Question: do you feel your entire body shaking and tensing up when holding a plank? Another question: are you able to sustain this for 30 seconds without your face melting off? If the answer is no, then you're planking wrong. You see, it should be immensely challenging to...
Fun fact: I used to impersonate WWE wrestlers when I was a child. I can re-paint the picture in my head now: getting pinned to the ground by my brother, squirming my way to freedom, grappling my way out with my limbs, flipping him over with...
There aren't many things that scare me, but if I could name a handful they would be: - Tarantulas - Helicopters - Decaf coffee - Sophia the Robot [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq36J9pNaEo[/embed] It's a terrifying list, no doubt. And the interview above? Wow. At least Tony Robbins kept his cool...
What. A. Weekend. I've been nursing some serious seasonal allergies, feeling foggy, and not acting like my motivated self. I just feel blah. The pollen count in Maryland is unreal right now, but being in quarantine has boded well against the nasty things floating around. Also, buying a...
Humans are in time out. Your favorite, cozy pub down the street where you watched English Premiere League is closed. Your livelihood of coaching young athletes is postponed until who knows when. Your meticulously thought-out year-round physical periodization plan is useless. Your unending, back-to-back virtual meetings with your players...
I'm back in my gym and ready to crush some deadlifts. But since I've been out of the workout grind for a few months due to quarantine, I need to go back to basics. Before I get into the Hip Hinge movement pattern for young athletes and...
Dear young athlete, "It was the best of times...
It's Thursday, which means it's blog commentary day! For those of you who read the entirety of my Building Strong Women Starts With You, Coach article, awesome. I'm grateful you took the time to put the Netflix aside and read this 3,000-word piece. For those of you...
Young athletes thrive on routine. They want to know exactly what they're doing, what they're working toward, how they're going to achieve their goals, and if they're progressing and getting results. Quarantine has been a challenging time for young athletes who have been bombarded with circuits, workouts...
If you are a coach to female athletes, you need to be walking the walk right now. No one cares how many wins you have, state cup championship trophies you've stacked, Twitter followers you've acquired, D1 players you sent to college, national coaching licenses you've gotten,...