Tag: Explosiveness

To prepare for the athletic demands of football, you cannot just do any generic exercise regimen.
Explosiveness, Parenting a young athlete, Strength, Youth Coaching, Youth Football, youth sports

How to Prepare for the Strength Demands of Football

Most people who participate in extracurricular athletic endeavors often believe that an athletic pastime like boxing or wrestling can prepare you for a sport like football. As a result, in the youth football off-season, a lot of kids focus on activities like karate, crossfit or Brazilian jiujitsu as way of staying in shape while football is out. While I do believe that, participating in multiple athletic … Continue reading How to Prepare for the Strength Demands of Football

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Real athletic training isn't about aesthetics. It's about performance on the field.
Youth Football, youth sports

Getting Buff is Not Getting Fit.

When training a youth athlete, you cannot be overly concerned with the aesthetics that the mainstream fitness community is so pre-occupied with. The reality of athletics is that, it is not a bodybuilding show where the most ripped guy is automatically declared superior. Performance is a priority and results are based on what you can do and not how you look. That being said, so … Continue reading Getting Buff is Not Getting Fit.

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Explosiveness, Speed, Strength, weight lifting

Keys To Explosive Jumping Power

Many people spend their entire lives working on, but never being successful at, dunking a basketball. It’s one of those things that athletes do that bring the crowd to its feet. Every great basketball player that I can think of could dunk. As coveted as the move is, only a small fraction of people who have ever enjoyed playing basketball have been able to dunk. … Continue reading Keys To Explosive Jumping Power

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Explosiveness, Strength, weight lifting

Hard Work Doesn’t Guarantee Results

I’m pretty sure that everyone is familiar with the people that they see at the gym who are trying to lose weight or get stronger but seem to stay the same, year after year. For some reason, certain individuals just do not find the success they are striving for in the gym. Many of these people are consistently working hard and eating right, but it’s … Continue reading Hard Work Doesn’t Guarantee Results

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