Let’s face it. Everyone wants to look better. I don’t know too many people that don’t want to gain more muscle or lose bodyfat. It’s human nature. You want to appeal to the opposite sex and command respect from you peers. I am obsessed with human performance and train for strength and function first and foremost, but even I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to look better. We all do.
But wanting and doing are two entirely different things. Everyone wants to dramatically transform [...]
Question: Coach, can you give me a quick overview of how you implement plyos, speed and agility work with your athletes?
Answer: Ok, just so everyone is on the same page here, plyos consist of jumping, bounding and hopping exercises. These can be done off of one or two legs. Some of the simplest and most effective plyos are vertical jumps for height, box jumps, hurdle jumps, and broad jumps. Speed work consists of short sprints from 10-50 yards. When we discuss speed we usually mean straight ahead speed, [...]
In today’s fast paced, busy society a great majority of people are stressed out beyond anything that could be considered a healthy level. All of that stress leads to increased cortisol production and decreased testosterone and growth hormone production, which in turn leads to less muscle and lots of bodyfat; not to mention a lack of sex drive, inability to relax or concentrate and a whole host of other problems like frequent illnesses and nagging injuries.
Meditation has long been known to reduce stress and relax the [...]
Written in 2006 For Todays Man magazine
Remember when exercise used to be fun; when you used to get endless hours of physical activity each week without ever dreading the thought of it? Remember when you used to be able to break out into a full sprint without the fear of pulling a hamstring? How about when you could stand up from your chair without your lower back hurting?
Oh, to be young.
Or maybe it’s actually what we were when we were young…athletes.
Sure as we get older we lose muscle mass and [...]
“People think if they’re working 14 hour days that they are getting more done. WRONG. If you work for 11 hours and then do something physical for 3 hours, you’ll be far more productive in those 11 hours than you’d be in 14 hours. It takes energy to make energy- otherwise you’re just sitting at your desk in a daze, feeling overwhelmed by all the things you think you need to do. And then that goes on for years and it comes time to retire, but you’re so out of [...]
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