Today’s guest is Kevin Carr. Kevin is a strength coach at Mike Boyle’s Strength and Conditioning, and is the co-owner of “Movement as Medicine”, the official massage therapists of Mike Boyle’s.

Kevin has already amassed a wealth of experience in the field of sports performance and personal training at MBSC, working with everyone from US Olympians looking for a competitive edge down to general population clientele. Kevin has a huge wealth of knowledge in the physical preparation, and human function sectors, with certifications including FMS, SFMA, NKT Level 1 and 2, FRC, FAPP, Pn1, and PRI.

On the podcast today, Kevin goes into great detail on some of the principles of MBSC in terms of modifying the powerlifts, as well as thoughts on single leg training. In my own circle, I’ve felt like people tend to look at progressive training programs like Boyle’s and say “All they do is one leg work” and “They never squat!”, but this couldn’t be further from the truth, and there is a critically important rationale behind their exercise selection.
Although it might not be truly sexy to talk about exercise selection, not back squatting, etc. in terms of injury prevention, there are performance upsides to this mentality as well, especially in the long term. Kevin goes into breaking down the functional capacities of the human body, and how we can optimize our machinery for it’s highest performance. This was an enjoyable episode to put together, that coaches from all arenas can enjoy.

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