26

Dec

Call it making stuff up, talking out of your ass, or just flat out lying, some times its okay to just say "I don't know." Oddly enough when people ask you, their trainer for advice or tips, or an honest answer they take you for your word at whatever it is you say. If you make up some b.s answer that came out of right field, instead of having an innocent person who doesn't know the answer, we now have an innocent person who thinks they have the answer.  Saying I don't know or I'm not sure, or

2017

21

Dec

“I suck at those!” This is a phrase I hear all too often working in a gym, and one that can be fixed with a few simple things. Now before I get into the secrets of getting better at a lift and getting stronger, let’s examine some common-sense knowledge and go over what we already know. If you want to get good at something what did your parents tell you to do growing up? Practice, right? If you wanted to become really good at it, it was called “practice perfect.” In other words, don’t just do

2017

20

Dec

It was nearly 8 years ago when I was forced to go hear a group of former collegiate and professional athletes speak on a subject I could give two shits about, “What do you want to do after your career is over.” When you’re a collegiate athlete or any kind of athlete for that matter sometimes its hard to see past your nose. You think practicing, hangin’ with the bros, and going to $1 beer night will last forever. If you haven’t figured it out yet it doesn’t, and just when you think you have all

2017

18

Dec

We have become a society that develops sport specific players, not athletes. We have become a society where kids have forgotten how to skip but can tell you how to throw a curveball. We have become a society that builds athletes upside down and we don’t worry about what we skipped until we need what we skipped.(Below is a picture I stole from a Miguel Aragoncillo webinar) This picture is an example of how we should go about developing athletes, yet this triangle is usually flipped upside down

2017