As a speed and strength coach, I’m privy to a lot of research that is out there to help your kids get better at their sport. This is obviously beneficial to you since I am able to keep up with the latest cutting edge information while developing your athlete. I’m also a parent of two [...]
Here are two fun facts you might not have known about September. It is the month of my birthday and it is the month for National Childhood Obesity Awareness. My birthday, you probably don’t care about, but the other…well. Obesity rates in general are sky high in our country. It is only natural to assume [...]
As the years have gone by, I have learned to pay more attention to the benefits of fiber. If you are like me, you definitely notice when you have been eating greasy foods, processed foods, or foods generally not that good for you.Nature calls just a little too often and your toilet bowl does NOT [...]
As our athletes come back to school and start sports, it wouldn’t hurt to examine what we need to do to help boost their immune system. I’ve been doing some fun research on this and have learned a lot, but today’s post will focus primarily on the foods you need to consume to improve the [...]
You don’t see many NBA stars playing well age 35 or older like Lebron James has done this season. I believe Steve Nash is the only player older than Lebron to lead the league in assists. Nash was 36 and Lebron is 35. I’ve written several blog posts throughout the years about Lebron and his [...]
As we hope that fall sports is happening, a lot of athletes have been working their butt off getting in the best shape possible. They’ve also been trying to get their speed as fast as they can and their strength as strong as they can. There is one missing element that if addressed, I feel [...]
I continue to learn better and better methods to help your athletes get faster. Some of those methods require specifics that are beyond what I can provide – expensive equipment, more space, etc. But once you learn the theory behind some of those methods, it is trying to figure out a way to inject it [...]
I’m a believer in wearable devices, in particular the Whoop band. The data that can be extrapolated from these devices really makes us better prepared on what we need to do to improve our fitness. I’ve talked about how the PGA tour has purchased a bunch of bands for all the players, caddies, and tour [...]
As much as I can’t stand social media right now, I think I have disciplined my twitter feed to just showing relevant training content from some of the best performance coaches out there. I love reading their stuff and see how I can apply it to my training for my athletes. Recently, I’ve been reading [...]
I am a firm believer that speed can be improved. Anyone looking to improve speed, if you can get them stronger I feel you got a great shot to getting them faster. Yes, it is a little more complex than just getting them stronger. There certainly are some strategies involved with that. But, typically if [...]