Strength & Conditioning coach with 20 years experience, co-author of "Rock Solid Resiliency," and meathead who likes to lift heavy things. I get other people to learn how awesome being a smart strong meathead can be too.
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Dean Somerset
Strength & Conditioning coach with 20 years experience, co-author of "Rock Solid Resiliency," and meathead who likes to lift heavy things. I get other people to learn how awesome being a smart strong meathead can be too.
The Somerset Superset Fast and Fun Fitness The more I read and learn about anatomy and physiology, the more I begin to learn that there are no hard and fast concepts that stand up with all people at all times, and the more I start to see that what's commonly used may be less than ideal. Neutral spine is one of those concepts. At its core, the ideal of neutral spine is a position of neither being in flexion, nor in extension. Essentially, think of a pendulum hanging in balance. It would take...
Introducing Somerset Pilates. This idea has been taking shape over the past year as my wife, Lindsay, worked toward becoming a certified Pilates instructor. When the opportunity to open our own studio unexpectedly materialized, it felt like the right time to bring that idea to life. Pilates builds core strength, movement control and confidence through ranges of motion that traditional gym-based training doesn’t always address—making it an excellent complement to the work that I provide to my...
The Somerset Superset Fast and Fun Fitness I work in a commercial facility that caters to a lot of powerlifters and olympic lifters. We have competition quality Eleiko equipment for both, so it stands to reason that if you want to compete, you'll train at the gym that uses the equipment you'll have to compete with. One element that always raises an eyebrow from my non-powerlifting clients is when they see someone set up on a bench press with a very exaggerated spinal arch. Something like...