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A heart rate monitor will ensure that you are getting the best workout possible. It will help in determining if you need to push yourself harder or if you are overextending yourself. In other words, you can obtain maximum benefits from your workout by fine tuning your routine and learning to pace yourself. A heart [...]
[tubepress video="r6jlbuVOKCU"] Toughness. Attitude. Character. Discipline. All of these attributes are easy to see on championship teams. Are you a champion? How do you develop these traits? The answer begins with you! Expect a coach to hold you to a standard. Be willing to be coached. “Coachability” is a term used in pro-day or pre-draft [...]
This week on iTunes, STT interviews a dynamic high performance practitioner with a proven track record of success at an elite level of performance. Dr. Tony Strudwick has experience working within National and International performance structures, providing strategic and long term planning for elite athlete management. Currently, Head of sports science at Manchester United F.C. [...]
It can be difficult to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet when living in a society that offers so many pre-packaged and processed foods. A diet rich in nutrients is the foundation for a healthy body. Even with all of the exercise routines in the world, without a healthy diet, your body will suffer. You can [...]
[tubepress video="36O3eLUhPXg"] What do you bench? What do you squat? What’s your vertical? Common questions you have heard lately? Maybe we should be asking better questions. How about “Can you balance on one foot?” Or “Can you mechanically execute a one-leg body weight squat correctly?” Far too many athletes are jumping into the “pretty lifts” [...]
[tubepress video="fBnGtGCk_y4"] Squats are one of the most effective ways to tone the muscles in your legs and buttocks. However, many people make the mistake of doing squats on a regular basis using an incorrect technique. With the proper technique, you can gain the fantastic benefits that squats provide. In fact, performing squats correctly can [...]
This week on iTunes, STT interviews a weight loss specialist. Stephen Cabral, CSCS, CPT, NS was the voted the 2011 PFP Personal Trainer of the Year and over the past 12 years he has completed more than 15,000 private training sessions with everyone from professional athletes and celebrities to CEOs and doctors, helping them to change their bodies [...]
Yesterday I posted a blog touching on the topic of “mental training”. As I read it this morning, I wanted to follow up with a quick reminder about a serious scenario athletes deal with every day. And one that needs our sincere attention now! I am happy to get the feedback from STT nation yesterday. [...]
[tubepress video="r6jlbuVOKCU"] Toughness. Attitude. Character. Discipline. All of these attributes are easy to see on championship teams. Are you a champion? How do you develop these traits? The answer begins with you! Expect a coach to hold you to a standard. Be willing to be coached. “Coachability” is a term used in pro-day or pre-draft [...]
This week on iTunes, STT interviews a strength coach in a non-traditional sport with a tendency to make left turns. Les Ebert enters his third season as the strength and conditioning coach for Roush Fenway Racing. Ebert oversees the strength and conditioning programs for seven Roush Fenway Racing pit crews along with two Richard Petty [...]