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  I have been saying it for years. Resistance Bands are the most versatile training tool ever developed.   When you consider all the reasons for getting started on a training program which could include: Fat Lose Speed and Performance Muscle development Flexibility and Recovery Cardiovascular enhancement Power Development   Look at where resistance band training is  showing…

Body weight training is by far the first line of training when it comes to designing a youth strength training program.  Young athletes must learn how to move their body, control their body and body weight strength training is the safest way to achieve that. However I also fine band training to be a great…

    I have the pleasure of working with a lot of young middle school and high school athletes every day.  Without a doubt the trunk is the #1 area of weakness in at least 80% of our middle school athletes. Why?? First of all schools are still testing using sit-ups and leg raises which…

  When should a young athlete begin stretching?   That is a very debatable question that I feel would have several strong arguments for and against.  Personally, I have never felt doing band stretching with athletes younger than 14 was a good thing because of the hypersensitive their nervous system had to passive over pressure stretching. …

  I realize for many of you, that your goal when it comes to using resistance bands is not to run a Youth Football Mini-camp.  Nor is it to have your own Adult Fitness Band Bootcamp. So to you guys, I apologize if I have bored you with these past few posts but I thought…

  As I said, the youth camp we had this year was crazy.    92 kids took part.   If there is one thing you need to know when it comes to running this level of camp, organization and planning is a must.  If you let young athletes stand around you get nothing but problems.  If you…

Last year I wanted to raise a little money to help off-set the cost of building a new varsity locker room.   My idea was to help the Hawks youth football program by providing their athletes the chance to “knock the rust off” and get in 3 workouts before the season started.  It also benefits the…

When I started doing partner attached band training in the late 90’s it was definitely a learning curve I don’t wish on anyone.  First of all, it’s new and some people don’t like change.  Secondly people are somewhat private about their fitness and teaming up is not something that is always comfortable for them especially…

Every year my family goes camping with many of my relatives in July.  It’s one of those yearly family reunions that allow me to catch up with all the nieces and nephews.  We have been doing it for over 15 years, so needless to say I have watched a lot of nieces and nephews grow…

Ok, you have seen the “Link Free” resistance band set up for linear and lateral based towing that I showed you a week or so ago I thought it may help to share with you my thoughts on linear speed training and my program design I follow when implementing this band set-up to allow our…