So yesterday I decided to go a different direction by taking my training outdoors to engage in my athletic performance program. The weather was nice, but it was hot and I promise you there was no shortage of sweat and oxygen deficits during that hour! The work time was put in and it also got me to thinking about today’s post. This is something you’ll definitely want to check out!
In a world where the explosion of technology has fostered the growth of a population plagued by obesity, poor posture, weakness, disease, functional imbalances, and overall mental decay I often feel like a lone cop stuck in a skyscraper on Christmas Eve with a bunch of terrorist. Ok maybe I’m going a bit overboard here, but I like to think that at least on some small level I can relate to Bruce Willis’s character John McClane in the movie Die Hard.
By the way this is a true iconic action flick if you haven’t seen it. I strongly suggest you do make time for this one if you are a fan of action heroes that like to dish out some serious ass kickings on their villain counterparts with some unforgettable style. Anyways, keep on reading if you want to see where I’m going with this.
So the other day I had one of my dedicated students Ali come up to me and ask me to do a post on energy drinks. “Well what about them? I asked. Evidently he witnesses a great deal of athletes prior to coming into the gym drinking them like water. To my amazement I was like “What the hell?” Needless to say it supplied me with more content for this blog post so keep on reading if you are interested in learning more about the current energy drink frenzy.
In today’s blogisode I’m taking a look at why core strengthening exercises should be at the heart of your strength and conditioning program! Boy did I just fall in line with the picture above in that opening line or what? Don’t say “or what.” Instead just click the read more tab and keep on reading! Today it’s all about core strengthening exercises you should be doing my friend.
Well I’ve got to be honest about the fact that even I have moments where I get bored with lifting and training. Once again, I said moments. Moments are something that we all have, but they usually pass. Now I know what you’re thinking, Coach how can you get tired of lifting heavy weights? Well, the fact is that it just happens from time to time which is why I sometimes like to transition to bodyweight training to spice things up. It’s like ordering your favorite pizza and maybe that pizza only has pepperoni, sausage, and onion, but every now and then you want to put peppers or ground beef on that bad boy. In this example the inclusion of bodyweight training represents the peppers and ground beef. Ok I’m getting hungry now…focus Brandon, focus.
