Out of the many key principles of weight and resistance training, one of the most important aspects and my biggest pet peeve is that of "specificity": doing exercises and routines specific to the goal you are pursuing. It seems like an obvious statement, ... read more
Challenge Yourself
Becoming stronger every day and every week is a process of constant strain and effort. Once things become easy, you've stopped becoming stronger in that aspect. Things being easy is just a symptom of complacency, and if you become complacent in any aspect ... read more
The Perfect Diet: Part Two
Picking up where we left off from Part One of the Perfect Diet, it is essential to understand that dieting is crucial to performance, but extremely controversial in practice. Choosing the perfect way to eat and fuel your activities is more than just a ... read more
5th Annual Elite Power Skating Camp
Don't Delay! Camp Registration began on 3/10! This year we have decided we will be taking a limited number of athletes per age group. To increase the quality of instruction and the amount of focus on the athletes we will only be allowing 10 ... read more
The Perfect Diet: Part One
Diet is always a sketchy subject to write about. There are so many options and methods to accomplish goals, and it gets extremely confusing when there are so many experts saying so many conflicting things. Every diet seems to be the best kind and you HAVE ... read more
The Pros and Cons about Measurements
As an athlete training for certain goals, one of the things that I am constantly monitoring and gaging are the numbers that I am producing during sessions. Measurements are an important part of tracking progress and checking your training’s efficiency. ... read more
Pursuit of Strength
You walk into a gym, you have all the ambition in the world, and you feel like this is your time. You have the latest and greatest gear needed and as you enter the front door you hear the trainer tell you, "I'm going to help you get strong." In your mind, ... read more
Overcome Goals
There's a lot of talk right now about the New Year Resolutions, and all the reasons why you wont stick to a fitness program or compete your physical goals for the year. There are always a thousand more reasons why you will fail compared to those why you ... read more
Training and Performance
Our bodies are incredible machines capable of incredible feats of strength. We see it across a variety of sports and activities, where people accomplish different shows of athleticism in extremely different ways including; Endurance, Speed, Explosive, ... read more
The Benefits of Cardiovascular Endurance
I have to admit that I have been writing a lot lately about the benefits of intervals, heavy lifting and generally higher intensity style training. It would almost appear as if I am against cardiovascular training. But if I'm a triathlete, how can I be ... read more
