I work with a lot of high school athletes, and one of the joys of that is dealing with their parents. From my experience there are two types of sports parents. The first group (otherwise known as my favorite) has their child’s best interest at heart, and search out...
READ MOREI recently wrote about jogging, and how it did nothing to prepare an athlete for an anaerobic based sport. Strength Coach Joe Meglio (from The Underground Strength Gym) echoed my sentiments in his own article, and went on to point out how it applies to pitchers. ...
READ MORE“You guys. You lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you??!” “LOLLYGAGGERS!!” When was the last time you saw one of your favorite professional athletes jogging...
READ MOREI was talking to a coach at local high school the other day. We talk training a couple times a week. As soon as he saw me I knew he had a story to tell me. He has been running the offseason conditioning program for the football team. He introduced the team to the...
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Olympic Lifting vs. Powerlifting training for sports…the argument is as old as time it seems. I have never understood why these two training styles seem to be mutually exclusive. Why do you have to choose between them? It has long been accepted that Olympic lifting...
READ MOREThat question is asked ad nauseum, but why? Why did the bench press become the staple of manhood measuring?! Probably the same reason the guy asking the question drives an F-650 and skips the shower after training, but I digress. There was a time where the Military...
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For those of you familiar with the traditions of Festivus, you will obviously remember the “Feats of Strength”. Now while I personally think the airing of the grievances is a much more rewarding custom, the FOS definitely are not without merit. And quite honestly, I...
READ MOREHomer Simpson put it best when he pondered, “Donuts…is there anything they can’t do?” Those sweet little edible delights are quite obviously one of man’s top 5 greatest accomplishments. Perhaps moving up a slot depending on whether you believe we did land on the...
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Why do sports coaches think that they are strength coaches? I have never understood this. More to the point, why do schools think that team sports coaches are capable of being a strength coach as well. I know that in these hard economic times that schools can’t...
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