Use Contrasting in your Workouts

"Plyo-metrics are the only way to go to train for power", "The stability ball is the best
thing ever", "Pilates is the way to go"’ "Free weights or it isn’t training", we have all
heard that some type of training is the sliver bullet to success. When the truth lies
somewhere in the middle, each different type of training covers a different facet of
development or creates a different way to challenge the body, each one has strengths and
weaknesses. Why not "Contrast" your workouts to include the better of each one.
Simply, use one exercise from one philosophy and pair it with a second exercise from a
different philosophy and see how your body responds.


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Sport Specific Training

A thought on sport specific training..

Don’t go off the deep end and change your whole program. The tried and true principles of power and speed training still work. Just take about 10-15% of your program and dedicate it to the specific movements that are specific to your event.

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Change the intensity of your workouts

With the use of a heart rate monitor or proper program development, change the intensity of your workouts (i.e. increase your BPM to 75% of your max or decrease to 60% of your max). Your body will be forced to adapt and change which is critical to taking away plateaus and continuing your progress towards you goal.

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Change or modify your training program often

One of the biggest problem areas we see in training runners and endurance athletes to hockey players to dancers is they are doing the same training program month after month and they wonder why they are not improving. No matter what you looking to achieve, you must change the volume, intensity, and type of training on a consistent basis. Include recovery days, download weeks, higher or lower intensity training, and maybe even use alternative forms of training. Your body will love you and it will be forced to adapt more often. This will potentially eliminate the plateaus and hopefully, increase your personal best.

Video Games will Make you a better athlete?

I ran across this article which provokes some interesting thoughts. Can a video game improve your cognitive thoughts and make you a better athlete? I do think it can but you do have to make sure you don't become a couch potato and think you will be able to perform your best. Check out the article.

New Nike sports watch site

Hey, everybody.

We just completed the build out of our new Nike watch page. We tried to create a page that speaks to performance, training at an elite level and hitting goals. Check it out if you have a minute. Nike sports watches

Later.

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Fishing in the Midwest

Paul Johnson, a friend of mine, caught this fish over the weekend.



Also, Paul will be leading us on a trip to the Boundry Waters in Northern Minnesota this fall. Check back for more details. Anyone been to the Boundry Waters area?

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