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The Importance of Sports Nutrition
Sports nutrition, by definition, is the study and practice of nutrition and diet as it relates to athletic performance. Furthermore, sports nutrition also embodies many different concerns such as the amount of certain foods and fluids you consume that are …
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Top 5 Sports Fitness Recommendations
It’s no secret, athletes are stronger and faster than they’ve ever been in recorded history. With the advent of performance facilities around the country, athletes are seeking out coaches at an earlier age to gain a competitive advantage. Here’s some quick …
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Tagged nutrition, resistance training, speed training, sports fitness, weightlifting
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Foot and Ankle Prep Before Speed Work
The ability to accelerate rapidly during the first few strides of a foot race is what separates elite athletes from good ones. During the sprint push-off and the first few steps, every leg muscle in your body is firing to …
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Tagged agility training, conditioning, dynamic warm-up, foot and ankle prep, speed prep
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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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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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