 5x5 workout; Sample kettlebell and barbell workout combinations; Outdoor cardiovascular training options for athletes; And much more...