Q&A: Does CrossFit Training Have A Place In High School Athletics?

Scott Sundgren, Head Coach Girls Volleyball, South Fayette PA Every so many years a new ‘training revolution’ hits the scene. By revolution I mean more than just a fad… something that resinates with the entire fitness industry. Think aerobics, spinning, group exercise, and most recently – CrossFit. For those of you not in the know, [...]

Use This To Win Over Decision Makers (boosters, athletic directors, sport coaches)

How do you communicate with parents, boosters, skill coaches, and athletic departments? Have you finally realized they don’t care nearly as much as you when it comes to details of performance programs? When given the opportunity to verbalize your program and why it deserves a second look, what concise explanation are you giving that completely [...]

Q&A: How Do I Get Started Training High School Athletes?

Andrea Hayden, Personal Trainer, St. Louis MO More and more people are trying to get started training high school athletes. Many trainers hit their stride around year 2 in the personal training industry. That’s when most understand what it’s like to work in mainstream fitness: long hours, little pay, and playing by someone else’s rules. [...]

Intro to Deadlifts: Straight Bar Core Series

If you plan to deadlift your athletes, the Straight Bar Core Series is undoubtably the place to start. Super, super easy and effective way to position athletes correctly while benefiting from total body movements. All you need is a bar and a way to secure one end. You can teach several variations from the first [...]

Forming Dynamic Warm-Up Lines

Hopefully by now you’re designing programs that involve an ‘active’ or ‘dynamic’ warm-up vs. more traditional ‘bend over and touch your knees’ static stretches. I want to barf every time I see a team jog a lap or make a circle and mindlessly stretch before activity. This doesn’t mean static stretches don’t have their place in [...]

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