I received a phone call last week from an S&C coach whose intention was basically to suss out my services and trying to figure out what I offered, and how I could justify charging $120 for an hour of coaching. I spent 20 minutes on the phone to him answering every question openly and honestly. I was asked about my time in the US and Russia, my time working with first grade Raiders and Brumbies, what my formal education was etc etc I continued to fill him in on everything from the periodization models I was using with my groups to the internship program that I’m running and my current staff at the facility. “You must be doing alright down there, $120 an hour, that’s more than a doctor charges
Anyone who loves cheat meals and squats is OK with us. Since Julien has joined the Romero Athletics, we've grown to love his humility, hunger for knowledge and willingness to help out the crew. We think it's high time you got to know him too. Julien, tell us about your interests. Performance training, swimming, reading and cheat meals. Why did you apply to intern at Romero Athletics? I was passionate to learn and achieve a higher standard of performance training What do you hope to gain from your internship? The understanding of quality movements, approaches to tackle injuries and also to improve my overall mentality. What’s your history with sports and training? I've been involved in soccer
One of the things I find the most frustrating/confusing in high level sport is the pre-occupation with performing the Olympic weightlifting movements (clean and jerk, snatch, and the variations) for power development. It has gotten to the point at which Power development in athletes is now almost synonymous with weightlifting. If your sport is NOT Olympic weightlifting, please understand that your time could be better spent on other exercises that are far easier/quicker to learn, carry less injury risk, and that require far less coaching supervision. There are several high-level athletic development coaches (Joe DeFranco, Louie Simmons, Tony Gentilcore to name a few) who don’t utilise the Ol
