Many athletes are in the heart of their off-season. It’s prime time to add some much-needed strength and muscle mass, which means loading up dinner plates with seconds and thirds of muscle-building food. But how do you add muscle without unwanted fat? How do you know you’re eating enough of the right foods? What’s more …
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The next installment of my Best of 2014 series is a collection of my top-viewed videos of the year. I’m certainly at no risk of going viral like Charlie the Unicorn but with my partnership with STACK Media, my videos have been able to reach more viewers than in years past. Check it out: FOAM …
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted an article. Between spending time with family over Christmas and making a career move, writing has been on the back burner. Which leads me to an announcement… At the end of my internship at Cressey Sports Performance, I accepted a position at CSP as a full-time coach. …
Everybody wants a bigger bench press. And if you want a big bench press, you need big triceps. And if you want big triceps, you’d better read my latest article on Stack.com. Don’t be fooled by the skinny, polo-and-Vibrams-wearing trainer who says that arm exercises aren’t “functional.” Avoiding direct arm work is a surefire way …
Have you ever thrown an ice pack on sore muscles or achy joints, thinking you were helping the healing process? Did you ever stop to think that maybe you were HURTING – not helping – your recovery? This sounds like heresy to many athletes and sports medicine practitioners, but it’s the stone cold truth: ice …
If you play a sport that doesn’t require you to spend significant time on one leg, you’re not playing a real sport. Running, jumping, cutting, kicking and throwing all require the legs to act independently of one another to create speed and power. So if you’re not performing single leg exercises in the weight room, you’re …
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I could never fit everything I’ve learned at Cressey Sports Performance into a couple of blog posts. But over the past few months, I’ve consolidated the most important things I’ve learned into nine traits of great coaches. In part three of this mini-series (read parts one and two here), I’ll cover the final three characteristics that …
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In part one of this post, I shared three things that great coaches do to go above and beyond. Here are three more things I’ve learned during my internship at Cressey Sports Performance that have helped me become a better coach. 4. GREAT COACHES REMEMBER NAMES Have you ever met someone only to have them forget …
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I’m continually blown away by how quickly things can change. As I write this, I just got home from day one of the Elite Baseball Mentorship at Cressey Sports Performance, just in time to catch the second half of the Patriots-Broncos game. A few weeks ago, who could have imagined New England going from four straight weeks …
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The body is a fascinating machine. No matter what stressors you throw its way, it finds a way to adapt, however big or small the change. But when those changes aren’t as positive as you’d like or don’t come about as quickly as you want, you have to change your approach. Deloading is not a new …
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