Month: February 2016

Explosiveness, Speed, Strength, Youth Football

If You’re Trying to Make Your Child Buff, Then You Could Be Hurting His Athleticism.

The sad thing about the mainstream fitness industry is that most people associate weight or resistance training with getting buff or swole. As a result, many people avoid weights and opt to jump on a treadmill. Or the go to the opposite extreme and pursue excessive muscle gain. Moreover, the top Youtube fitness gurus are all buff and ripped. They put motivational videos up and … Continue reading If You’re Trying to Make Your Child Buff, Then You Could Be Hurting His Athleticism.

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obesity, Strength, youth sports

Giving Children the Gift of Sports

In today’s sedentary world, obesity is on the rise. People from all walks of life, who have kids are starting to pay attention to the increasing waistlines of today’s children. Many of us see the rampant obesity in today’s children as an epidemic. The modern human is still only a hunter gatherer that exists in a world without hunting or gathering. Moreover, the food that we … Continue reading Giving Children the Gift of Sports

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Cardiovascular Training, Explosiveness, Strength, Youth Football, Youth Powerlifting

What Does it Mean to Be Functionally Strong

If there is one word that is overused by the fitness community it is the term “functional.” Everyone is talking about functional strength. But what is functional strength? Functional strength is the strength that people use day in and day out. It refers to our ability to lift things and put them down, stand up from a laying position or lay down from a standing … Continue reading What Does it Mean to Be Functionally Strong

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Explosiveness, Speed, Strength, Youth Basketball, Youth Boxing, Youth Football, Youth Powerlifting, youth sports, Youth Wrestling

The Taboo of Discussing Fast-Twitch Implications

Several decades ago, I sports commentator named Jimmy The Greek talked about the superiority of Black athletes on television. He said that the Black was often superior due to the fact that Blacks had more fast-twitch muscle fiber (or something to that effect).  He also elaborated as to why Blacks had more fast-twitch muscle fiber and as the story goes he was in hot water. … Continue reading The Taboo of Discussing Fast-Twitch Implications

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Explosiveness, sports injury prevention, Strength, Uncategorized, youth sports

There is No Safe Sport!

Taking into consideration the nationwide discussion surrounding football safety and concussions, there seems to be a growing contingent that is opposed to youth athletes participating in tackle football. It should come as no surprise when you see some athletes (even former combat athletes and coaches) who love watching football, condemn people who allow their children to play tackle or pop-warner football. And even though there … Continue reading There is No Safe Sport!

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Explosiveness, Strength, weight lifting, Youth Powerlifting

Weight Training and Weight Testing Are Two Different Things

It is a common belief among people who lift weights that in order for a person to get stronger he must progressively lift more weight. While there is truth to this weight lifting philosophy, people often do not understand the ramifications of incorporating this idea into ones training regimen. Accordingly, it is widely believed and even taught (by some YouTube fitness enthusiasts) that in order … Continue reading Weight Training and Weight Testing Are Two Different Things

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Explosiveness, Strength, weight lifting

Why Full Body Workouts Are Better than Split Routines!

The fact about full body and split routines is that historically, split routines are the product of modern bodybuilding culture. Ever since competitive professional bodybuilding became a thing, bodybuilders became proponents of this thing called split routines. This is when people would designated separate days for different parts of the body. This was done so that people could give certain body parts a day or two … Continue reading Why Full Body Workouts Are Better than Split Routines!

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Strength, Youth Football

Diamond Push Up Progressions

Have you ever noticed that when you go to the gym, not too may people are ever doing pushups. It’s almost as though the bench press has replaced the pushup. Well, contrary to popular opinion, the push up is such a valuable lift that it should never be removed from your workout toolbox. You never can outgrow the pushup. Here is the reason why. The pushup … Continue reading Diamond Push Up Progressions

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Strength

Why Am I Not Making Progress?

I keep hearing people make the same comments over and over gain. “Everybody wants to get big, but nobody wants to lift heavy-ass weight.” Well, guess what? There is truth to this comment. A lot of lifters want to go to the gym and just get under that bar in order to convince themselves that they are doing something. Then they spend the majority of that … Continue reading Why Am I Not Making Progress?

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sports injury prevention, Strength, weight lifting

How Often Should I Train?

The question of how often one should train is a very tricky question. Yet, there is a definitive clear cut answer. Optimally, everyone who is serious about gaining strength or explosiveness should train every day. Now, I know most people are waiting to drag me over this comment but let me explain. Most of us agree that there is a point at which you should … Continue reading How Often Should I Train?

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