“Less than 5% of high school football players go through all of their off-season workouts. Less than 5% of high school football players play at the collegiate level.” I saw that quote somewhere and wondered if someone actually knew that stat or just made it up. But, it sounded pretty legit to me. All of [...]
You’ve finally graduated high school. Your high school days are officially over. But, you are one of the few lucky ones. You have accepted an offer from a college to continue playing the sport you love. It is a pretty cool decision. You had a signing day with other classmates who are playing their sport [...]
Every summer we get a bump in attendance as kids want to take advantage of no school, extra free time, and get better. We also lose a handful of kids because the summer training with their school is ramping up. The summer training is supposed to handle all the needs of the athlete – speed, [...]
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 [...]
Way back when, I was working with a female basketball player who was going to play at an ACC school. She had just finished her senior year and wanted to get a little prepared for college basketball. She only gave me about 5-6 weeks to work with her before she was going to report to [...]
I’ve told this story before, but a couple years ago I went to watch one of my athletes compete in the state track and field championships. Aziza was running the 800M as a junior and hoping to win her first title. My daughter and I went to talk with her and wish her luck before [...]
During my daughter’s soccer season, I witnessed an athlete fall and get a concussion. I witnessed two other athletes fall and break their wrists. Last year, we had three athletes that fell breaking their wrist (only one while actually training at our place – accidents happen). You start to fall and automatically reach behind you [...]
I’m a 46 year old man. I’ve been working out or been active my entire life. As I’ve gotten older, I have a certain annual plan that I do with my workouts. My workouts are centered around 4 month training plans, which in a year means I cycle through these 3 times. Within this training [...]
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 [...]
Back in the day, there were all sorts of rules about training female athletes. They were deemed fragile and you had to adjust your training accordingly. In fact, one of my female wellness clients told me when she was younger, gym teachers told them lifting was dangerous for girls because their vaginas could fall out. [...]