3 Keys to Speed
Of all aspects of performance training, the one that almost all athletes look to improve before anything else is speed. Speed kills…and if improved it can have a significant impact on your performance. Typically when we think of “speed training” we think sprints, sled towing, running hills, over speed, or treadmills. But these are simply […]
Leg Development for Athletes
So you’re an athlete who wants to increase lower body strength. Makes sense, leg development can unleash all types of performance gains on the turf, or track. So you throw a couple wheels on a barbell, dig in and begin a regimen that looks a lot like this…squats, squats, squats, deadlifts, deadlifts, leg press, squats […]
Being a Coachable Athlete
Once upon a time ago I was a young, talented athlete with so many opportunities and athletic potential in front of me. I didn’t know it at the time because I just loved to play sports. Back in the 90’s there weren’t as many resources for kids to develop their skills, so playing multiple sports […]
3 Upper Body Presses to Build your Bench Press
Upper body pressing is undoubtedly necessary to all sports and levels of athletes. Oftentimes you’ll hear coaches from a variety of sports outside of football and rugby argue why upper body pressing is unnecessary but this is far from the truth. Because of the biomechanics of most pressing movements such as glenohumeral horizontal adduction, elbow […]
3 Tips for an Improved Vertical Jump
The vertical jump is an explosive movement that you’ll find most athletes debating about whose is higher. But bragging rights about who can jump the highest isn’t the only benefit of having a high vertical jump, it’s an expression of pure vertical power and directly correlates to the initial burst you see from athletes who […]
10 Ways Competitive Sports Prep Kids for Future Success Pt2.
When we talk about the benefits of competitive sports, we often think about the opportunities to earn scholarships to the best schools, earn a free education, and opportunities to compete on the largest collegiate stages. These are all true possibilities that participating in competitive sports can bring to your youth athlete. I also feel that […]
10 Ways Competitive Sports Prep Kids for Future Success Pt. 1
One of the things I love most about sports is how the lessons you learn transcends the actual sport itself. What I mean by that is in order to become a great competitive athlete you have to tap into the same energy that’s required to build a fortune 500 company, become the top sales person […]
Competing with Character
When we hear the word character as it relates to sports it’s usually summed up as having good sportsmanship. Typically this looks like shaking hands with your opponents after a win or lose, or maybe helping an opposing player up after they’ve been intentionally, or unintentionally knocked down. This is what I feel most young […]
3 Deceleration Drills To Improve Agility
The ability to decelerate, or break during competition is critical for sports that require agility and the ability to change direction. We constantly find ways to build this skill with our athletes not only to improve their performance, but to also keep them healthy. At my gym, the Boost Performance Center, our approach to all […]
Youth Training: Keeping it fun & Fresh
Having a gym that exclusively works with youth athletes finding ways to keep training fun, exciting, and fresh is always important. It is challenging though given that more athletes today have taken the specialized sport route. It’s as if youth athletes today come out of the womb as soccer, football, or baseball players, locking themselves […]