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Today we are going to talk about getting faster and three key tips when it comes down to your form. The first thing I want to focus on is your knee drive, a lot of athletes struggle to bring their knees up to a 90 degree angle because they lack hip flexibility. Make sure you are able to drive your knees to 90 degrees so you can be explosive from a start or explosive from a position of no momentum. Second thing a lot of athletes struggle with is their foot strike. When you strike the ground on a sprint...

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Athletes most commonly want to gain weight, but they want that weight to be the correct weight. If you are not able to gain clean muscle mass it is not sustainable. How you can do this is by not changing up what you are doing in the gym, still lift heavy, you want to live in that 3-8 rep range. 8 at the absolute max. Lifting heavier  builds more of your fast twitch muscle fibers which leads to growth, lifting light weight for low reps leads to getting cut and burning fat but you will not put on size. Now...

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If you are in the off season and you are trying to get stronger/ gain weight Creatine is something you should look into. Everyone loves to talk about the negative effects of Creatine and we are going to talk about why that is a myth. People say that Creatine can damage your kidneys... which can be true if you take it improperly. If you take more than the required dosage and do not drink any water it absolutely will hurt you. Be responsible and hydrate and take the required amount. Much like any supplement, too much is not good. Listen...

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Athletes who need to improve their cardio need to train for their sport. For example, football is a very fast twitch game. You are going 100% on each play so it’s very important to work sprinting exercises for cardio. That’s the best thing you can do because you are training yourself for those game time situations you will be in. Now if you’re a soccer player or maybe a water polo player you should do more distance training. That’s how your body is going to be responding to the physicality that those sports require so running miles helps with those...

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The benefits of Creatine to your body is that it helps athletes with weight gain. Creatine helps your body with bursts of energy and it gives you more strength in activities like weight lifting. What Creatine does is that it allows your muscles to store more water, that’s why it’s important to drink plenty of water when you are on the supplement. When you don’t drink water, that’s when you experience the negative effects which everyone loves to talk and worry about. If you consume enough water Creatine is not going to negatively effect you. By having your muscles store...

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