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 […]
Why I Keep Strength Training and You Should Too
Why I Keep Strength Training Don’t Get Civilized When I was a teenager with a drivers’ license, I had the freedom to drive to any gym I wanted. Back in the 90s, there were gyms in every town. There were the chain gyms like Powerhouse, World, Gold’s and a few independent gyms. The majority of […]
Types of Strength and What You Need to Know as a Fitness Trainer
What is strength? Strength, in its simplest term, is the ability to exert force. What is force? Force is mass time acceleration (F = ma). An easier to understand definition of force is anything that causes or tends to cause a change in motion. What is motion? (Are you confused yet? Don’t be – read […]