Coach Dan’s Blog
Dan America has spent over 30 years in the industry as a successful athlete and coach. Here you can find his personal blog archive encompassing all things training and coaching related.
Not for the easily offended…
24 hours solo!
The mud has settled and I've caught up on some sleep after one of the most impressive sporting weekends I've ever been witness to.
Rebuilding Paul
July 8th, 2023
….Speaking to Paul, I told him what I believed was possible. Given enough time, patience, hard work and dedication, I genuinely believe in the human body’s ability to restore itself. We just needed to take it super slow, and rebuild from the ground up…
The Birth of 3.0
June 8th, 2023
It’s pretty simple actually, I've always just loved being in the gym
Who’s coaching you?
March 17, 2023
Everyone’s a coach these days. The industry is more saturated now than ever before
Free program!
May 21, 2021
Coaches can be pretty protective over their training beliefs and methodologies. After all, these things are their strategies and systems that they use to help their athletes.
Go big, or go home?
May 14, 2021
Given my role as a strength coach, a lot of my time is dedicated towards motivating my athletes to train harder, go faster, reach new levels of intensity in their training
Am I back? Maybe I never left
May 6, 2021
Its been a while since I wrote a blog. Like, ages...
My universal program components!
October 4, 2018
The SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT question that I ask every single new person I encounter is, “What is your goal?”
Beyond Barbells
August 6, 2018
I’ve said it many times, every gym has bars and plates. Every gym has dumbells and benches and machines.
I didn’t feel like training today…
May 22, 2018
In fact, that feeling comes up pretty regularly. I have accumulated a fair bit of wear and tear over my 27 years of training, and the body doesn't always feel like co-operating.
Maintenance is not a thing
May 2, 2018
Maintenance is not a thing.
It’s just not. Our bodies are living, breathing organisms made up of somewhere in the region of 37.2 TRILLION cells.
A word on perspective
March 23, 2018
So as a lot of you know, one of my endeavors outside of the gym is my involvement in professional wrestling.
I’d like to introduce you to Shelley!
July 8th, 2015
Shelley has only been training with us for about 12 weeks, this is the first gym she has ever walked into.
First blog post! Some thoughts on programming…
June 15, 2015
I’ve had a few conversations with a few different people in the last little while that have prompted me to express my ideas and philosophies regarding my training philosophies.