http://dougfioranelli.com Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:05:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dougfioranelli.com/articles/what-i-learned-at-super-training-gym/ http://dougfioranelli.com/articles/what-i-learned-at-super-training-gym/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:05:43 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=2141 Having been a trainer for over ten years I always remind myself that I must never relax and get too comfortable with my profession and always strive to get better.  I realize that the world of strength and conditioning is not like software and social media where the product is evolving and changing at a [...]

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]]> http://dougfioranelli.com/business-of-strength/ten-best-strength-and-conditioning-moments-that-made-2011-great/feed/ 3 http://dougfioranelli.com/strength-training/best-exercises-for-soccer-and-basketball-players/ http://dougfioranelli.com/strength-training/best-exercises-for-soccer-and-basketball-players/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:44:56 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=1987 The weather is getting colder and the seasons are changing.  With these changes comes the beginning of new high school and college sports seasons with two of the biggest being soccer and basketball. I have had the privilege of training both soccer and basketball athletes this past offseason and we have used many different training [...]

]]> http://dougfioranelli.com/strength-training/best-exercises-for-soccer-and-basketball-players/feed/ 0 http://dougfioranelli.com/videos/five-tips-to-press-a-heavy-kettlebell/ http://dougfioranelli.com/videos/five-tips-to-press-a-heavy-kettlebell/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:15:08 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=1969 One of the most challenging strength movements for me is overhead pressing; it is just one of those lifts that progresses slow and steady for me. Even with my limited success, I still enjoy performing this movement and constantly challenge myself to get better at it. When a movement is difficult to progress with, it [...]

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