1. Sprinting can improve strength Strength is the foundation for everything in sports. Take a 150lb freshmen, get them to deadlift 300lbs, and they will get faster and more explosive. But as an athlete becomes more and more advanced there becomes less and less correlation between max strength and speed. Taking an athlete ‘s 400lb deadlift to 500lbs will see less speed improvement than the previous example. For the 240lb athlete that’s strong as an ox too much strength work ca

Strength is the foundation to everything for athletic performance. Want to run faster, jump higher, or throw harder? It starts with strength. It's possible to reach the point where you are strong enough, but most will never reach that point. Strength should be a large focus of your training programs. That being said, here’s two reasons why you may not be seeing your strength improve as much as you’d like: 1. Too much time displaying strength rather than building it. We all ha

Being in southern California it’s not uncommon to see athletes down on the beach doing speed workouts. Sounds like a good idea, right? It’s got a beautiful view, nice ocean breeze, you can jump in the water when you’re done, and it has the added challenge of running in the sand. What’s not to like? It takes about 10 mins to get to the beach from Redline, it would be easy for us to head down there with our athletes and have some fun, but that’s just it, it’s fun, but not all t

I always try to make a habit of asking an athlete where they feel it after performing an arm care exercise. Most athletes know the importance of doing their arm care, but many don’t know the “why” behind the exercises they’re performing or which muscles they are trying to target. Shoulder pain is usually going to come at the anterior and superior (top & front) part of the shoulder. If an athlete is feeling an exercise in these places they are either doing it wrong, or they’re