All too often we see athletes way too caught up with their newest PR or the “sexy” new movement they saw their favorite athlete do. In episode 3 of Chalk Talk, Coach Breslin and Colin Reno talk about focusing on movement mechanics and seeing strength develop as a direct result.
Teaching foundational movements is the staple of a great fitness education. This episode we cover teaching movements like push ups, pull ups, and air squats.
How do you organize summer lifts to keep them fun, fresh, and engaging for every athlete? Join Doug Curtin as he sits down with PLT4M’s Head of Performance, Coach Sam Breslin.
PLT4M podcast: Chalk Talk is now live! If you have a passion for fitness, strength and conditioning, or just working with students and athletes, this is the podcast for you.
Want a successful weight room culture? It all starts with you! It is our job as the coach to create the environment needed to cultivate a successful culture.
Unlike most trending topics and buzzwords, LTAD is worthy of the attention it has garnered in recent years. “Long-Term Athletic Development” is a concept that is crucial to understand if and when you are dealing with high school students and athletes.
Want to build the best athletes? Put aside the trendy new exercises, or fancy sport-specific workouts. Instead, develop well-rounded, complete competitors with consistent and holistic performance training.
In-season success starts in the off-season. The off-season is an opportunity to attack what needs to be done to dominate the in-season.
A healthy team, performing at its peak all season long is a winning team, which is why in-season training is a vital component of you team’s success.
Widely used and often the focus of hot training takes, SMR (or Self Myofascial Release), is a mobility and recovery mechanism we believe in here at PLT4M.
The clean. One of the most technically difficult movements to learn and perform well, but also one of the most beneficial movements.
The Warm Up. It’s the least exciting part of training. It lacks the competition and the intensity of the rest of the workout. The warm up, though, is one of the most important components of any training program.