Training Philosophy at The McCarthy Project

At The McCarthy Project, our philosophy has 6 foundational concepts:

1. Develop a complete athlete with proper prescription of weight training, agility, plyo-metrics, and speed drills. We always use science as our measuring tool, not the marketing fads of the day.

2. Promote recovery and a balanced life: Killing athletes is "old school" and then not allowing them to recover with another beat down the next day should be outlawed. A very difficult workout should be used only in very special circumstances. Quality prescription of training, sleeping, and eating will assist each athlete more in accomplishing their goals than a "Survival of the Fittest" training regime over a long period of time.

3. Develop coordinated effort: Use of neuro-confusion drills teach athletes to understand where they are in space and how to complete their respective athletic movements while not consciously thinking about those specific movement or events.

4. Promote injury prevention: Proper lifting techniques and the the Athlete Functional Test allow us to prescribe exercise, not just bunch lifts together because that is what we have done in the past or what my competitor is doing. We attempt to meet the goal of every athlete's training be applicable to their specific situation.

5. Develop mental toughness with a unique combination of training methods: We have developed workouts that are made to test the athlete's willpower and mental toughness.

6. Use of sport specific drills and exercises to maximize each athlete's talent in the sport they are competing. Once the previous 5 concepts have been implemented, we have training methods that will develop each athlete's ability to perform their chosen event at the highest level.