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I HATE COMPLAINERS.

**deep breath, deep breath**



I’m all fired up today on this topic, because I deal with it nearly every day and it is ONLY GETTING WORSE! As many of you know I coach football and baseball while teaching high school Economics and running my gym (and this site). I have the the excuses that I get on a daily basis grow astronomically.



Let me give you a few examples:



Culture of… Continue

Coaching and running a training program has been been packed with learning experiences for me. Unfortunately, I see too many coaches out there that break their kids down mentally and physically for no reason at all. Here is one of my reflections.

First, I’ll discuss the physcal breakdown. Coaches and trainers NEED to get the athletes to want to train. You can tout the benefits, the team aspect, their personal gain, character growth,… Continue

Baseball season is well under way, and may athletes are starting to feel that mid season arm pain. Why? Well it is often caused by the repetitive throwing motion, which isn’t the big secret.

Check out the torque on the arm above, yikes! Here’s how you fix it - work the opposite muscles. Wow, that seemed simple, but not enough people do it! Here is an easy exercise to do with that homemade tornado ball I showed you guys a few days ago.… Continue

You can’t buy motivation. Either you have the drive or you don’t. It is brutally honest. Of course, you can fan the flames a bit and get someone going and destroy some weights, but that is not always the case.



Take Andre Smith for example. The Offensive Tackle from Alabama had everything going for him before their bowl game. He was a projected top 3 pick in the NFL draft, on one of the best teams in the country, and set to make millions of dollars in the pros. What happened next… Continue

Due to the great feedback on the NFL training last week, and the increased traffic thanks to the EliteFts article, I’ll post another one this week. No waiting this time! Just a brief recap of the “Which Sport Trains The Best.”



I post video clips of athletes in a specific sport training.

You get to vote on the best one, by putting your thoughts in the COMMENT SECTION.

After all the initial rounds are done, the winners will go against each other until we have one person left… Continue