8th Annual Cougar S&C Clinic ! - JP Fitness Forums

Alwyn · 04-14-2007, 10:16 AM

Hello all, wanted to post a link to Dos' annual clinic at College of the Canyons. Those in the area should try to make it down to this ALWAYS AWESOME event!
http://www.canyons.edu/departments/p...athletes_8.htm

kuri · 04-14-2007, 07:49 PM

Good call. I'm registered & there should be a few of us from Santa Monica coming up.

Cynic · 04-14-2007, 07:56 PM

Too bad I'm not in the area, but some of this looks like it's...what we've always done as children:

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Who'd have thought wheel barrel races were good training.

Whoa!!! The pic isn't that big on Dos's page.

Michael Roussell · 04-15-2007, 04:49 PM

Alwyn,

I can't believe you beat Dos to posting about this. It looks like a great event.

Lisa~ · 04-16-2007, 03:21 PM

After listening to Dos speak at the Summit, I know this will be a great event. Kuri, you will not regret the effort to make it there!

Chiron · 04-16-2007, 03:29 PM

I'm gonna try hard to make it down for this. It's awesome that it's only a short drive away.

Chris Correia · 04-17-2007, 12:33 PM

Hey, somebody get some video of the event and burn me a copy (with Dos' permission, of course)!

Chris, I'm counting on you!

Thanks in advance, Dos.

laxcdn · 04-17-2007, 12:54 PM

I thought this would be about how to pickup cougars

kuri · 04-17-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisa~

After listening to Dos speak at the Summit, I know this will be a great event. Kuri, you will not regret the effort to make it there!

It's a 30 minute drive (on a Saturday morning, otherwise it's a 2 hour drive in "normal" L.A. traffic) so it's not much effort. I went to the Cougar clinic three years ago when Alwyn, Dos, and Bill were presenting and it was excellent. I'm really looking forward to this.

Chiron and Roland, you guys won't regret going.

Chris Correia · 04-17-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kuri

It's a 30 minute drive (on a Saturday morning, otherwise it's a 2 hour drive in "normal" L.A. traffic) so it's not much effort. I went to the Cougar clinic three years ago when Alwyn, Dos, and Bill were presenting and it was excellent. I'm really looking forward to this.

Chiron and Roland, you guys won't regret going.

And the video????

kuri · 04-17-2007, 04:07 PM

Gotta keep that on the dl Chris. sshhhh...

Chris Correia · 04-17-2007, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kuri

Gotta keep that on the dl Chris. sshhhh...

Well, Dos will either shoot video to sell, or just for reference. Or, he won't, and won't mind a non-commercial vid. Either way, I get one!

CC dad · 04-17-2007, 09:04 PM

If there is a video out there I'd pay for it!

Chris Correia · 04-18-2007, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by CC dad

If there is a video out there I'd pay for it!

Hey, CC, nice of you to offer to pay for a video for me.

kuri · 05-14-2007, 03:02 PM

No video but I'll give you a review:

Everyone that spoke is very, very smart. Hell, everyone that attended was smart.

Debbie Iwasaki, head football athletic trainer at UCLA spoke about dealing with shoulder impingements. She had a great way of explaining how to assess dysfuntions and methods to deal with them. Next time I'd like to see a roundtable with her and Bill on the topic, but I'll need a medical dictionary and even then won't be able to keep up.

Jess Garner and Matt Durant both gave great talks along on work they do with their High School and College athletes. What I took away is that my lifts don't compare with Jess's 15 year olds and Matt's female athletes can do pistol squats with a bigger load than anyone here. Talk about humbling.

Jim Liston, founder of CATZ, spoke on his assessment methods and corrective strategies, which I will immediately begin using with clients. Similar in some ways to Gray Cook's FMS and practical.

Note to JP - Jim would be a good one to bring out for the summit.

Cameron McGarr, one of Alwyn and Rachel's top trainers, gave a great talk on functional hypertrophy. The take home there is that sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is overrated and Cameron gets nervous when he speaks

Basically not all athletes (or weekend warriors) need to get bigger but just need to get stronger for their weight. And don't use bodybuilding-style high-rep sets if you want functional strength.

Rachel Cosgrove spoke on why women should lift (with research!!! ;0). Her message would be preaching to the choir here so I'll just say that what they've done with their clients is nothing short of amazing.

As usual the bulk of learning took place over beers and burritos afterward during which we were enthralled with the fantastic tales of Dos, who IS the man.

Lisa~ · 05-14-2007, 04:34 PM

Great review Kuri! Thanks for taking the time to share it with us. It sounds like you had a fun and informative day! Dos is The Man.

Chris Correia · 05-14-2007, 09:19 PM

Video???

Chris Correia · 05-15-2007, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kuri

Cameron McGarr, one of Alwyn and Rachel's top trainers, gave a great talk on functional hypertrophy. The take home there is that sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is overrated and Cameron gets nervous when he speaks

So, at least for athletic performance conerns, don't worry about training with reps above how many? 8? 10? Hypertrophy will still come, with proper diet.