When I helped build a sports performance gym in Long Island, our focus was to work with athletes of all levels-we worked with 8 year old kids to professional athletes. This was the first time that I would be working with youth kids and non-collegiate athletes, my prior background was working as strength and conditioning coach at the collegiate level and in the NFL. As you can imagine there was [Read more…]
Archives for 2014
Are You Overtraining?
In the fitness field personal trainers and strength coaches give a general statement that you should back off your training every x3-4 weeks. During this time, the trainee is asked to do a de-load week where they back off of total volume and intensity and focus on mobility and flexibility [Read more…]
Interview with Anna Hulda Ólafsdóttir
We have a great interview here with Anna Hulda Ólafsdóttir. If you’re not familiar with Anna, she’s a competitive CrossFit athlete, international Olympic weightlifter, PHD candidate, loving mother and fiancé, coaches at CrossFit Reykjavik, and so much more….she’s basically Superwoman. So I thought it would be great to get a little insight [Read more…]
Jim Kelly Class Act
http://youtu.be/MdwQIMoJYmk
If you’re not familiar with who Jim Kelly is, he’s a NFL Hall of Fame quarterback who’s battling sinus cancer. While his NFL career was clearly amazing, I mean he’s a Hall of Famer, I believe his toughness, bravery, and [Read more…]
Fallacies of Personal Training
Lately I’ve been answering questions from potential personal training clients that some what surprised me. So I thought I’d go over some basic fallacies and misconception of personal training and personal [Read more…]
The Case Against Maximal Lifting
As a NYC personal trainer and sports performance coach for 12+ years, I’ve learned a great deal working with top coaches in the field. One of the biggest lessons I learned early in my [Read more…]