Benefits of Strength Training
Many today in the world of fitness and athletics are often bringing up the topic of strength training, especially when it comes to athletes. Strength training is loosely defined as using bodyweight and free weight exercises in order to build up muscular strength and...
Technology and Training
In this day and age society has become much more reliant on technology to improve our lives. We have gotten to the point where we can run our homes, work, and chores from a digital device while sitting on our comfortable couch. The ease of living has increased obesity...
Proper Nutrition
Proper nutrition in sports is absolutely essential to the modern-day athlete. Regardless of if the athlete is professional, collegiate, high school, or younger, they need to be fueling their bodies properly. Without proper nutrition, the athlete will struggle to...
Attitude is Everything
Much of life, especially in athletics, is out of our control. Decisions are made in games that athletes have absolutely no control over. Refs can choose to make calls, other players make dirty plays, coaches make decisions on lineups, and so much more. However, there...
Sport Specific Training
Sport-specific training is an important topic that has been researched and discussed more in recent years. Simply defined, it is focused on training programs that incorporate in muscle groups and exercises that will help an athlete within their particular sport. Some...
Exercise of the Month
Frontal Plane Agility, Power, and Stability This month's exercise is a fun little movement that focuses on footwork, power, and stability all in the frontal plane. All you need to perform this movement are two hurdles, cones, or balls. Start facing so that the two...
Impact of Coaching
Everyone who has played a sport at any point in their life has had a coach. In order to have a team, the team must have a coach. We all have had coaches in our lives that have helped to impact us in positive or negative ways. Coaches can completely change how an...
Dealing with Shin Splints
Shin splints or medial tibial stress syndrome is described by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons as an inflammation of the muscles, tendons and bone tissue surrounding the tibia. It is typically an overuse injury involving running or jumping. The main symptom...
Knee MCL Injuries in Ice Hockey
Knee sprains of the MCL or medial collateral ligament seem to be on the rise in competitive ice hockey. High profile Anaheim Ducks players Cam Fowler, Corey Perry and Ryan Miller have all suffered this injury in the last two seasons as reported by cbssports.com. The...
ACL Prevention
One of the most dreaded injuries in all of sports would be tearing of the ACL (which stands for anterior cruciate ligament). This ligament crosses the front portion of the knee along with the PCL, which sits just behind it to form an “X”. The ACL allows the knee to...
Exercise of the Month
The Crawl and Reach The crawl and reach is a great dynamic core exercise with many variations. In sports most movements are dynamic, and a strong core is important in controlling these movements. To perform this exercise, begin in a pushup position with a cone about 6...