Time to act It was interesting this month to read the recent May 2018 ‘Raising the Bar’ publication. It identifies the practical and strategic skill gaps within the personal training education sector relating to the current provision and expertise in youth fitness training. It is clear that there is an…
It's well known that strength underpins explosive power and speed. Look in any credible strength and conditioning text or resource and this will typically be hammered home. That said, we still need to include speed and power training in our programmes to train us to be able to express these…
Are you a coach or are you a trainer? Coaches guide and develop people. Getting the best out your clients and athletes is not about simply getting the best numbers in the gym or on the track, this is the easy part! It's connecting the mind to the body, bringing…
When you watch any sporting contest very often the definitive moments occur when a moment of speed, power or movement skill is executed. Think of breaking the line in rugby. That flurry of punches ending the fight in boxing or MMA. The run through the defence for the winning header…
If you are looking for ways to refine and improve your programmes this video from our founder Brendan Chaplin will really help you. On our Level 4 course we take you through our 'Movement, Strength, Power' methodology and show you how to put it all together for your clients. In…
First published in November 2012, this is a post that we felt needed to be heard again. Never more than before are people screaming about evidence based practice. Well what about practice based evidence? Here's the post word for word from 2012. Stop waiting for the research to show you…
If you've followed SCE for any time at all you'll know that we are all about getting the fundamentals in place before moving on to anything more advanced. In previous weeks we've shared some great content on this including squat variations, pulling and pushing movements, mobility essentials and even some…
Here's the second part of the TRX variations video with a few more of our favourite TRX variations that we use with our clients and athletes here at SCE. If you missed part 1 check it out at TRX Variations Part 1. Don't forget to leave us a comment with…
This article is a blast from the archives but we thought you would get some real value from the progressions shown here. We originally published this video in 2012, but if you watch this you'll see that these progressions are still not being utilised fully even 6 years later. This…
In this weeks instalment of the Fundamental 5's we sent our very own Steven Gordon into the gym to record the SCE Fundamental 5 mobility quick fixes. We gave Ste a clear brief here. Go and film the 5 very best fixes that will improve people's movement in no more…
This post is a classic from the archives. Tamas is an old colleague of mine and the former head coach to Team GB. I love the way Tamas breaks down the lifts and the speed at which his students develop. So much so that I based the entire content of…
It was once said to me that you can do any exercise you want as long as you squat (I'll let you decide who said that, let me know in the comments!). What we do know is that the squat is one of the most fundamental movement patterns that we…
