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Spring ’12 Program
March 26, 2012 – Who else wants to get faster? Build the strength, speed and power to elevate your game. This 9-week program is ideal for: volleyball players who need to increase vertical jump, conditioning and quickness soccer players who …
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Tagged athletic training, brevard county, melbourne fl, personal trainer, personal training, sports fitness, sports training program, suntree fl, viera fl
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Breakfast As A Pre-Training Meal
Elite Athletes don’t think of breakfast as a chore in the morning, they see it as a pre-training meal and an opportunity to fuel their body for peak performance. Along with competing at a high level, eating a nutritious breakfast …
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Tagged build size, eat to gain muscle, how to gain weight, sports nutrition
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Combine Session #5 – Upper Body Workout
Combine Prep Day 5 of 36: Upper Body Workout Today’s session focused on accumulating volume to build upper body mass. Because the workout heavily biased towards pressing, a significant amount of time was dedicated to shoulder prehab. Roll – 5 …
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Tagged 185-lbs bench press, combine training, rotator cuff exercises, shoulder training
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Combine Session #4 – Lower Body Workout
Combine Prep Day 4 of 36: Lower Body Workout Today’s session focused on lower body power and jump training. Roll – 5 min Glutes + hip rotators w/ baseball or tennis ball Posterior shoulder w/ tennis ball Quads + IT band …
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Tagged broad jump, combine training, leg strength, lower body workouts, vertical jump
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Roll Your Way To Better Flexibility
Muscles get tight. Whether from sitting in classrooms all day or hitting the weights hard, your muscles develop “knots” that may limit flexibility and restrict range of motion. An awesome way to break up these dense muscle fibers is to …
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Tagged flexibility routines, foam rolling, mobility, tight hip flexors
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Combine Session #2 – Upper Body Workout
Combine Prep Day 2 of 36: Upper Body Workout Today’s session focused on upper body power and the bench press. Plyo push-ups off a bench and medicine ball chest passes were used early in the workout. Prehab work for the …
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Tagged bench press, combine training, rotator cuff exercises, shoulder prehab, upper body workout
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Combine Session #1 – Lower Body Workout
Combine Prep Day 1 of 36: Lower Body Workout & Testing Today’s session established benchmarks on the vertical and broad jump along with thresholds on the power snatch and rear foot elevated split squat. Roll – 5 min Glutes + hip …
Use Benchmarks to Determine Program Success
It’s tough to get where you’re going if you don’t know where to start. Test and test often to determine if the performance program you’re on is working. When preparing high school athletes for the Nike and Under Armour Combines, establishing …
Core Training – Why No Crunches?
Performance training for athletes has come full circle over the last few years and the debate about what constitutes “core training” has not subsided. Athletes who are used to doing laborious sets of crunch after crunch have complained about the …
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Tagged core training, golf specific training, golf swing training, pitching velocity, sprinting mechanics
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Hand/Grip Position For Bench Press
With high school football athletes making their way back into the weight room and heading into Combine season here in Florida it’s time to readdress the bench press. There’s an obvious need to discuss hand and wrist positioning because it …
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