Height is shooting up faster than you can say "growth spurt."Hip structures are widening. Thighs and legs are lengthening. Coordination feels funky and not as smooth as it once was. On top of all of this, emotions are boiling, and the mood is in constant oscillation. Wait a minute. Fatigue is creeping in too. The life of a pre-adolescent girl...

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The best part about quarantine is that I've become a better trainer. Like everyone else, I have been locked in my home and been making do with what I have around the house. For many, that can be just one dumbbell!If you are looking for a pure metabolic sweat session, pick that bad boy up and give this 4-6 rounds...

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Attention baseball players, football, hockey, lacrosse…almost any athlete in a sport requiring agility, quickness, and rotational power. Want to improve your performance? Try boxing!I have used boxing training with excellent results! Including hockey players, football wide receivers and linemen, baseball, and numerous other athletes. Why? SO many reasons! Here are a few of my top.1. Quickness and Agility. First, let's...

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Staying fit is essential in every sport, and a considerable part of overall fitness is stretching. Stretching increases your range of motion and blood flow to the body, but it also decreases the likelihood of injury. Stretching can also help with muscle soreness after a workout and a hard practice. Depending on the sport and the athlete, different areas of...

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In all areas of life and performance, the myth of motivation remains. The idea that some people are motivated while others are not, to make a character judgment based on the will to complete a task, is absurd. The truth is that nobody is motivated all the time; that is not normal! Motivation is not a stable character trait. It...

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Bodyweight exercises are great! I love them. I feel like after the past few months I have become a lot more experienced with them to the point where my standard programming for my athletes will include a lot more bodyweight variations. These workouts provide so much benefit from a movement competency, work capacity, and variation standpoint. You also may have...

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Your shoulders are involved with almost every act of performance in sports, as well as many in training. They help you look bigger and stronger when appropriately developed. A wide pair of shoulders can even help your waist look smaller. Regardless of the desire, training your shoulders is a must. Basics are great when it comes to training them, but...

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Peak Performance is an all-encompassing paradigm to include training, reload practices, and fueling strategies. What seems to become an afterthought as the demand increases throughout the year, is the value rest and reload has on the athletes’ ability to perform at the absolute highest level possible. Athletes, whether you are a short-stop on the Astros or an age-group triathlete, you...

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During the midst of this global pandemic, it is easy to become complacent; it is okay to feel anger, frustration, and sadness. I feel those emotions, not for myself, but for the senior baseball players who may not have another chance to play the sport they love again. My heart is especially heavy for two senior baseball pitchers. They have...

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If you play soccer, your risk of groin injury is relatively high, as studies show that more than half of all soccer players injure this area during their lifetime. This research also reveals that male soccer players have groin injuries almost three times as often as female players (29% versus 10%, respectively). Preventing injuries to this area of the body...

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