How To Warm Up Effectively for Speed Training

This is a short video of a series of drills that I like to use to prep my athletes before a workout. Again this is just an example, not the ONLY drills or sequence I use. But for reference, here is the format and drills below: _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Movement Prep: -Arm Circles -Inchworms/Hand Walk-Outs -Knee [...]

Great Sport Achievements #2: Usain Bolt Breaks 2 WRs

One of the greatest moments in sport history occurred at the 2009 World Track and Field Championships in Berlin, Germany. Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter broke 2 world records in the same meet; the 100m in 9.58 seconds and the 200m in 19.19 seconds. UNREAL. He  took down a world record in the 200m dash [...]

The Truth About Speed Training Is…

The truth about developing real speed is simple: Keep the quality HIGH. THE video below demonstrates some volleyball players I’ve been working with for a few weeks developing their first step quickness and lateral agility/multi-directional speed development. I think it’s pretty funny/sad when you see coaches having their athletes performing endless repetitions of 400m repeats [...]

Hamstring Injury Prevention Tips

If you’re like me and were involved in some sort of athletics in your life that involved lots of fast running, quick acceleration and deceleration, and training nearly year round for enhanced speed and power- you’ve probably injured your hamstring at one point or another. I think I’ve racked up 3 or 4 hamstring strains [...]

Athlete Training 101: Audio Q & A of John Cortese

Just got done rockin’ a 30 minute phone call to talk training for athletes. Got some great information and training tips for you to use TODAY. You can listen it to below! Here’s what you’ll learn in the 30 minute interview: *When and why I got into strength and conditioning for athletes. *Cues I give [...]

The TOP 7 Exercises for Football Dominance

(This is PART I of a series of Installments that will detail exercises that carry over the GREATEST to various sports- Today will cover American Football) Attention FOOTBALL PLAYERS: How often do you wonder “what exercises should I do to help me maximize my performance, decrease my risk of injury, run faster, jump higher, play [...]

From NFL Runningback to Strength Coach: An Interview with Ryan Englebert

Heyyyy guys, it’s Wednesday afternoon here in CA and it’s STILL feels like it’s summer.. I guess I shouldn’t complain, BUT it is almost November!! When I was younger, I wish I had the guidance of someone who had actually played football at the highest level possible to guide me, who had the physical capabilities [...]

Unique Drills (You Haven’t Tried) to Improve your Speed- VOL. II

In the first installment of this series, I posted a video of a few athletes that worked with me this summer performing some medicine ball throws to improve their lower body power and enhance their overall speed for their sport. Today’s post is very similar to the first in that you must use EXPLOSIVE force [...]

Here’s Why You Are NOT Getting Faster (PS- It’s NOT Your Fault!)

Speed training is a very hot topic. Hell, it always has been. In sports such as football, baseball, soccer, etc., the faster players will almost always have the upper hand on their opponents. Speed literally does take the life out of another team. No matter how well you prepare yourself for a given team, if [...]

Unique Drills (You Haven’t Tried) to Improve your SPEED..

Real Short post today!  Anyways, for all you speed freaks out there, this post is for you. This is one of my favorite drills  to teach the athlete how to EXPLODE out of their stance, teach proper acceleration angles without having to confuse the athlete, and reinforces triple extension of the ankle, knee, and hip. [...]

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