6 Common Mistakes Young Athletes Make When Starting a Strength Program
Getting stronger and faster, and making the most of your athletic ability is not easy. It's even more difficult when you have no idea where to start. The majority of [...]
Simplicity Is Always the Key When Strength Training Youth Athletes
What is the overall purpose and/or goal of training for athletic performance at the middle school and high school levels? Any response given to this question will likely file under [...]
How the Fire Hydrant Exercise Can Improve Your Performance
The Fire Hydrant exercise is extremely popular among those looking for a firmer butt. But just because it's a staple in most “butt lift” videos doesn’t mean that athletes can’t [...]
5 Weight Training Exercises For Student-Athletes
Teaching student-athletes the ins and outs of the weight room is tricky. How much do you want to teach them? How much should they attempt to lift? Keep the first [...]
How You Sleep, Eat and Hydrate Matters More Than Any Other Recovery Technique
Every athlete I train is looking for that edge that can put them over the top. Most young athletes believe that if they simply lift weights more often, they will [...]
How to Design Strength and Conditioning Programs for Youth Athletes
Athletic sport-specific programs have become a popular approach to training youth athletes. Anacdotally, the strength and conditioning field has begun...
Get Tougher With Skylar Diggins-Smith’s Bodyweight Workout
When Skylar Diggins entered the WNBA as a rookie in 2013, she encountered a level of physicality she wasn't expecting. She says, "My first year, I felt like a pinball. [...]
The 5 Most Common Weak Spots in Athletes (and How to Fix Them)
You already spend lots of time training the obvious muscles. You know, the ones that look good in the mirror. But in the process, you might be missing the weak [...]
7 Safe and Effective Bodyweight Exercises for Pre-Teen Athletes
A general consensus among health and fitness professionals is for pre-teen athletes to gradually ease into weight training by initially performing multi-joint bodyweight exercises (e.g., Wall Squats, Multidirectional Lunges, Step-Ups, [...]
3 Strategies to Help Golfers Get the Most Out of the Weight Room
Golf is a wonderful game that many people are able to play for the majority of their life. While most people play it as a game of leisure, competitive golfers [...]
