SportsGist Rules!

When athletes come to us, we are looking to improve their performance by focusing on the complete athlete. By this I mean developing speed, agility, and quickness–reaction time-hand eye coordination-explosiveness. Looking at nutrition, developing a solid functional strength base, using mental imagery training to turn nervous energy into positive focus, and modeling positive values/ decision making skills/ good sportsmanship (this area is often overlooked).

Biggest problem–athletes train to their strengths and don’t challenge themselves. Example: Strong football lineman hits the gym and focuses on bench press and arms but neglects training for agility by getting on the ladder.

Other problems-athletes get caught up with high tech machines and fancy gyms. Simplicity is sometimes best. Most of our featured drills involve stability balls, dumbbells and resistance bands. Don’t get me wrong–some high end equipment is great,(I use the VERTIMAX jump trainer with all athletes), but an industry trend is shifting towards old favorites like kettlebells and sandbags to train for a solid strength base.

SportsGist is one o the few places to be found on the web who’s concentration and focus deal with the key issues facing competitive athletes in today’s world.

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