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Young Athletes Can Start Reasonable Weight Lifting Much Earlier Than You Think    I get a question a lot. One that comes with an answer that sparks tons of praise or anger: “When should my child start to lift?”    My typical responses is, “as early as possible.” At... Read more
Get Mental: The Mental Side of the Game
   There Has Never Been More Evidence That Mental Fitness Can Sharpen The Performance Of All Athletes The mental side of the game seems to be getting more attention than ever. Olympic athletes, NFL teams and Major League Baseball have all strongly embraced sport psychology professionals as core members... Read more
 Folsom Graduate Jake Browning Has A Chance To Join A Very Short List of NorCal Heisman Trophy Winners
   Folsom Graduate Jake Browning Has A Chance To Join A Very Short List of NorCal Heisman Trophy Winners    Northern California didn’t have much of a connection to the Heisman Trophy for the first 30 years in which college football‘s most prestigious award was handed out, but then... Read more
   I’ve played all sorts of sports: Football, baseball, basketball, and I just don’t get cross country. It doesn’t even seem like a sport at all. You get out there and you don’t even run fast — you just jog. What kind of athletic skill does it take to... Read more
Band Camp
   I recently created a full-fledged 90-day program for my clients that uses only bands. There are a few reasons why I went this route, and I want to lay them out here so you can determine whether bands may be a good option for you to incorporate into... Read more
Don’t Let Dining Out Do You In
   You just finished a tournament, you’re hungry, and home is a few hours away. Or you’re out of town for a two-day swim meet and need to grab some food in the middle of the day. Or maybe it’s a weeknight, and you’re hungry after practice but you know... Read more
Four Months To Fast
   I received a call from a past baseball client recently and he was telling me that he had four months to take his 60-yard spring from 7.1 seconds to 6.9, if possible. I asked what he was currently doing to make that happen and he told me he... Read more
Chicken Soup For The Sole
   An average athlete takes 2000 steps in a mile, and in an average 90-minute soccer game a player can take 10,000 steps. This means our feet have to absorb and transfer a significant amount of impacts. Even with the best mechanics, these impacts can take a toll.  ... Read more
Fat BurningTrifecta In The Weight Room
Let’s talk about the fat burning trifecta in the weight room! About this time of the year everyone is trying to find a way to bust their belly fat and trim down.  The problem is that very few people enjoy steady state cardio like running for miles outside or... Read more
Overcoming Negative Thoughts: Accentuating The Positive
Let’s face it: Your performance is 90 percent mental so you must overcome negative thoughts.  Assuming you have the ability to do what you are trying to do, your success is 90 percent dependent on your mindset. You need to accentuate the positive. “Everyone is a genius,” Albert Einstein... Read more
Repetitive Strain: Ankle Insurance Program for Optimal Performance
To get your athlete performing optimally we need to take a proactive approach. This helps to counteract the stress that is placed on the ankle joint. Here’s my Ankle Insurance Program for Optimal Performance against Repetitive Strain. Sports are extremely stressful to the body, and the ankle joint is no exception.... Read more
What it Means to be Committed
The term commitment is thrown around a lot in sports. It can be a tricky topic to address with coaches, players and parents. Especially since each may have their own definition and practice of what it means to be committed. Merriam-Webster simply defines commitment as, a promise to do... Read more