Cardiovascular Training, sports injury prevention, Strength

How the Stress of an MMA Fight Can Lead to Death.

Recently in the  news, 2 MMA/Bar Knuckle street fighters were hospitalized after a Bellator broadcast event. One was the street fighter known as Dada 5000. The other was the internet sensation Kimbo Slice. Both were products of the Miami bare-knuckle fight scene. Dafir (Dada) Harris was a known from the documentary Dawg Fight. He also was in the beginning stages of his MMA career. Kimbo was a … Continue reading How the Stress of an MMA Fight Can Lead to Death.

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To prepare for the athletic demands of football, you cannot just do any generic exercise regimen.
Explosiveness, Parenting a young athlete, Strength, Youth Coaching, Youth Football, youth sports

How to Prepare for the Strength Demands of Football

Most people who participate in extracurricular athletic endeavors often believe that an athletic pastime like boxing or wrestling can prepare you for a sport like football. As a result, in the youth football off-season, a lot of kids focus on activities like karate, crossfit or Brazilian jiujitsu as way of staying in shape while football is out. While I do believe that, participating in multiple athletic … Continue reading How to Prepare for the Strength Demands of Football

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Explosiveness, Strength, weight lifting

The Real Difference Between Calisthenics and Weight Lifting

Many people believe that the real difference between bodyweight exercise and weight lifting is only in the difference between using bodyweight and external weight for resistance. This is not true. Both ways of training will make you “stronger” but what does that mean in the context of sports like football, boxing, MMA, track and field or even powerlifting? Well, as many of you have already … Continue reading The Real Difference Between Calisthenics and Weight Lifting

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Being a parent who is emotionally invested in your child's success is a good thing.
Parenting a young athlete, Youth Football, youth sports

Make No Mistake About It … You Should Live Vicariously Through Your Child.

In today’s world, it is very common for people to want to coddle their kids. As a result, when they see you pushing your kid to train and practice, people often assume that you are being abusive or hard on the child. People say things like “you’ll take the fun out of the sport if you keep pushing him (or her) so hard.” Moreover, there is … Continue reading Make No Mistake About It … You Should Live Vicariously Through Your Child.

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Sports Legends are both Born and Made!
Strength, Youth Coaching, Youth Football

Sports Legends are both Born and Made!

Right now, if you were to look across social media, you would see an endless number of people who will tell you that, “You can be whatever you want to be, you just gotta grind harder than the next person.” Basically, they’re saying that in order to be great, you have to outwork and want victory more than the next person. Well, I’ll tell you … Continue reading Sports Legends are both Born and Made!

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there are physical ramifications once an athletes competitive life is over.
safety, Strength

Steroids in Professional Sports … There is a Price to Pay

Most people view performance enhancing substances as a moral issue. Steroids and other PEDs are considered by many to be the cheaters way out. I am not going to argue for or against this point of view, however the drawbacks associated with performance enhancers like steroids are real and permanent. Here are the drawbacks that most critics of steroids never seem to mention. Once you … Continue reading Steroids in Professional Sports … There is a Price to Pay

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No kid is born with the hands of Jerry Rice, not even Jerry Rice
Youth Boxing, Youth Football

How To Teach Your Kid to Play Football

Many parents have lofty football aspirations for their children. However, people need to be real about what will be required to make their child exceptional on the football field. The reality is that, no kid is born with the hands of Jerry Rice … not even Jerry Rice. It takes lots of relentless work. That being said, there will be times when your kid may … Continue reading How To Teach Your Kid to Play Football

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Weight loss doesn't come down to calories in vs calories out.
diet

Your Post and Pre-Workout Meals Could Be Making You Fat.

For many of us, post and pre workout meals are a really important part of our diet schedule. However, many of us have been given, cookie cutter, one-size-fits-all solutions to weight loss that really don’t work. As a matter fact, many of the of the typical post workout meals that people recommend, or even use themselves, may exacerbate weight issues. For example, many people believe … Continue reading Your Post and Pre-Workout Meals Could Be Making You Fat.

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Real athletic training isn't about aesthetics. It's about performance on the field.
Youth Football, youth sports

Getting Buff is Not Getting Fit.

When training a youth athlete, you cannot be overly concerned with the aesthetics that the mainstream fitness community is so pre-occupied with. The reality of athletics is that, it is not a bodybuilding show where the most ripped guy is automatically declared superior. Performance is a priority and results are based on what you can do and not how you look. That being said, so … Continue reading Getting Buff is Not Getting Fit.

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