Everyone knows the benefits of jump training (shock training or plyometrics). Jumping, bounding, hopping, sprinting, skipping and so on, have serious carryover to your and your athlete’s abilities to recruit motor units / muscle fibers and improve their explosive power (starting strength, explosive strength and reactive strength). Basically jump training will improve your ability to express power quickly, this is called rate of force development (or RFD).
YES, more cool stuff after the jump. (more…)
Foam rolling is an essential part of any good muscle building / strength training program. It must be done before, during or after your workout. In fact, it should be done on your off days too to help get ready for the next workout or sporting event.
When it is time to get real, it is time to get real. (more…)
Here is a recent workout we did focusing on utilizing the strongman Axle. The axle is a great tool and should be incorporated into your workouts frequently because there are many benefits.
I mean think about it. Do you actually think that some (out of work crazy old men) hunters would actually make it up that they saw something incredible and lie about seeing Sasquatch (just to make their own miserable lives exciting)?
Everytime I see someone almost blowing out their back doing squats, or doing the worst bench press ever known to man, I think about Scarface.
I’m standing at the edge of the balcony mowing dudes down and watching the headbands, mesh fingerless gloves, ipods and little white towels fly into the air, while I laugh uncontrollably out loud.