It will come. Going to work on some physique stuff first.

I proposed a race to a 300 pound bench considering he was older and further along than I, but had to take time to search for his abz. I’m 90% sure that Kevin never even read the comment I had left him on Facebook because he never spoke a word of it.

Keep on keeping on, Brosef Stalin.

Mike hinted at a future seminar sharing his entire assessment protocol, but I’ve seen a number of “industry insiders saying they had purchased A and C and also giving the product praise. So I’d imagine that it still must have more than a few bits and pieces that would leave even some of the more experienced coaches or therapists saying “Why didn’t I see that before/why didn’t I think of that!”

If possible, I wanted to throw a few quick questions your way….

a) While the TRX is definitely a useful tool in the S and C’s arsenal, do you think the use of these movements should generally be placed on the back end of sessions (for those who are ready for them) after the primary strength and power work has been completed?

b) I see a lot of discussion about working in versus on a business. Do you think it is best to pick which side you’d prefer to be on rather than try to force yourself into having to do both? For example, I’ve heard Eric say that having someone else to handle the lion’s share of the business side of things allows him to focus much more time on the areas where he excels the most. Likewise, you are phenomenal at what you do, because you don’t have to be concerned with every aspect of running the business.

In Mike’s case, he opened a gym, but now he wants it to be a roaring success, so inevitably that leads to having to scale back on coaching to focus more attention on working ON the business.

I just wonder if many coaches today are so focused on having their own facility that they forget to become great coaches first (Mike being an example of someone who got to be a great coach first and then started to branch out over time)and some coaches even try to force themselves into having a business when they’d much rather be in a spot where they could spend every last minute in the trenches without worrying about business details.

It would be interesting to hear how Mike approaches working with people from a population like figure athletes in that certain exercises that may be used from time to time (or even more regularly) to dial in on lagging muscle groups/areas needing more work run somewhat contrary to many of the concepts that He and Bill (and also you guys at CP) would promote for optimal health and longevity in lifting.

For example, things like lateral raises or even a more flared style of bench pressing are not going to make or break a physique if the foundation isn’t there, but I can see this unique population considering their use in certain instances, whereas for the general public or for athletes, these tend to get tossed on the junk pile. So it would be interesting to hear how Mike might do things slightly differently with these clients (that is if he does something differently).