Here it is...The first weekly video montage from The Spot Athletic's new location! The place is really awesome and we have been loving it as have our clients. Even with the move however, we did not miss a beat. Summer programs are entering their second months and we are really proud of the progress our athletes have been making. Personal training and Met Con Clients have been working really hard and even helped us move. We are looking forward to what the future holds at the new Spot! Thanks to all of our clients and friends who supported us and helped us make this dream a reality. Also thank you to all of our clients who came out for the moving party. The help was huge.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Top 10 Articles for July 2, 2014
For Americans, coaches, clients - Training secrets Obama does not want you to know.
How to live a good life on a shoe-string budget.
Your excuse about not having enough time to train is wrong.
What is the role of your ego in the weight room?
Your nutrition is important for your training - make sure you are getting enough Vitamin D!!!
To get stronger, variety is key. But know what your goal is.
Are you afraid running will eat up all the precious muscle you built?
Perhaps you can find happiness now, instead of chasing it in the future.
Find out why you might be tired all the time.
FOR THE LADIES:
Don’t make these 10 mistakes with your diet.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Top 10 Articles for June 25, 2014
It’s time for that tough workout, but your body isn’t complying. What do you do? Here are some options.
This article will show you how to get your habit changes from getting thrown off course.
You can’t spot reduce. It’s a myth. So here is what you!
What do you do when you just aren’t motivated? Here is the secret to motiviation.
7 myths people believe about losing weight.
Another anti red meat study… but here is the other side of the coin no one considered.
When you feel like have been wronged, do you know how to let it go and move on?
—-Here’s how to manifest success every day.
FOR THE LADIES:
Don’t make these fat loss mistakes!!
What is testosterone’s role for the female athlete?
Monday, June 23, 2014
Speed, Strength & Conditioning, Personal training & Fitness Class Training Video Montage 6/16-6/22
What a week here at The Spot Athletics. We are moving locations (info at bottom link), so all of the coaches have been helping get the new location ready for move in when they are not training clients. We are extremely excited for this opportunity. We will be moving 6/28 and will be grilling food for helpers all day so please stop by if you can. For our clients, it has been business as usual. They have been working extremely hard, and doing amazing things. We just started going out to Central Crossing High School to run their strength and conditioning for their football team. We are very happy we are able to do this and want to make them succeed on the field. Great job to all of our clients. Let's have another awesome and fun week.
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/We-are-moving-locations--.html?soid=1112056540303&aid=aNBg8jby_bs
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Top 10 Articles for June 18, 2014
You may not be in the military or need military training, but this article gives you a good look at a SpecOps (Special Operations) combat story, what they had to go through to survive, and why they train the way they do.
It can’t get much clearer than this folks… 10 diet eating tips for optimal leanness.
Find out the 7 laws of training from Dr. Squat.
http://breakingmuscle.com/strength-conditioning/the-7-laws-of-training-according-to-dr-fred-hatfield
Gluten - are you “sensitive” or is something else really going on?
How to manage your life when your feelings overwhelmingly get in the way.
Figure out your life and lifting goals.
What does it mean to see “natural” on the side of food labels?
Our busy schedules and lives can get us wound way too tight. Learn how to relax.
How deep should you squat?
FOR THE DADS - but also a good reminder to all of us - there are life lessons in this article.
Monday, June 16, 2014
Speed, Strength & Conditioning, Personal training & Fitness Class Training Video Montage 6/10-6/16
It was another busy and very exciting week at The Spot. First off, our summer programs have kicked off and are in full swing. It was a great first week for these groups, and we are expecting an awesome summer out of them. Second, we have been doing some remodeling in our new location(more details later). Last but not least, our Personal Training and Met Con clients have continued to bust their tails and have been working toward their goals and smashing them.
Everybody have a great week and check out the montage below from last week!
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Do we do Olympic lifts?
A lot of coaches and parents ask if we do the Olympic lifts and the answer is maybe. Now a lot of strength coaches love them and by all means go for it (that is if you're proficient in the lifts which most of you aren't so stop doing them) but its not the only way to achieve the highly sought after triple extension that all you coaches want. Guess what the majority of athletes that perform these lifts very rarely get triple extension, so it defeats the purpose. Just because the barbell is bouncing around and making noises doesn't mean explosive things are happening well yea maybe it's your athletes knee blowing out or their lower back or their wrists splitting open. That sounds explosive. But these lifts are extremely stressful on the wrists, knees, hips, shoulders and elbows. All important joints in well in every sport.
There are various factors that will determine if we use Olympic lifts with certain athletes. But for the most part we do not use them. Well let me re-phrase that we don't usually use the full olympic lift. Now we like jump cleans, snatch jumps and other various jumps but not a full catch. Some athletes we do, do the olympic lifts with because they are extremely good athletes and are coachable and pick up the movements quickly. Three coaches at The Spot are certified US olympic weight coaches. Another reason we would teach an athlete to do them is because their strength coach in college will be having them do it.
These lifts are Olympic lifts and are for Olympic weight lifters. They take a long time to teach and the majority of athletes are terrible at them. Olympic weight lifters take a life time to learn these lifts. Practicing them seven days a week under the watchful eye of an Olympic weightlifting coach. Another reason most athletes are awful at the olympic lifts is because they are weak. They have no posterior chain strength. We get an hour with an athlete so we look at training economy or what is going to give your athlete the most benefit in the allotted time frame.
So would you rather have your coach do Olympic lifts for an hour because you know they are explosive or would you rather have your coach do sprints, deadlifts, reverse hypers and glute ham raises? Which do you think is more beneficial to your athlete?
There are various factors that will determine if we use Olympic lifts with certain athletes. But for the most part we do not use them. Well let me re-phrase that we don't usually use the full olympic lift. Now we like jump cleans, snatch jumps and other various jumps but not a full catch. Some athletes we do, do the olympic lifts with because they are extremely good athletes and are coachable and pick up the movements quickly. Three coaches at The Spot are certified US olympic weight coaches. Another reason we would teach an athlete to do them is because their strength coach in college will be having them do it.
These lifts are Olympic lifts and are for Olympic weight lifters. They take a long time to teach and the majority of athletes are terrible at them. Olympic weight lifters take a life time to learn these lifts. Practicing them seven days a week under the watchful eye of an Olympic weightlifting coach. Another reason most athletes are awful at the olympic lifts is because they are weak. They have no posterior chain strength. We get an hour with an athlete so we look at training economy or what is going to give your athlete the most benefit in the allotted time frame.
So would you rather have your coach do Olympic lifts for an hour because you know they are explosive or would you rather have your coach do sprints, deadlifts, reverse hypers and glute ham raises? Which do you think is more beneficial to your athlete?
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