Dan John - Utah Workshop

Find out why Coach John is considered the go-to guy by top fitness professionals when they want to know what really works in strength and conditioning: It's because he knows, and he teaches it well.
1 - Dan John - A Philosophy of Strength Training
2 - Dan John - Perfecting Your Kettlebell Form
3 - Dan John - Olympic Lifting for Beginners
4 - Dan John Warm-ups, Workouts & Complexes

1 - Dan John - A Philosophy of Strength Training
This is the first of four dvds from the June 2009 Utah workshop weekend . In this lecture (2 hrs, 18 min), strength coach Dan John covers what he considers the most important aspects of strength training for the athlete, as well as the general fitness enthusiast.

Told with humor and great insight, you'll learn:
- The Role of the Strength Coach
- Levels of Strength Coaching
- How a Home Trainer Becomes His Own Coach
- The Influence of Strength Coaching on Performance
- Strength and Athletic Performance
- How to Narrow Your Training Focus
- Systematic vs Systemic Learning
- Setting a Non-Competitive Training Goal
- Phasic vs Tonic Muscles
- How to Stay Youthful while Aging
- Movements, Not Muscles
- Dan's Hip Displacement Continuum

2 - Dan John - Perfecting Your Kettlebell Form
Second in the four-part DVD set, Dan's kettlebell technique session taught a group of attendees subtle differences in technique. The changes Dan teaches in this 75-minute DVD will significantly affect your kettlebell training results.

You'll perfect your form of the two most important RKC exercises
-- The Hardstyle Swing
-- The Kalos Sthenos Get-up to Hips-High

Plus
-- The Program Minimum & Minimum Minimum
-- Dan's Hip Displacement Continuum
-- Why Swings Hurt Your Back
-- Hardstyle Method Review
-- Rotator Cuff Stress
-- Joint Mobility Issues
-- Mark Cheng's Four Knots
-- The Chain-Link Fence
-- Kenneth Jay's VO2-Max
-- The Snatch
-- Spiked Swings
-- Towel Swings
-- Planks, Done Right!
-- RDL Stretch Position
-- Quarterback Hike Stretch

3. Dan John - Olympic Lifting for Beginners
In part three, we get a taste of Dan John's instruction for beginning Olympic weightlifting. Our original idea was this would be primarily for adults who've never lifted Olympic-style, and it's certainly that, however one of the attendees is a competitive Olympic lifting, who told me a couple of Dan's tips changed her lifting forever. So I'm thinking anyone interested in Olympic lifting will get something out of this one.

      " Having been at the event and as an adult with absolutely
       no Olympic lifting experience, I can tell you I left feeling fairly
       confident in my ability to snatch and jerk... a short piece of
       PVC pipe.

       Seriously, it left me and the rest of the attendees with plenty
       of enthusiasm for learning the O lifts, and enough technique tips
       to give us a start on our own at home. I think it will do the same for you."
                       ---- Laree Draper

In this 80-minute DVD, Dan taught:
-- Olympic lifting overview
-- Snatch positions
-- Push jerk
-- Split jerk
-- The Jerk
-- Overhead squat
-- Goblet squat
-- Shoulder mobility
-- Putting weights overhead
-- Hamstring lengthening
-- Romanian deadlift stretch
-- Wrist flexibility
    Now here's one of value to everyone, even those without interest specifically in
    Olympic lifting: How to get wrist flexibility.

4 - Dan John Warm-ups, Workouts & Complexes
This is a 90-minute DVD you'll watch over and over for new training ideas -- from a variety in the warm-up, to quick-moving barbell complexes to several ways to make your workouts more interesting, with a selection of exercises you've never seen, Dan puts it all together to get you moving.

This is part four of Dan's workshop, the final DVD of the series, in which he shows us his sample warm-ups, a few workout varieties, and his famous barbell complexes. Trust me, these aren't your regular Bomber bodypart splits, although over the decades Dave's done his share of barbell rows, presses and dumbbell farmer walks, and he's probably also done our share.

One of Dan's key phrases here was, "The warm-up is the workout," and as he puts our crew through the paces, you'll see how he can make that claim! He also uses members of the audience to demonstrate new movements, or to show his corrections when we went astray.

Dan shows his daily favorites:
-- Gait Warm-up
-- Goblet Squat & Bootstrapper Squat
-- Hip Flexor Stretch & RDL Stretch
-- Plank Series
-- Horizontal Shrugs
-- Maxercist and Parked Rows
-- Crocodile Pushups
-- Heartbeat Squat
-- Kalos Sthenos Getup
-- Ab Circuit
-- Star Plank
-- Barbell Complexes
-- A full warm-up series
-- Sample workouts, insights and more

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