
Nate Jones
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Nate Jones
@resilient_sc
Husband, Father, Strength & Conditioning Coach for Fighter Pilots, SOF, First Responders, Athletes | MS, CSCS, TSAC-F, USAW | Thoughts are indubitably my own


"Run with your hamstrings, not your quads" is the single most compressed piece of biomechanics advice in fitness. One sentence replaces a thousand dollars of gait analysis. The cue forces a switch in which joint is doing the work. Quads extend the knee. Hamstrings extend the hip. Running is propulsion, and propulsion has to come from extending something. Whichever joint you extend with determines where the force goes. Quad-dominant runners push off with knee extension. The foot reaches forward, lands in front of the center of mass, and the quad fires eccentrically to absorb 2-3x body weight through the patella on every step. You are running with the kneecap as a shock absorber, which is why 40% of running injuries land at the knee. Hamstring-led runners pull the ground backward with hip extension. The foot lands under the center of mass. The glute, the largest and most powerful muscle in the human body, fires as the primary mover. The hamstring is biarticular, crossing both the hip and the knee, so a single contraction extends the hip and cocks the knee for the next stride. Propulsion with no braking force. That switch from knee extension to hip extension is why the cue feels like it rewires running. Your kneecap stops absorbing your body weight. The glute, now the primary engine, pulls you forward through hip extension while the quad settles into a stabilizer role. Look at any Olympic 100m finalist's legs. Enormous glutes and hamstrings, moderate quads. Most recreational runners look the exact opposite, and their knees pay for it.

A lot of coaches talk about having a low volume, higher intensity program for their athletes. Can’t go wrong either of these two from @JWendler. He incorporates jumps, sprints & throws.


This involved a U.S. soldier who allegedly took advantage of his position to profit off of a righteous military operation. Thank you to our agents, Intel teams, and great partners @TheJusticeDept who protected our war fighters. Investigation ongoing.


Hot take: putting hot rotisserie chicken on food stamps is common sense. Arkansas took items like candy and soft drinks off SNAP. Now let’s put healthy, affordable options like hot rotisserie chicken on.














As of today, Florida SNAP recipients can’t buy soda or candy because God forbid we allow a single mom and her kids a few moments of happiness at the end of the day. 😡



Deadlifts cure back pain. This is a fact.








