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TwitterBesides being an industry thought-leader for years. Besides directing StrengthCoach.com and the Strength Coach Podcast which is followed by hundreds of coaches, trainers, and athletes. Besides using his Michael Boyle Strength & Conditioning (MBSC) training facilities - voted one of the Top 10 Gyms in America - to assist thousands of athletes achieve greater performance. What makes Michael Boyle so fascinating?
He's always learning and willing to learn....
There's no sense of agenda with Mike. He seems to just go where the research and his practical experience working with thousands of athletes takes him. Consequently, he's not afraid to be a bit controversial when needed (ala Death of the Squat below).
He can also reverse course when he learns something that doesn't jive with previous understanding (ala Jump and Stick below).
Mike uses our Shuttle MVP in his MBSC facility emphasizing its versatile nature. He uses it with his: 1) personal training clients to develop and maintain explosive power; 2) injured athletes to start them on less-than-body-weight exercises; and 3) overweight or large athletes that need a safe environment to develop their lower body eccentric strength.
The other thing we find fascinating - and refreshing - is that while being on the forefront of Strength and Conditioning, Mike doesn't feel the need to make sure everyone's aware of the fact. In a world where too often the loud, the crass, and the egotistical seem to grab all the spotlight, Mike is content to learn, to grow, to teach so countless others can do the same. His latest thinking is contained in his DVD set Functional Strength Coach 3.0 and new book Advances in Functional Training.
Coming from his beloved state of Massachusetts, Mike can appreciate the advice of President John Adams. Toward the end of his life, President Adams was visiting with a young Ralph Waldo Emerson who had been studying at Harvard. President Adams said that he would to God that there was more ambition in the land. Not the ambition to have more money or power or fame, but the laudable kind -- the ambition to excel.
Because of who he is and what he teaches, Michael Boyle reminds us of why this industry is so wonderful to work in - we're all in the business of pursuing human excellence.