As a strength coach I ought to have a plan for when a dancer arrives in the studio, but I also begin every session by asking:

How the dancer feels right now

What the dancer’s week has been like

What’s yet to come in the dancer’s week

If for some reason new choreography has a dancer feeling unusually run down, I might change her program on the fly to accommodate for this reality. Because what matters isn’t getting in two quality workouts during the week, it’s getting in hundreds of quality workouts during the year.

Jason HarrisonNovember 23, 2019Present Tense Fitnessin season, off season, offseason, in-seasonComment

Strength: It's Not Just Muscle

It’s another aspect of strength that people often forget or neglect because they mistakenly believe that strength training is all about hypertrophy. To understand why this is wrong, we have to distinguish what it means to be a strong athlete or dancer versus what it means to be a strong lifter. Team-oriented strength and conditioning coaches are tasked with developing strong dancers and athletes, not lifters. Often the strongest dancer or athlete in the context of their activity won’t be the strongest lifter in the weightroom.

Jason HarrisonJuly 6, 2019Present Tense FitnessCressey, Stu McGill, mechanical composite, mobility, CARs, functional mobility, in-season, hypertrophy Comment