
Can You Go?
Assessments and Program Design for the Active Athlete and Everybody Else
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Dan John
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Training people in sport as coaches or in fitness as personal trainers is certainly rewarding work. But there's a problem: What do we do next? There are countless books on diet and exercise and hundreds of machines, devices, and gimmicks to train people, and new gadgets and gizmos are popping up with every passing day.
Can You Go? answers this question: What do we need to do next?
Appropriate assessment leads to an appropriate answer. When we find a mobility issue, let's focus on mobility work. The same is true for both body composition and strength - we focus on what we need to do, not what we want to do.
For the performance athlete, sometimes assessment can be the short, brutal, and harsh question, "Can you go?" Lessons from this frankness can be learned by both the coach and the trainer. The deconditioned and the elite share the same basic human body. Our job is to enhance performance and quality of life with every training situation.
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- Elisha Rose Guidry
- 08-08-18
Audio listening helped me connect w/ Author.
Loved this material and would recommend to friends, associates - anyone interested in fitness! 😊
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- Josh
- 01-18-17
A diamond mine...
As I age and become wiser I realize the depth of Dan John's work. As I listened to this, I found myself smiling and shaking my head while thinking "This is brilliant." There are so many gems throughout this book. And each gem isn't just great advice; it's years or decades of wisdom condensed down into a sentence clarity. Condensing makes it simple, but I think it also makes it easy to miss... Listen closely! As you learn in this field and in life, you'll look back and see a wealth of knowledge contained in Can You Go... If you're wiser than I, you'll see that sooner, rather than later.
FANTASTIC LISTEN!! (And read, of course. I bought the book as well.)
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- Coach Zeljko Jelec
- 05-22-15
Must read for coaches and anybody involved in fitn
I could listen to Dan for hours. So much experience and common sence in every sentence.
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- Nick
- 06-03-15
Awesome....as usual.
If you could sum up Can You Go? in three words, what would they be?
Minimalist, Simplicity, and Awesome.
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Having gone to a Dan John seminar a few times, his work really resonates with my principles of physical fitness. Like all his other pieces, this is well written, easy to follow, and read by Dan himself. I would definitely encourage others to read this book.
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-15-16
Great info
Wish he had this professionally narrated. It was difficult to follow because authors narration. Great info. I'd recommend a hard copy of the book instead.
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- Branden Bonk
- 04-22-16
Always enlightening
Dan hits the nail on the head...again. I enjoy the relatable way he discusses his topics. The only downfall of this recording is the quality. There is a lot of echo which can make it hard to hear and tough to listen to at first. Eventually I was able to block it out but it was distracting ever so often.
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- Dogmama
- 05-01-17
The real deal
If you could sum up Can You Go? in three words, what would they be?
Dan John is the real deal. "Eat like an adult" is so simple but unfortunately we need to hear it. He talks about honest assessments and corrective exercises. He eschews the single joint, mirror muscle exercises in favor of compound work that builds strength, fitness and has applications in the real world. This audiobook is on my IPod permanently. I can skip to any section and be inspired. All of his work is great.
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- braden
- 05-26-15
Assessment simplified
Dan john's best work yet. So much practical insight and knowledge. The simplified assessment model alone is worth the listen.
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- Ryan
- 09-02-15
Must have
Most intelligent book about training I have read. A must have for strength and conditioning coaches or personal trainers.
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- Kelly Peter Frantz
- 07-03-16
Great book
I would highly recommend this book to anyone working in the fitness industry. Dan John has a very simple logical approach to fitness.
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