When I was younger, summer was thought of as the time when I can do all the things I need to do to get better for my sports. You could play in a summer league or go to a few camps and feel like you were getting something accomplished. In fact, when I started my [...]
I don’t think there is an argument to be had if I were to say doing deadlifts will make you stronger. I personally feel that doing deadlifts will also make you faster, but you might get some resistance on that by some people. Not many, but some. I didn’t always utilize deadlifts though. I am [...]
If you haven’t heard, I’ve expanded my resume. I’ve recently been named the head boys and girls track coach at Bishop Watterson high school here in Columbus, Ohio. There was an open house this past weekend and I got to meet a lot of potential future high school tracksters. One of the parents asked me [...]
A couple years ago, Tiger Woods was battling through a back injury and made a statement about how he couldn’t activate his glutes. Of course everybody had a field day making jokes about that. Not me. I actually wrote an article about what he could do to get them activated. You can read that article [...]
If basketball tryouts have not already started for your athlete, they will be starting within the week. Hopefully, your athlete did enough to get prepared for tryouts so he/she can make the team. What would one need to do to make sure they were super prepared? Some kids go into it thinking that they were [...]
There are many factors to speed that can affect whether an individual will get faster or not. Running mechanics is huge. If the mechanics aren’t right, then that will definitely affect how fast you can be. Your genetics does play a role. I could have you do the exact training that Usain Bolt does, but [...]
I hear a lot of dumb things that come out of people’s mouths. You’d be amazed at the old school training myths that people still believe. Hello people! Step into the 21st century! I was listening to a soccer player talk about the strength training routine that the strength coach had her do. She felt [...]
I was a strength coach at Columbus Academy about 12-15 years ago. I was doing my darndest to get as many sports into the weight room as possible. I just felt that each team could reap the benefits. Not every sport head coach agreed. Which isn’t too far-fetched. Some coaches are old school and just [...]
One of the frequently asked questions that we get is if we can train your particular athlete for whatever sport they are playing. My simple answer is yes, but it is more complicated than that. If you want to do training for a particular sport, you should really do it for more mature athletes i.e. [...]
When athletes start working with us, their parents usually ask, “Is this something we will have to do forever?” Which is a good question since our service is a paid service. They don’t want to sacrifice their college savings for this. Unless, they are gambling that this will pay off in a college scholarship [...]