Maximize Your Vertical Jump
All athletes want to be as athletic as they possibly can to outmatch their opponents and also be able to take their athletic careers as far as possible. In many [...]
What Coaches and Parents Need To Know About Training the Pre-Adolescent Female Athlete
Height is shooting up faster than you can say "growth spurt." Hip structures are widening. Thighs and legs are lengthening. Coordination feels funky and not as smooth as it once [...]
Common Exercises That Need Swapped!
The simple fact that some of these versions may be too complex for the everyday gym user and, and that you can perform the same movement with something less technical.
8 Core Exercises That Are Better Than Sit-Ups
What’s Wrong With the Sit-Up? For decades the bent-knee sit-up has served as the go-to core exercise by military personnel, sports coaches, and physical education teachers alike. While there may [...]
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Applying Concepts of Shock Training to Pitching: Part 1, The Weight Room
To throw at elite velocities, pitchers must be able to produce a lot of force in a short amount of time. Strength plays an important role in this, but when [...]
3 Lower-Body Exercise Alternatives for Back Squats
"Put the bar on your back!" "Lower! Butt all the way to the floor!" Those were the early days of my weight training journey. Like many skinny kids, I was [...]
Putting the Brakes On: Understand the Keys to Deceleration
Movement skill acquisition is an essential piece to the development of an athlete throughout their career. Whether they are a novice, elite or somewhere in between they must possess specific [...]
3 Reason Why Athletes Should Train Around Injuries
Injuries are an inevitable part of sports. Anyone who has been an athlete for long has suffered an injury. I have had most any injury you can think of and [...]
4 Exercises Missing From Your Training Programming and Why You Need Them
The perfect program doesn't exist, but we can always work toward putting together the most optimal program for our athlete in their given situation. I always say that when I [...]