I’ve been using the WHOOP band since the beginning of the year. I’ve been using it with some of my athletes as well to monitor their numbers and see if I can learn patterns about what workouts cause what type of stress (or they call it strain) on the athletes. The cool part of the [...]
I am as guilty as any private coach when selling my services. You have a prospective new client in front of you and you start discussing all the fabulous people you have had the pleasure to work with. You start discussing this athlete that won a state title and that athlete that is participating at [...]
“I need to get faster.” OR, “I need to get my kid faster.” I hear those phrases or something like them a lot, but they are said with such a blasé faire attitude like they can just go to the store and buy it in a can. Improving your speed is much like improving your [...]
I’ve been constantly researching how to improve one’s immune system during this coronavirus period. I don’t think improving it is any different than before honestly, but now I feel it is strongly recommended that you give it a try. This was going to be a topic of discussion with my track team this spring, but [...]
I have learned so much about nutrition and recovery these last 8 months or so. And a lot of it has come from professional athletes and how they are utilizing both strategies. Especially, the athletes that are getting older and have only a few years potentially left in their careers. They have learned that if [...]
I don’t know how many people read my blog posts. I’m guessing it is in the tens of people. I’ve always focused the blog on sports – training for sports, sports athletes, interviews of my clients, what is working for these athletes to make them better. I like to focus on sports because you know [...]
I was not a Bulls fan. I was never a Michael Jordan fan. I respected him, but never liked him. Never owned a single Air Jordan anything. But, I did enjoy watching the ESPN documentary, The Last Dance. There were some things I had forgotten about and there were some things I had no clue [...]
Almost two months ago we were shut down and everything stopped. For athletes that meant spring sports were done and summer sports were/are iffy at best. When that initially happened, I thought that my athletes would be clamoring for workouts to stay in shape. “Hey, we can’t practice or play [insert sport here] with our [...]
The new normal now is to social distance yourself from everyone except who you live with in your immediate household. If you go somewhere else where there are people, be prepared to walk around in your bubble suit. That being said, this takes you away from the gym and any type of working out with [...]
This pandemic has affected so many facets of our society. I know and get that, but I’m going to talk about the cancellation of sports and the young athletes that it affects. I am a speed and strength coach, so you don’t want me analyzing the economy correct? School sports are suspended or cancelled. Club [...]