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Explosiveness, Strength, weight lifting

The Real Difference Between Calisthenics and Weight Lifting

Many people believe that the real difference between bodyweight exercise and weight lifting is only in the difference between using bodyweight and external weight for resistance. This is not true. Both ways of training will make you “stronger” but what does that mean in the context of sports like football, boxing, MMA, track and field or even powerlifting? Well, as many of you have already … Continue reading The Real Difference Between Calisthenics and Weight Lifting

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No kid is born with the hands of Jerry Rice, not even Jerry Rice
Youth Boxing, Youth Football

How To Teach Your Kid to Play Football

Many parents have lofty football aspirations for their children. However, people need to be real about what will be required to make their child exceptional on the football field. The reality is that, no kid is born with the hands of Jerry Rice … not even Jerry Rice. It takes lots of relentless work. That being said, there will be times when your kid may … Continue reading How To Teach Your Kid to Play Football

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Golf is a measure of athletic ability.
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Why Golf Is More Athletic Than Bodybuilding

When people think of athleticism they tend to think of things like the NFL combine, slam dunking a basketball, jumping hurdles or maneuvering through an obstacle course. However, athleticism is more than just the ability to run and jump. Athleticism incorporates hand-eye coordination and the ability to execute different types of movements efficiently. For example, when a golfer swings his driver, there are a lot of mechanics … Continue reading Why Golf Is More Athletic Than Bodybuilding

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They say that some exercise is better than nothing at all. Actually, thats not true.
safety, sports injury prevention

Not All Exercises is Good Exercise, Some Are Useless …

You know the saying goes something like “some exercise is better than doing nothing.” That might be true, but just barely true. Many of the exercises that I will discuss are useful for the purposes of rehab or bodybuilding. However, as part of an everyday regimen that is focused on functional strength or sports performance, the exercises I am about to single out fall short. … Continue reading Not All Exercises is Good Exercise, Some Are Useless …

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They say that in the lifting game, how you perform is 90% mental. Not true at all.
Strength, weight lifting

Some Say That Developing Strength Is 90% Mental … Wrong!

I have heard people in the gym, on YouTube in magazines spout the same crap about breaking plateaus and taking your lifts to the next level: “It’s all in your mind, the game is 90% mental and 10% physical.” Personally, that is such BS. When it comes to elite athletes, if you do not have the physical goods, then you can forget it. If you … Continue reading Some Say That Developing Strength Is 90% Mental … Wrong!

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Specificity is often mis-understood in MMA conditioning
Cardiovascular Training, Explosiveness, Speed, Strength, weight lifting

How the Concept of Specificity is Incorrectly Applied in Combat Sports

If you do a search on YouTube, you can easily find many people perscribing workout plans that seem rather odd. Things such as lifting weights on unstable surfaces to develop balance, throwing punches with resistance bands, pulling sleds and other exercises are all the rage. Especially in sports like Brazilian Jiujitsu, coaches and trainers advocate that their competitive students do activities such as lots of … Continue reading How the Concept of Specificity is Incorrectly Applied in Combat Sports

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safety, sports injury prevention, Strength, weight lifting

Debunking Faux-Science That Effects Your Little Athlete

In the world of YouTube fitness, you don’t have to search for long before you find a lot of videos the constantly spout “common sense” rhetoric and pass it off as profound knowledge. The “common sense” often sounds reasonable or even logical and is often espoused by individuals that mean you no harm. However, the road to disaster is often paved with good intentions. In … Continue reading Debunking Faux-Science That Effects Your Little Athlete

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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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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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