The August 4th Olympic Issue of Time magazine was a special issue focusing on the Olympics. It was the one with LeBron James on the cover (with duplicate covers for Liu Xiang and Dara Torres). The cover article gave brief rundowns of athletes that you should follow during the Olympics. I read through all of them. Half the names were familiar. One thing stood out though, and it's also come up in t [...]

Before I comment on Online Coaching I want to direct you to Tracy Fober’s excellent comments on the use of the trap bar and proper use of the deadlift. Go to http://www.ironmaven.blogspot.com. In regard to online coaching, I question if it is really coaching. I know over the years I have tried to coach some athletes long distance via phone, fax and then in modern times email. I just don’t fe [...]