by Tyler Anzmann | Oct 12, 2018 | Fitness
Even though we breathe about 20,000 times per day, breathing doesn’t always get a lot of attention. However, whether your goals are improved sport performance, general fitness, or just stress reduction, proper breathing can be a helpful tool to employ on your journey....
by Tyler Anzmann | Oct 9, 2018 | Fitness
In the past few years youth sports have become more competitive and financially demanding. This new focus on youth sports has led to an increasing push for participation in “sports performance” programs. There are plenty of very competent coaches who know what they’re...
by Tyler Anzmann | Oct 4, 2018 | Fitness
As programs like P90X and CrossFit have become more popular, terms like “muscle confusion” and other buzzwords have gained traction in the training community. While this term itself is mostly nonsensical, it is ultimately referring to training variation and that does...
by Tyler Anzmann | Oct 1, 2018 | Fitness
Becoming great at anything requires a lot of focused, consistent, and difficult work. But “difficulty” seems to be the only variable that many athletes take into account when considering their training. “Difficulty”, or working hard throughout your training is very...
by Tyler Anzmann | Sep 28, 2018 | Fitness
In Part I of this Training Specificity series I outlined the need for younger and beginner athletes to build a foundation of general fitness qualities. This includes a solid foundation of strength, mobility, movement, and work capacity. If you haven’t had a chance to...
by Tyler Anzmann | Sep 21, 2018 | Fitness
Post Activation Potentiation (PAP) is a theory that muscle force and rate of force development (RFD) will increase as the result of a previous muscle contraction. Meaning that after a heavy, or moderately heavy lift, the performance of an explosive movement that is...
