A commitment to a team towards a common goal takes an impressive amout of belief from each and every player, coach, and support staff. I bet that most coaches, captains, or teammates would believe that their players or comrades are committed. My question is how do you define commitment? Are your players, teammates, coaches, and [...]

Supplement facts panels will tell you basically everything you need to know about the product you are purchasing, or consuming. Knowing exactly how to read them is a completely different story. Ideally there are only two major sections. One section is made up of macronutrients and anything else with a recommended daily allowance (RDA) like [...]

When Strength and Conditioning Coaches are designing training programs, their sole purpose is to prepare their athletes as much as possible for game day competition. This may include various upper body push/pull movements as well as anterior/posterior lower body exercises. That said, one of the more overlooked areas in our training programs is the training [...]

“Roll With The Punches” is something you have heard since you were born. Unexpected things happen every single day. In life, situations do not always go your way. In sports, you lose your first match in a tournament, an injury happens to the starter in front of you and now it is your turn to [...]

We need more positive energy around us every day. As athletes, as corporate employees, as business owners, and as children and significant others. We all possess the ability to lift others up, to have contagious enthusiasm, and to help others achieve greatness along our own path to our version of the same destination. The impact [...]

Do you want to blow a coach’s mind? Is today the day you throw your athletes a curveball? Have you considered giving ownership back to the client? Does your system of training allow for variations within and around the overall direction of the program? Is everyone squatting the same way with the same barbell and [...]

Pain and tightness in the low back is something almost 100% of athletes will experience. This can lead to missing practice, lifting sessions, and playing time. Not to mention the long term effects of chronic back pain later in life. However squats are a staple in almost all lifting programs. Studies have shown that improving [...]

“Play Present” is a term that we first heard from Graham Betchart. We had the privilege of interviewing him on STTPodcast.com. Since then, I started to notice this phrase being used more and more. Questioning what is going on around you is something we have always taken pride in at STT. So we wanted to [...]

Whether it is your buddy working out in the gym trying to get huge bro, or a professional athlete recovering from a lift, protein consumption plays a vital role in building and repairing muscle tissue. In fact, this year alone nearly five billion (5,000,000,000!) dollars will be spent on protein powders in the US. This [...]

As strength and conditioning coaches, our primary concern is to ensure that our athletes are as prepared as they can possibly be for game day. In this process it can be easy to become consumed with refining programs to improve athletic performance and/or creating injury reduction protocols. While those are our main responsibilities as strength [...]