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Sorry for the disrespectful title of this blog, but lets be honest, it was the only way you would actually read this blog.                 I would like to touch upon the subject of summer packets for incoming college athletes.   I am getting packets in now from many different schools, some of them are really high level division 1 schools and some are low level division 3 schools.   Either way, there are a few tips that I would like to give you that I think would help in making it easier on other trainers to decode your programs. 1)       A picture is worth a thousand words.   Many of you may have specific names for exercises that you want done. Most of these are not universal names. I am guilty of re-naming exercises all the time.   When I write programs, I provide a youtube clip of myself or staff doing the exercise. It would help our athletes and their trainers if you provided picture diagrams or video links to many of the exercises in your programs. 2)       Simple math

                While reading “Body Mind Mastery” by Dan Millman, I stumbled upon a formula in the book that describes perfectly the philosophy I use when training my youth athletes.   The formula is PSP: First precision, then speed, then power.   This was profound to me because it is exactly the methodology I use whenever teaching new movements or when wanting to increase performance in pre-existing movements.                 Why Precision first? As an Athletic Trainer for a high school, I see injuries all day long. I see what causes them and also get to figure out how to fix them.   I can assure you that most injuries I see in athletics come from bad movement mechanics. This is due partially to the fact that many young athletes are not taught good movement patterns at an early age.   They just do the movement for their sport and if they are any good they will be forced to do the movement over and over.   This sets the young athlete up for failure because later in life when the

Fitness Poem There's more to this game than just looking the part For those who love fitness call training an art Finding someone's needs while juggling  their wants Seeking the truth of why their there by seeing thru the fronts Sacrificing personal time to increase your education Only to be passed over by some cute blonde who got a weekend certification Driving hours to conventions to increase your network And getting back to your gym to find they hired another meathead jerk Spending thousands on books to increase your knowledge To find out your new manager is some kid fresh outta college To be honest, this game ain't fair and the cream doesn't always rise to the top But that's life in a nutshell and its not a reason to stop True trainers do it for the joy of changing someone's life The funny secrets you hear when you train a husband and a wife The smiles and heartfelt thank you's when clients get results The finger pointing when they only