FAST YOUTH ATHLETE

Many have asked me what the chamber is all about. They have heard us mention it when we are talking about training, so most thought it had to do with physical training. And you would be right. However, there is much more to it. The chamber is harnessing your God-given passion for training to change your mindset about training. I was a rookie to the chamber until I stepped on my college campus. Dan Helms and the example showed me what it really meant to enter the chamber.   The chamber has everything to do with overlooking your equipment limitations in the weight room or focusing on what you don't have. Our weight room was real old school. But, the more results I received the more I realized that fancy machines were not needed to get results. We had everything you need to obtain results. Let's take a trip down memory lane. We had some benches, rusty weights, bars, dumbbells, squat racks, and hammer machines. I can still remember the rust on my shirt when we left the we...

This is something I have been wanting to address for some time. Coaches are in a great position to make a difference in a young man’s life. However, a coaching job can be very demanding. Many coaches are the first one there and often the last to leave. HS coaches sometimes have to teach a subject, manage students, manage athletes, study film, and the list goes on. I could recall when I coached leaving the office on game nights at 11 p.m. That is not exactly a formula for being chiseled. College coaches are also under tremendous stress to win and their schedules are hectic. I remember my college football coach sleeping in his office instead of his home during two a day practices. I also recalled watching a documentary of one of the best football programs in the nation and a coach saying he would skip lunch just so he could make it home by 10 p.m. I know if you don’t you don’t stay at the major programs, but there is no way I am sacrificing my family for football. You don’t get t...

What are common areas of weakness you see with incoming freshmen? Most lineman and combos “linebacker, fullbacks, running backs, tight ends” typically come from a powerlifting style training program that are centered around the bench press “horizontal pushing strength” with less than adequate pulling strength, and poor shoulder mobility. This is recipe for a shoulder injury, and it’s amazing the number of 18 year old kids that have power lifting type injuries, like symptomatic labrum problems, also poor hip mobility is usually a given as well. WR – DB types typically are good to decent in the mobility area, but lack in the strength department. So let’s take a look at the absolute strength and the absolute speed continuum. Skill position athletes in high school tend to stay more far right “absolute speed” sprinting, jumping etc. with just body weight exercises not truly developing their strength potential. How can they better prepare themselves in HS to prepare for the rigor...

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Answer provided by High School Sports Nutrition. Great questions and parents are always looking for the right foods to fuel their children with before games or matches. Here are my suggestions. Breakfast: Between 9-10 am and nice blend of complex carbs, lean protein, and a little healthy fat. Here are some examples. I don't know your kid’s food preferences but will give you a few examples to choose from. 1) 1-2 Whole Eggs (Eggland's Best or Nature's Harmony as they have more Omega 3) (if they want 1 egg, add 2 egg whites as well) 1/2 cup of oatmeal (Can add ground cinnamon and splenda for added taste) or 1 packet of Quaker Weight Control (it's low in sugar) 1 cup or piece of fresh fruit 1 piece of turkey sausage or 2 pieces of Center Cut Bacon ** If they are not a fan of oatmeal - use 2 slices of 100% whole wheat toast with a little real butter (1 tsp on each) Hydrate with water 2) 2 slices of wheat toast with Natural P...