Question: Jay, I’ve been having a little issue with my energy level the last 2 sessions, mostly because of time constraint. About 2-3 times a week I’m done with work at 6 and get home around 7. I have dinner around 7:15 – 7:30. I go to the gym around 8:30 because it closes at 10:30 and I don’t want to be rushed (I take a shower and relax afterwards).
Anyway, yesterday I had a big salad w/ romaine lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, red peppers, tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic [...]
For months now I have been raving to anyone who would listen about this incredible meditation program that I have been using. Meditation has been shown to lower cortisol levels in the body. When this happens you end up with less stress and body fat and more muscle and energy and an improved sex drive. Pretty awesome, if you ask me. Everyone who has tried this program has reported outstanding results. Listen to what my colleague Keith Scott had to say:
“Got my CD’s last week [...]
Question: Coach Ferruggia, I just wanted to let you know I have been a big fan of your stuff for years and appreciate what you do. I had a quick question about football. What do you do for conditioning with your football players? When do you do it in the weekly schedule? How often?
Thanks a lot man,
Jared Austin
Answer: Jared, this is actually a more complex question than it seems. Conditioning for football is tricky and gets confusing to a lot of coaches and trainers [...]
At least four mornings a week I get up and go for a half hour walk before breakfast. I do this for a few reasons. First of all, I do it for cardiovascular health. Too many people simply lift weights and ignore all the other components of fitness. I do it first thing in the morning because I know that if I start my day by checking email or doing some other sort of work the likelihood of me walking later in the day is very low. I get [...]
By Josh Henkin
Sandbags have a very rich history, maybe more so than any other training implement. For hundreds of years (possibly thousands) sandbags has been an integral training tool for athletes, specifically wrestlers. Why? They are an inexpensive tool that is incredibly versatile and can offer the benefits of unstable training with a challenging load. This is a benefit that many of today’s unstable gadgets can not provide. However, the benefits don’t stop there. Greater stabilizer, trunk, and grip strength can be developed with sandbags as well as [...]
By Dave “The Muscle Cook” Ruel
Makes 4 Servings
Ingredients
* – 1 pound fresh tilapia fillets
* – 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
* – 1 Tbsp. lime zest
* – 1/4 cup freshly-squeezed lime juice
* – 1/4 cup orange juice (preferably freshly-squeezed)
* – 1/2 thai red pepper (optional, only if you like it spicy)
* – 1 tsp. seasalt
* – 1/2 tsp. freshly-ground black pepper
Directions
* 1. In a bowl, mix olive oil, lime zest, lime juice, orange juice, chili sauce and salt and pepper.
* 2. Place tilapia fillets in the dish, turning to coat [...]
Question: Jason, how do you use chains and bands with your athletes? Do you use them on dynamic effort days only or maximal effort days as well? What are the loading parameters?
Answer: The answer to your question is I don’t. About 10 years ago I got caught up using chains and bands with almost everyone I trained. We used them as a form of accommodating resistance on dynamic effort days and some max effort days on our big, basic barbell lifts like squats, deads and presses.
After doing [...]
Question: Coach, I understand that you are a vegetarian like me. I was just wondering if you would be willing to post an example of what your diet looks like.
Thanks,
Keith
Answer: This is a question I get a lot so for whoever is interested here is what a typical day looks like for me. Keep in mind that I am trying to gain back a lot of weight that I lost due to an injury. I have gained 20lbs of muscle back in the last [...]
Q: What are the top two common myths that coaches still believe in regarding speed development?
A: There are so many myths regarding speed development and proper training but I will give you some that I hear all of the time from coaches.
1. Speed work is running 100 yards or 200 yards or repeat 40’s with little or no rest.
This is False. I have coaches tell me all the time that their athletes are doing speed work and then goes into telling me that his athletes are running beasts, suicides, repeat [...]
Question: Jay, do you believe in training to failure?
Answer: I am an advocate of training to failure.
I am also an advocate of not training to failure.
It really depends on the person and situation. I have tried to break it down and explain this before but it seems to get too confusing for a lot of people.
For this reason I tell everyone to train to “clean” failure or “technical” failure. That means you stop your set right before your form starts to break down or you start to [...]
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