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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.
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4 Keys to Great Off-Season Workouts
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.
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Why In-Season Training is the Key to a Winning 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.
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SMR for Mobility & Recovery
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.
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Teaching the Clean
The clean. One of the most technically difficult movements to learn and perform well, but also one of the most beneficial movements.
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3 Keys to Warming Up Before A Workout
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.
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High Knee to RDL Stability Drill
A great combination of activation and single limb balance, this drill is much like a SL RDL in that it is unilateral flexion and extension of the hip. Here, though, we are adding the element of a high knee drive during extension and our focus is on slow, smooth movement and perfect balance without a counterweight.
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Culture of Commitment: An Off-Season to Build From
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.
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Squat Therapy
Looking for exercises to improve squat form and technique? Squat therapy is a dynamic way to improve squat form for all students and athletes.
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Teaching Jump Rope
Back as a first year PE teacher and high school strength coach, one thing that surprised me most was the inability of many students and athletes to jump rope. I had assumed that jumping rope was a universal skill kids picked up along the way during childhood. Turns out, that’s not necessarily the case. Again…
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How to Teach Push Ups
We teachers and coaches are constantly faced with the challenging task of introducing new and inexperienced students and athletes to what many may call “the basics.” It is this foundation that we lay when they first walk into the gym, that serves as the basis for their long-term fitness and performance. Our responsibility, then, is to demonstrate and instill mastery of these basics within each and every athlete.
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Teaching the Thruster
The Thruster. Arguably one of our favorite movements, as well as one of the most challenging in almost any training scenario. The thruster is a true full body movement that combines a full-depth squat with a press to lockout overhead. It is a serious “bang for buck” movement when it comes to athletic development.
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