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SAVE MONEY: HOW TO BUILD THE ULTIMATE PUSH PULL SLED

One of the most effective, low to no-impact pieces of fitness equipment you can have in your gym is a push pull sled, or fitness sled (or any number of other names they have been called, some not so nice!).  You don't need a lot of space, because you can just do short pushes and pulls, and they can slide on most surfaces, with some minor adjustments or additions to the bottom of the sled.  If you've ever used one, you will most likely love and hate them at the same time, but realize how good they are for you.   If you are tight on a budget, and kinda handy, you could save yourself a few hundred dollars and...

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How the Best Athletes Crush Absolutely Everything like Magic

Motivation is a product of desire, and no matter how much a coach tries to motivate an athlete, without desire nothing great will be accomplished, and more importantly, nothing great will ever be sustained.  Dr. Waitley in his over 30 years in the sports psychology industry and experience with professional and Olympic athletes has determined that it is not a coach’s job to motivate...

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The 6 Movement Patterns that will make Quick Improvements

By Coach Jeremy Hoy, MS, CSCS, SCCC, PES, TPI1, RPR1 In order to create effective performance training programs (think improvements), it is important for a strength coach to understand how to analyze the functions/demands of a sport.  In this post, I’d like to mention 6 movement patterns (fundamental) for quick and lasting improvements and examples of each. Whether you are a parent, athlete, or coach, it’s useful to know these patterns to recognize if your program is using them for your development or the development of your athletes.   Using these 6 movement patterns, it is possible for a less experienced coach to design “functionally” based performance programs.  Implementing all of these patterns into a program can help an athlete move better,...

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Truth About Sleep that will Challenge You to Be Better

By Coach Jeremy Hoy, MS, CSCS, SCCC, PES, TPI1, RPR1   In a previous post I wrote about the 11 effective habits to give you better sleep. As a parent of 4, sometimes I find it very difficult to get my kids in their beds and asleep at somewhat regular or normal times.  I cannot stress enough how important sleep is not only for our health, but also for improvements in fitness in sports performance.   So, in this post, I am going to provide more detailed information showing just how important sleep is to performance and fitness. (If you want some tips to sleep better, see the previous post on Sleep). I’d like to share with you some information...

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