Protein may play one of the most crucial roles when it comes to overall body function. When most people think of protein they think of dietary protein (meat/whey), but there are countless different types of proteins in the human body and each type plays a certain role in the body.

I’ve finally decided to do an article on a couple specific supplements, due to the popularity of them and the constant questions I receive. I am going to write 3 different articles (this is part 1) each one going over the specific supplements I recommend (hint: it's a small list) and then a final article on what supplements are a complete waste of money - so a 4 part series.

When it comes to squatting there are multiple variations, progressions, methods and techniques that can be used. The question arises, is one better than the other?

The hamstrings play a vital role in improving performance. Athletes that are wanting to improve their performance in their respected sport need to focus on training the posterior chain. Want to be stronger? Hamstrings. Want to be faster? Hamstrings.

I finally decided that I am going to do a full 3 part series on macronutrients.

There is a lot of hesitation that is involved when deciding whether or not to invest into a strength training program for youth athletes. When I mention “youth” I am referring to athletes that are preadolescent (around 11-13) and adolescent (around 14-17). These hesitations come from concerns of the safety and productivity of such training. The number one myth (yes, myth) that is introduced is the idea that strength training will stunt a kids growth.

The Quadruped Hip Extension, Abduction and External Rotation with Band exercise or also known as “Fire Hydrant with Band” is a popular hip activation exercise.

Because nutrition in general plays such a large part of performance and an everyday healthy life, I decided to throw in a sports nutrition article. It feels that for the past couple of years carbohydrates have gotten a poor rap either because of Netflix, Fad Diets and/or Instagram Influencers. One thing that is important to understand is that carbohydrates are not evil, but instead are the primary source for energy.

This may be one of the most controversial topics I will write about, especially coming from the background I do.

Go ahead and raise your hand if you want to reduce the chance of a non-contact ACL injury? Hopefully you did or at least in your head you did and if you actually raised your hand, that's cool too. If you “raised your hand” you should actively be doing 3 things.

I have heard the term, “in order to enhance performance an athlete HAS to squat” one too many times. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Don’t even get me started on the “Ass to Grass” or it doesn’t count BS. I understand that the squat may be considered the king of exercises and facilitate in the overall enhancement of athletic performance, but as with any exercise it may not be a great fit for some athletes.

Soccer is a game of repeated sprints, constant accelerating and decelerating, change of direction (COD), jumping and striking of the ball. If you want to perform well on the pitch you need to have an excellent metabolic conditioning base, be able to sprint repeatedly at high-intensities, be fast and agile all while being strong and powerful. Oh yeah, and injury free.

In my initial post about not stretching your hamstrings I mentioned a few concepts to focus on for overall hamstring health. In my Part 1 of Stop Stretching Your Hamstrings I went over how important positioning and posture is, specifically relative to an anterior tilt. In this article I am going to address a couple other aspects regarding the hamstrings.

Sometimes you have to love the internet for the information it gives people, making them an expert on all things. It kind of goes like this, if this one thing I found on google works for me then it must work the exact same for someone else. This couldn’t be further from the truth.

When we talk about the knee joint the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) as well with the Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) is one of the most crucial (no pun intended) ligaments in the knee.

There is no such thing as an effective training program without a well-rounded, self-sustaining, efficient warm-up. There is a lot that should be considered when writing a warm-up or pre-training program for an athlete.

There are plenty of excellent exercises to aid in enhancing performance, but I feel that a majority of them come up short when compared to the trap bar deadlift.

I usually start to train professional baseball players around the month of October, which leads me to this blog post.

I think it's about time we get away from training soccer players as small football players and training women as little men.