The Duffin Movement Systems

A Complete Education on Coaching and Cueing Barbell Movements Based on Operational Mechanics vs Peripheral Observation while Learning to do a Full Movement Assessment and Corrections on the same principals

Background on this Approach

This is the only complete approach like this being taught. It is not only innovative but grounded in science pulling form multiple disciplines to create this unique system. Chris has been a competitive athlete for 25 years achieving multiple world records and 15 years of coaching. He has combined that experience with his engineering and continuous learning mindset. By seeking out and learning directly from some of the best rehab and sports clinicians around that set the course for the rest of the field, he has been able to collaborate, refine, and test this approach over the years.

In addition to his own records Chris is an even more successful coach having coached more All-Time Record setting Powerlifters than any other Coach in the world.

What you will learn

- How to coach and cue the core lifts based on operational mechanics vs peripheral observation

- How to use the core lifts as a full movement assessment

- How to then apply correction to:

• Scapular Stabilization
• Scapular to Core Integration
• Shoulder and Thoracic Mobility
• Core Stability (Proper IAP and Breathing Patterns)
• Glute & Adductor Balance and Core Integration
• Hip Mobility
• Bulletproofing the Back or Training with Disc Injuries Safely While Rehabbing

- Special exercises for developing weak areas or firing pattern issues.

- Mental preparation to achieve success as an athlete, coach, career, and life.

- Open Q&A on

• Program Organization
• Velocity Based Training
• Any other topics

DMS Certification has 2 Phases

• 2 days of intensive hands on training
• 90 day online course diving deeper than we could ever go in a 2 day weekend (Certification is not guaranteed)

The DMS Certification is for YOU, if…

• You’re finally ready to learn how to perform and coach the Power lifts the RIGHT way
• You’re tired of spinning your wheels and wasting your time
• You want a COMPLETE EDUCATION, not just another expensive piece of paper to show to your friends
• You LOVE learning and making yourself better
• You LOVE sharing what you’ve learned with others to help them become better versions of themselves, too!

Where and When?

September 26^th & 27^th

Potent CrossFit - 1731 Ginesi Drive, Freehold, New Jersey 07728

Register now as seating is limited!

UPDATE as of 7/12 LESS THAN 10 Seats Remaining!!!

6 month zero interest financing available Finance via paypal bill pay (US customers only). Select Paypal Credit as your checkout option to qualify.

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Brett McKay of the Art Of Manliness. If your not familiar with this site your missing a great thing. This site is full of articles and podcast for ALL THINGS manly related with a lot of great info on important topics that have been lost in the last few generations.

The breadth of topics is awesome and always engaging and interesting. Primary categories include Dress & Grooming, Health & Sports, Manly Skills, Manly Skills, Money & Career, Relationship & Family, and a Man’s life. Don’t take my word for it, just click on the link and scroll through a few articles and you will find something that catches your interest. It is a great resource for all men and highly entertaining in a good way.

Besides posting manly topics to help curtail the emasculation of men in todays society Brett is also a lifter as well. So I couldn’t turn away his request for an interview and podcast. And as I expected it was a great time and I hope you enjoy it as well. Now if only Brett and my other favorite author on Masculinity would have Squat off….

Our conversations is recorded on this Podcast.

The following video is an excerpt from a podcast I did for the SuperStrengthShow early this year. This podcast has really resonated with a lot of listeners so a teaser video was put together with an excerpt of an answer to one of my questions. While this was an off the cuff discussion for and not done with any preparation; I articulates my views and how I live my life to achieve success in all avenues. My approach to these three things is how I took myself (and much of my family) from utter poverty. From a family of 6 living on $5,000 a year and often homeless and living in the woods growing up to successful business executive & world class athlete. While growing and building a family and a future for that family.

These are three things that you can put to use in some part of your life TODAY that will yield results if executed properly.

You can listen to the full Podcast on the Super Strength Show.

The following video details the number or processes involved in making the ShouldeRök™. Pictures don’t do the product full justice, as any ShouldeRök™ customer will tell you. Once in your hands you will see the true craftsmanship and how it’s built to last a lifetime.

In this video you will see the ShouldeRök™ nut being cut out of raw plate on a CNC laser cutting machine. It is later put through the lathe to have the thread cut on the inside diameter and then tumbled to smooth the finish.

The next step shown in the video is the turning of the main head which is cut out of solid 3” round stock before it becomes the finished component you see. In my personal shop you will see the perfect Diamond knurl being added to the handle. Then the forming of the flare on the end of the handle, which is the final touch before the assembly is welded together in the rotary welder.

Unfortunately the plating shop didn’t allow me to get any shots of the ShouldeRök™ going into the dip tanks.

In addition to the How-Its-Made video here are a couple recent ShouldeRök™ reviews. The first one is what inspired me to use some Conan music as the background to this video. It only seemed fitting.

IMPROVE SHOULDER MOBILITY AND LOOK LIKE CONAN THE BARBARIAN

Craig Marker, Ph.D., CSCS, SFGII, is a fitness enthusiast who has spent his life trying to help people improve their lives. He is a professor at Mercer University teaching psychology and research methods.

GARAGE GYM REVIEWS - SHOULDEROK

I’ve created this site to provide honest reviews as well as instructions for DIY equipment. There is an absolutely absurd amount of equipment available for purchase today, and I will help guide you through what is worth using, and what is not.

I will be doing a seminar in Hilo HI on Saturday June 20th covering several topics on movement and strength training. Registration will be limited to 25 people. Once the first 25 people sign up registration will close. This will be a combination lecture/presentation and a lots of hands on work. One on One coaching and refining lifting patterns , rehab, and preventative measure techniques. Please bring attire appropriate to train in as well as snacks and beverages for the day. It will be 7-8hr seminar with a lunch break. Lunch will be catered onsite.

10am - 5pm

Registration fees can be financed over 6 months with zero interest via pill pay. Please email [email protected] with any questions or financing link.

We have added an Observation Only seating option. This is an economical approach for those that want to observe but will not included the individual coaching.

Here is a flyer for distribution locally Hawaii.

I have recently decided to exit my career of 18 years advancing from engineering to executive level leadership the last 8 years. This move has been in the works a long time but its taken a lot of work to be prepared for the transition. It is a scary move leaving the comfort of a career I have excelled at and am known for my success. However I’ve reached a point in my life that I need to follow my passion and my dreams full time. I now have the opportunity to spend more time collaborating, learning, distilling, and sharing that knowledge.

My goal is to add value while continuously improving my relationship with the Strength and Conditioning Community by providing proprietary tools and knowledge designed to optimize physical and psychological human potential.

I am excited about that and making this change is worthy of an epic party to celebrate.

Of course my idea of a party is different than what most people would imagine. So before engaging in beer, booze, and food I’m going to push myself to my physical and mental limits while attempting to set records.

I’m going to be doing a 500lb squat for reps challenge. If I hit 19 reps in 60 seconds it will break the Guinness World record for best squat in a minute. If I hit 24 reps it beats an unlisted record form the 80’s when Tom Platz and Fred Hatfield went head to head for reps with 500lbs.

This will be done walked out and with only knee sleeves and belt.

Here is the link and embedded page for the live stream event!!! Please share this post around!

May 6^th @ 3:30 pm PST

https://youtu.be/uONcEvbIwfI

In the interim here is a video to get you pumped up about the event.

I had big goals going into the meet this last weekend. I was feeling really good for retaking the 220 squat record and making a run and bumping up the total record significantly. My weight was the lowest it had been in years going into the meet so I wasn’t worried about the weight cut and new I would be in better shape than I was used to.

However I was also pumped about helping my partner at EPC pull off a 97 person meet in record time. I pride myself in well run meets and was also looking to step up the ‘stage presence’ for our lifters. The week was busy and stressful at work and I took all my deload days and then some working late at the gym prepping for the meet. Building a steel framed 16×14 platform, automating my monolift, setting up software to manage the timing.

Thursday night I picked up Amit Sapir from the airport who had talked me into letting him do the meet despite not being fully prepped. I took Amit with me on Friday after weigh ins as I ran around town all day doing prep errands for the meet and listening to him say, “what are you doing! Your supposed to be relaxing!”.

I ended up passing out on the carpet in my sons room that evening and then waking up later and staying up till past midnight finalizing the flights and meet, results sheet, and meet software. Then instead of sleeping in I was up early running to the meet to finalize a bunch of prep and help train the table help. I tried to get a nap on the floor of my office but didn’t fall asleep but after the rest was feeling refreshed. It wasn’t till warm-ups I realized just how little prep work I had done for myself.

I didn’t have my deadlift socks, my whiskey, meet day supps, or my knee wrap pliers to name just a few things. I started warming up to late trying to sort out some of the details and then just a few lifters out pulled my knee wrap roller apart with one wrap rolled and the other one stuck on the broken machine. In a mad rush after getting my wrap rolled I sprinted to a chair and did the fasted knee wrap job on myself I’ve ever done…. And I may have pushed (thrown) an EPC teammate 20ft who was sitting in said chair. Then sprinted up the platform and to the bar. I unracked the weight still breathing hard and realizing there was no way in hell I could go down and back up with it.

My head was still messed up when I came up again and still wasn’t physically recovered. I squatted it but cut it high. At this point there was either go for it or not so I had 916 loaded on the bar for my third attempt which I didn’t come out of the hole with.

All in all it was an experience I needed. I like to think I can do everything and still keep going. And I keep talking about how I have to much going on in life. But the simple fact is its not sustainable the rate I’m going at. I have to make some dramatic changes in my life to simplify it. I will never realize what I am capable of nor share the gift and knowledge I have with the strength training community the way I want to unless I make some dramatic changes in my life. I’ve been running with my hair on fire for way to long.

It’s time for change…And change is coming.

The Macebell or Gada is a classical training tool dating back centuries. Its original use was in the wrestling for fighting cultures of ancient Persia and India. My first experience using one was about 8 years ago when I attempted to incorporate it for shoulder development and conditioning. As a competitive powerlifter I quickly abandoned its use finding that combined with my powerlifting training it aggravated my wrist, elbows, and shoulders.

However 2 years ago I decided to make another run at using the macebell again. I had been making tremendous gains in shoulder health and mobility with my progression into Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) and some associated kettlebell work. I decided to try the swing again but focus on some refinement in the movement based on the DNS methodologies. The goal was to simply realize some training efficiency as the swing was a very active warmup. If I could accomplish my rehab, prehab, and warmup all at the same time I would have more time to focus on my actual training.

With the new approach to the swing my shoulder pain that I had been experiencing daily for the last 8 years disappeared after the first 30 days. This is pain that had kept me from sleeping, interfered with my training, and I was only able to manage in the short term with mobilizing and re-seating drills. Gone! I couldn’t believe the change. Being surrounded by powerlifters and strongman I found several other test subjects similar to myself and quickly found that the same thing happened. That was when I decided to develop the tool into what we now are marketing to others as the ShouldeRök™. For further details on the value of the ShouldeRök™ and its impact on eliminating issues caused by open chain barbell movements today done with an open scissor you can watch this video of me presenting on the topic to a room full of clinical rehab specialist.

One of key differentiating features is the easy load ability combined with the length of the product. Most products of this type are shorter which allows for the same weight to be used across a broader spectrum. This approach compromises effectiveness effectiveness of their products but is required for those selling ‘fixed bells’. The length of the ShouldeRök™ is designed to maximize balance as well as the eccentric opening and the requirements for muscle engagement and stability. The ShouldeRök™ is simply a superior product for this reason.

A lot of people regard this as a mobility tool and they are really missing the boat as to the true value it provides. Mobility is an output but it is achieved through developing strength and stability with the proper integration of shoulder to core interactions. The strength and stability are achieved with the proper cueing patterns and core stabilization while applying dynamic load as the shoulder moves through its entire range of motion. In addition all the supporting muscles of the shoulder girdle are engaged and develop particularly as you add progressive load. The ShouldeRök™ and ShouldeRök™ method provide strength development, improve stability and shoulder to core integration, and increase mobility. These improvements are made all with the use of a fun and highly efficient warmup or cool down to any workout.

Over the next year and a half after realizing these changes in my shoulder health I continued to refine the DNS inspired cues and approach to the swing. I also put on my engineering hat and decided to improve the product itself. I lengthened the bell and improved the balance with proper material selection giving it a very unique swing characteristic compared to others on the market. We had some shot loadable bells in the gym but it was such a pain to change the weight that it was never done. With micro-loading progression and small weight differences making a big impact between one athlete to the next I felt that changing weights quickly was a critical piece. I chose to have it plate loadable with Olympic plates. This allowed for developing a loading method that would ensure the safety of the lifter and those around them. Having a weight fly off the end of a bell just wasn’t acceptable, or compromising the proper handle size to use 1” plates. For comfort and control I added knurling and flaring of the handle. The handle has 14″ of flaring so that shorter lifters can choke up on the handle and use it as a shorter device.

The ShouldeRök™ was branded as a separate product than just a macebell due to the unique nature of the specific coaching cues that are provided to customers and significant design refinement of the product. It is simply the best product of its type on the market and video series with it was developed by one of the best strength athletes and strength coaches in the world today.

It’s time to get strong! Its time to get your ShouldeRök™ today!

ADDENDUM - Recent Reviews

IMPROVE SHOULDER MOBILITY AND LOOK LIKE CONAN THE BARBARIAN

Craig Marker, Ph.D., CSCS, SFGII, is a fitness enthusiast who has spent his life trying to help people improve their lives. He is a professor at Mercer University teaching psychology and research methods.

GARAGE GYM REVIEWS – SHOULDEROK

I’ve created this site to provide honest reviews as well as instructions for DIY equipment. There is an absolutely absurd amount of equipment available for purchase today, and I will help guide you through what is worth using, and what is not.

Last week I took a trip to visit my friend Mark Bell at his new facility. We had a great time shooting interviews, podcast, and some great instructional pieces I did with some of his athletes. I’m looking forward to these pieces coming available on the public domain for you to see in the coming weeks.

On the last day before catching a flight out of town we decided to do a quick Q&A from the social media following and posted up request to questions just before the final workout of the visit. Unfortunately there were so many questions that came in we were barely able to get to a fraction of them, but hope that you enjoy the ones we were able to get to.

Additionally here is the workout video for last week which covers the time at SuperTraining.