Coach Chris’s goal for 2017 is to do a weekly video blog all 52 weeks of the year…  Here’s our first! Interested in checking out Beyond Strength Performance NOVA?  Read More

In continuation of last week’s post, we are still on the topic of conditioning.  This week’s video takes a look at our middle of the week approach to conditioning. When it comes to conditioning, there’s been a concerning trend in the personal and group training world over the last few years: more is better, and...Read More

Often imitated, rarely duplicated, the Turkish Get Up is a beast of an exercise!  Imagine, you’re lying on the floor with a 70# kettlebell, and you need to figure out a way to get that bad mambo overhead, all the way to a standing position, without tearing your shoulder apart and dropping it on your...Read More

One of the biggest mistakes we’ve been seeing in the gym lately involves the use of the wrong grip for a given lift.  Many people don’t realize it, but we should be using different grips for different lifts.  Today’s video should help to get you off on the right foot- er, um, hand.  Yeah, hands....Read More

The pull-up is one of the most sought after “firsts” that many new members to Beyond Strength Performance NOVA commonly seek.  Use the tension techniques in today’s video, and you just might get your first, or add reps to what you’ve already gotten! Interested in checking out the BRAND NEW Beyond Strength Performance NOVA facility...Read More

The hinge is arguably the most important pattern for everyone to learn.  The hinge sets us up to RDL, deadlift, swing, clean, bent over row, hit an athletic stance, jump, etc…  Unfortunately, it’s also commonly performed incorrectly. In this week’s video, we present four drills to help dial in your hinge.  Now, you don’t need...Read More

The bent over row is arguably the king of upper body pulling.  It requires a strong hinge, solid core strength, and great body awareness to pull it off successfully.  But, unfortunately, it’s often butchered.  In today’s video we show you how to progress the bent over row with pattern assistance. Fixing the Bent Over Row...Read More

Coffee is everyone’s best friend, amiright?!  Well today I’d like to introduce the coffee of exercise, neural charge training.  Seriously, neural charge training is like caffeine to your central nervous system (CNS), and when used correctly, can do a handful of awesome things: Wake you up Prepare you for heavy strength work Build explosiveness Teach...Read More

Med ball throws are an excellent tool in the tool box for implementing power training into just about anybody’s fitness program.  Check out today’s video to learn a little more: Med Ball Throws for Power [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k8Gtpv6pPE[/youtube] When: Early in the program, after warm-ups. Why: Including med ball throws is an easy way to get more...Read More

In this week’s video we explore a mysterious phenomena happening at Beyond Strength Performance NOVA- thunder in the gym.  To be honest, it’s intermittent, but it happens.  It’s like the gym has it’s own ecosystem.  So we did a little research and found the root cause.  Check out today’s video to see what’s up: Let’s...Read More