Your Child Does NOT Have Time to Train In-Season
What holds you back from training while in-season? “I don’t want to get hurt”“I don’t want to be sore for gameday”“I don’t have time”“I don’t want to lift heavy, just…
Sleep: Managing Light and Dark
According to the Sleep Foundation, “Light is the most important external factor affecting sleep.” While most people intuitively know that it’s easier to sleep when it’s dark, the link between…
Injuries and Athletes
I had a professor once who summed up the complexities of the knee in one simple sentence: “Our creator made two mistakes: the knee joint and bananas.” Not exactly sure…
Benefits of Non-Structured Exercise
There are days when getting to the gym is hard. You might not feel like you have time, you might still be recovering from the previous day's workout, or you…
Training for the Long Haul
What is more important to you - being stronger, bigger, or fitter in 6 months? Or having a more fulfilling, functional, and independent life in 20-30 years? Are these options…
Training Endurance for Youth Athletes
There was nothing worse than messing up a drill in soccer practice and hearing the coach yell “get on the line” from across the field. Suicides. It filled all of…
You Time
When was the last time you took sometime for yourself? If your answer is the last time you used the bathroom, then listen up! We all have responsibilities in our…
Coach Madison: Why I Coach Youth Athletes
Picture this: Middle school gym class warm-ups. Last movement the class is doing is 10 push-ups. Not a crazy complicated movement, but something that I was completely unable to do…
Even If Your Best Is Awful
Mr. H was one of my favorite teachers in high school. I didn’t meet him until my senior year, but he had a profound impact on my development. As a…
Myth: Your Knees Shouldn’t Go Past Your Toes In A Squat
“I’ve heard that if you squat with your knees past your toes THEY’LL EXPLODE!” I’m sure a decent amount of individuals were cringing as they watched our pistol squat breakdown…
