Don’t Just Train…TEACH! It was summer; 1995. I had just started out working as a trainer at a local gym and was observing a speed and agility session conducted by another trainer. He was training an athlete named Carl Banks, a former NY Giants player that had just signed with the Washington Redskins and
Sprained Ankle…Pulled Muscle…R.I.C.E. I hate to admit it, but I turned my ankle the other day. I was playing flag football with the TrueAP staff; I was running and cut really quickly. As I cut, my foot stayed planted in the turf, and my shin (tibia and fibula) kept moving. This put a great
When you think of speed training what word comes to mind? Speed? Agility? Quickness? Sure, all of those would be perfect, but the key word in athlete performance training is… Efficiency! I have been training athletes since 1997 and from professional to youth, they all come to True Athlete Performance and me for the same
Question: Why am I so sore? Sore muscles - this is a painful thing at times for our clients, but a great sign for our trainers. In order to build and strengthen muscle, we must tear the muscle fiber. Not a huge tear, such a muscle strain: (A strain is an injury to a muscle
How Can You Improve Vertical Jump? Vertical jump is a measure of total body power. For those in the performance industry it is the physical test that correlates most significantly with an athlete’s actual on court/field performance. Give me an athlete that has a good vertical jump, and most likely that athlete will have a
What is the Most Efficient way to improve strength for sport? Strength is defined as, “The maximal force that a muscle or muscle group can generate at a specified velocity.” Or in more layman terms for all of us; “how much weight you can lift, at any speed.” I have been training athletes of all
