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How strong is strong enough? Every athlete wants

How strong is strong enough?

Every athlete wants to be strong, but what does that mean? While strong can be measured many ways depending on your sport and your goals, in the gym, most strength coaches would agree that there are certain target loads on the foundational exercises that classify an athlete as strong.

At JMP we pride ourselves on the ability of our athletes and clients to perform chin ups with an external load while maintaining good form.

So what is considered strong when it comes to chin ups? According to legendary strength coach Mike Boyle, to be considered strong, an athlete should be able to do a chin up with an external load of 0.5 x body weight for a single rep. Let’s use Olympian @joemaloy as our example.

Joe at a body weight of around 145 pounds, his goal is to do 1 rep with a 72.5 pound external load. In the video, Joe did 3 reps with an 18 pound external load. Pretty good considering that was his third set of 3 reps. I expect Joe to be there in no time. 😀

The second picture is the The Strength Chart for the various lifts Coach Boyle considers important. (Taken from ‘So You Think You Know Strong’ by Mike Boyle for T-Nation.com)

So the question is, how strong is your chin up? I would love to hear how much you guys are doing for the chin up!

#chinup #pullpattern #functionalstrength #enduranceathlete #triathlete #strong #mikeboyle #tnation #certifiedfsc #swimbikerun #strengthandconditioning

Welcome Andrew Murray @andrewmurraytri to the @fit

Welcome Andrew Murray @andrewmurraytri to the @fitbyjmp family! We are excited to have you join us! 😁

Andrew is a freshman at Rice University competing in track and field and cross country. He is a Houston area native and a member of the USA Triathlon College Recruitment Program @usat_crp

And, oh yeah, Andrew is the reigning @usatriathlon Age Group National Champion (M16-19) at the Olympic distance (he is a stud!💪)

To learn more about Andrew, check out his bio.

📸: @ironkhem / @usat_crp

#usatcrp #usatriathlonagegroupnationals #nationalchampion #strengthtraining #enduranceathlete #teamusa #futureolympian #swimbikerun #goowls👐

Congrats to @joemaloy taking 7th place today in a

Congrats to @joemaloy taking 7th place today in a stacked field for the 56th Balboa Park 4-mile. This was the second race in the @usatf #sandiego 2021 Dirt Dog Cross Country Series.

It was fun to see everyone out for should a great event on Labor Day weekend.

#sdtc #dirtdog #crosscountry #balboapark #4mile #usatf #olympian

It was such an honor to work with the amazing endu

It was such an honor to work with the amazing endurance athletes that @usatriathlon had assembled in @visitparkcity for the @usat_crp training camp! I really appreciate Coach @joemaloy for including me in this camp, and I learned a lot from the other amazing coaches @trimanny @cburns0 .

Here are the pictures from my first gym session that I promised. We worked on mobility, muscle activation, dynamic warm-up exercises, single leg power development and upper body med ball power exercise patterns.

Awesome photos taken by @ironkhem

#usatriathlon #usatcrp #elite #enduranceathlete #swimbikerun #functionaltraining #functionalstrength #certifiedfsc #futureteamusa #paris2024 #la2028

Welcome Kemper Reback @kemperreback to the @fitbyj

Never stop learning. My coaching is always changin

Never stop learning. My coaching is always changing because sometimes what you know is wrong, and you just don’t know it yet. I’m constantly reading to improve my knowledge base and hone my coaching skills.

I just started reading Training Essentials for Ultrarunning by Jason Koop because although I have been successfully coaching marathoners for years, I’ve never had to get an athlete ready for a 50 miler or longer. And honestly I wasn’t really sure how to program long runs and run volume for races over 50k. I like the book so far and I think I’m going to learn a lot. 😁

#coaching #runcoaching #ultrarunning #50miler #jasonkoop #neverstoplearning #readmorebooks #trailrunning #sd50

This holds true for endurance athletes as much as

This holds true for endurance athletes as much as football players. It doesn’t matter how talented you are as a swimmer, cyclist, or runner, if you show up to the start line injured (or worse can’t show up at all.)

Top athletes know this and do everything in their control to be ready for race day, which includes proper recovery, good nutrition, plenty of quality sleep, and functional strength training that includes mobility exercises. Swim, bike and run get you to the finish line, make sure you are doing what is necessary to get to the start line.

#functionalstrength #dothelittlethings #mobility #correctiveexercise #singlelegpower #singlelegstrength #swim #bike #run #certifiedfsc #reduceinjuries

Congrats to JMP athlete @joemaloy for winning the

Congrats to JMP athlete @joemaloy for winning the legendary @sandiegotrackclub Balboa Park 8 Miler with the fastest time since 1991! He crushed it. Thanks for rockin’ the JMP @zoca.gear race singlet. You make it 👀 good!

📸: @3pixstudios @sdrunningco

#winnerwinnerchickendinner #olympian #racingforthegoodtimesandthegoodtimes #functionalstrength #certifiedfsc

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