Lessons from Cancer
A little over six months ago I finished my last chemotherapy treatment for something I didn’t plan for and didn’t want. Cancer creates a lot of anxiety because there is never anything...
Youth Catchers Should Call Pitches
Here’s a situation that is common in youth baseball games. The coach is sitting on a bucket outside his dugout calling every single pitch. The coach may even be yelling at the...
Programming the Olympic Lifts
The Olympic lifts and their variations have long been a staple of athletic strength and conditioning programs. They are performed standing up, involve most of the muscles of the body, involve a...
Landmine Bent Over Rows
In a previous post we introduced the landmine. This post will describe a few exercises that you can do using the landmine. This post is going to focus on variations of the...
Use Short Sprints to Develop Sport-Specific Speed
Short sprints are an incredibly sport-specific way to address athlete speed needs. These have several advantages. First, they are more in tune to what the athlete experiences in the sport. Field and...