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The Value of the On the Minute Drills (OTM)
by Dane Miller
Garage Strength How often do you train OTM?! ...
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3 Tips to Become a Better Competitor
by Dane Miller
By Legend Boyesen Hayes Master Consistency Being consistent is crucial for being a good competitor. When you are reliable with performance it ...
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9 Things to Focus on When Developing a Youth Weightlifter
by Dane Miller
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USATF Championships Recap
by Dane Miller
Along with Nick Gwiazdowski dominating the FinalX: Bethlehem this past weekend, I also had athletes competing at the USATF Outdoor National Championships in track and field in Des Moines, Iowa. The Garage Strength athletes who qualified were Sam Mattis and Josh Syrotchen in the men’s discus, and Mo Riddick and Rachel Fatherly in the women’s shot. Just about everyone was feeling good going into the meet. Sam was ranked #1, Mo had been grooving some throws recently, and I knew Rachel was in a spot to make some big moves up the board. Personally, I had never been more confident going into a meet in terms of my throwers’ ability to hit big marks. I knew I had set them up well physically and mentally, and we had all checked off our boxes during our prep.
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Mobility Series Part I: Ankle
by Dane Miller
Stiff or immobile ankles can show up in a lot of ways, but are very easy to spot when an individual is performing a squatting movement. The type of posture required for Olympic-style squats demands good ankle mobility in order to keep the upper body as upright as possible. I can see that an athlete has bad ankles if they squat and their knees can’t push forward very far, and their chest is dumping forward to compensate. Athletes snatching with immobile ankles will often dump their chest forward and miss the bar behind them as a result.
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Should High School Athletes Take Creatine?
by Dane Miller
This article will be a quick reaction to a question I get a lot, which is whether or not high school athletes should supplement with creatine. First off, for those who don’t know, creatine is just an amino acid that helps individual cells regenerate their supply of energy faster. This leads to improvements in force production, as well as lean muscle mass. Creatine is probably the most researched and safest supplement available on the market today.
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Getting Ready for Meet Day
by Dane Miller
A lot of people ask me for meet day tips, so I thought it would be helpful to write out a guide for meet day preparation. I’m going to cover quite a bit of ground, so I’ll organize this article into a couple of sections: Pre-meet (night before), day of the meet, and during the meet. Within those sections, I’ll also be covering tips for mental and physical prep, so read closely.
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Weightlifting is Unbeatable for Sports Performance
by Dane Miller
Those of you who are familiar with my coaching style know that I base almost all of my programming around the Olympic weightlifting movements--and not just for my weightlifters and throwers. The majority of the clients at my gym will learn to perform the snatch, clean, and jerk during their time here. I thought it might be helpful to outline some of the “why’s” behind using weightlifting as the basis for athletic development here at Garage Strength.
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DROP SETS AND DOWN SETS: Are they effective and how do you use them?
by Dane Miller

Drop Sets, Down Sets, Finishers...call them whatever you want, they are the shit!!!

When athletes first start training with me, the first question they ask me is, “Why do we have to do drop sets?” First, let’s go over exactly what I mean by drop sets.
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IAAF World Championships London 2017
by Dane Miller
I arrived in London on the evening of Wednesday, August 2nd. As soon as I got into the city, I was driven by the IAAF group to my hotel where I me...
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4 Ways to Improve Throws
by Dane Miller
On a regular occasion, I have individuals from all over the world asking me, “what is the fastest way to improve my throw.” Generally, this is referring to
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Peaking and Tapering
by Dane Miller

There are many ways to set up a taper for individual athletes. It is important to comprehend that each athlete will peak or taper in a different manner. During the last program prior to competition, dropping volume is a very simple way to trigger a peak, but many questions need to be answered prior to setting up the competing athlete.

-What is the event in question?

-How important is this meet?

-What is my current training volume?
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