Nutrition Game Plan: Team Sports Athletes who participate in team sports such as soccer, field hockey, basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, and football regularly use a combination of low and high-intensity effort over the course of the activity. Tennis players would also be included in this group. A combination of strength and endurance is required, these athletes […]
The Importance of Mental Preparation when Strength Training
Mental preparation is where many athletes struggle. Perhaps I should simply say, they do not know how to train their mind. Competition is a psychological activity and those who win the most tend to have the sharpest minds. They have a system of thinking and mentally preparing just as they have a system for training […]
Strength Training With Medicine Balls
Medicine Ball Training We also use a lot of Medicine ball training at The Underground Strength Gym. Med balls are used often with my athletes for GPP work, warm-ups as well as power training. You can go to a school on the weekends and throw against the cement wall, throw on a field or parking […]
The Metabolic Needs of Anaerobic Athletes
The concept of “aerobics” is a term most people are familiar with since the running and group exercise craze movements of the 1970’s and 80’s. Picture today’s modern fitness center – group exercise classes with people kicking, jumping, punching, or performing almost any kind of movement in a small room with lots of mirrors and, […]