Archive: August, 2009

A Valuable Coaching Lesson

This Summer I’ve been fortunate to work with a group of highly motivated hockey players pursuing various levels of professional hockey. Last week one of my guys said something that stuck with me. Something that I wrote about in my Off-Ice Performance Training Course. He said something that went like: “I hate Wednesdays.  This day [...]

August 21st, 2009 | Comments (1)

Is Time Magazine Trying to Kill You?

Last week, one of the athletes I train approached me about an article he came across in Time Magazine. My reaction to his comments was: “You have to be kidding me.” I was going to blast the article and the complete lack of social responsibility Time Magazine showed by printing the article. This is just [...]

August 20th, 2009 | Comments (0)

Everything You Need to Know About Testes

This isn’t going to be nearly as crude as you’re hoping for. …but it got you this far didn’t it? Performance nutrition expert Dr. John Berardi, along with the help of Dr. Bryan Walsh, put out these two posts that do an awesome job explaining the cause and results of hormone imbalances in both men [...]

August 18th, 2009 | Comments (0)

I Can’t Get it Up

Luckily, I’ve never had this problem. Other guys aren’t so lucky. When I switched the way my hockey guys do bird dogs after watching a video that Nick Tumminello put out, I’d say about ½ the guys I train either really struggled or couldn’t lift their leg at all. Watch the video below to see [...]

August 14th, 2009 | Comments (0)

6 AWESOME Nutrition Tips from Dr. Berardi

John Berardi is a brilliant nutritionist that has had a ton of success with a wide variety of people from elite athletes to non-athletes. His Precision Nutrition system is still the best nutrition product ever created. I think everyone should own a copy. For more information on Precision Nutrition, click here. Below are 6 awesome [...]

August 12th, 2009 | Comments (0)