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Coffee…An Ergogenic Aid For Your Performance?

May 8, 2013
Brandon
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Cup of Coffee by fhansenphoto

Are you like me first thing in the morning by the fact that if you don’t get your coffee do you immediately transform into a Grizzly bear and savagely destroy anything in your path to get to that first cup? Ok, maybe it’s not that bad, but if you are a coffee junkie then you know where I’m coming from. So what about that funky word Ergogenic Aid you read in the title? Well, you’re lucky I’ve had my coffee today because I’m going to dive into that right here in today’s post!

Sports Done Backwards…Youth Strength Training Fail???

April 27, 2013
Brandon
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Singapore Sports School by chloe.Ry

The other day I started reading a little article about youth athletes and the number of travel teams, sports leagues, and other things that we have these days for exposing youngsters to the world of athletic competition. There is no doubt about the growth of these leagues in nearly every sport and it seems that the population continues to grow more and more every season.

As a strength coach I’ve been fortunate to work with a great deal of pro level athletes, but I’ve also trained a great deal of youngsters as well over the years. Because of the training experience with the youngsters I want to talk about a possible problem with a great deal of America’s approach to sports, at least to a certain degree.

Overtraining…More Doesn’t Mean Better!

April 24, 2013
Brandon
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Sleepy Female Lion, South Africa by JenvanW

So lately I’ve had some folks email me and come to me to tell me that they have had trouble sleeping at night and have been burned out on even thinking about training themselves as of late. I took the time to examine where they were coming from and tried to dive a little deeper into the reasons as to why they would be experiencing these not so normal physical symptoms. Well make sure to get your favorite Bond movie ready because it may be the actual solution to your training woes here in the short term my friend.

MMA Strength And Conditioning That Would Even Get Chuck’s Approval…

April 11, 2013
Brandon
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Chuck Norris by shankarrana13

Yep, today I want to dive into a bit of strategy in terms of your approach to developing an Elite level MMA strength and conditioning program. I have found that MMA and other forms of fighting (martial arts) involve a more total commitment to conditioning the body for the rigors of battling on a physical level with another human being. I mean let’s face it, if it’s just you and the guy or girl in front of you in the ring, in the cage, or on the mat then you better be physically prepared to endure the task at hand. Nobody said it would be easy, especially if that guy in front of you is Chuck Norris. Ok, let’s not even go there. Chuck could kill you with nothing more than a stare.

Some Strength And Fitness Products To Consider…

March 22, 2013
Brandon
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Only then you have my permission to die - only when you have decided to utilize the right tools do you have my permission to whine about not deadlifting more than me!

So today I want to give you a peak at some interesting fitness products in order to help you accelerate your physical learning curve rapidly into that next level of performance. Look, progress can only be made by teaching yourself how to challenge yourself! Let that one sink in for a second.

The point is that you don’t want to be standing still when it comes to making significant gains in your personal level of strength and performance. If you are standing still and not growing your strength training knowledge then you don’t have a right to “whine” about hitting that new PR or showing out when you step out on the football field to go to work. It’s all about smart general physical preparedness (GPP).