Train Like An Athlete!

What does it mean to TRAIN LIKE AN ATHLETE?


What are the qualities that you think of when you are describing a great athlete? I think of a person who is strong, lean, fast, and flexible with great timing, balance and coordination. Athletes use their whole body in a natural way and the superior athlete is the one that can best use his/her whole body. When our athletes train, they incorporate many muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and bones in a natural progression and they are better prepared to use their whole body in sport skills. The more muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints used through a wide range of motion the more athletic the lift is.


The lifts done in our system improve overall athleticism because:

•they are done standing on the feet
•they require great flexibility
•they involve the majority of the body’s musculature with each repetition
•the weight is supported by the body
•they require the fast twitch muscle fibers to fire
•timing, coordination and balance are essential with each repetition


If you are working out on WEIGHT MACHINES you should STOP NOW!

•Athletes of all sports will never isolate a single muscle group or joint in competition. You do not play sports sitting down while working one muscle group and one joint in isolation, yet I see so many athletes out there wasting their time training in this manner.


•When using weight machines you are using one plane, one dimension of movement. In many instances, there is isolation of one joint or one group of muscles without having to balance or stabilize another body part. Only prime mover muscles are being used, not stabilizer muscles.


•There is absolutely no room in the athletes program for wasted movements that do little more than temporarily pump up the muscles.


•If you are an athlete who is working out on machines you will not reach your athletic potential.


•In our training system you will learn how to use your entire body as you exercise and leave no muscle group unused.


•In our system you will perform functional lifts that work the entire body in multiple planes of motion in ways that conventional weightlifting and machines cannot.


If you are doing a "BODYBUILDING” program with the hopes it will make you a great athlete you should STOP NOW!

•Training like an athlete has nothing in common with training like a bodybuilder or typical gym rat.


•Bodybuilders have huge muscles, but they do not move well. Most people in America are lifting like bodybuilders, the problem is bodybuilders are not great athletes.


•The traditional bodybuilding program that most people perform may make you a little bigger but often at the expense of speed, flexibility, and power production.


•Our athletes always improve overall athleticism while building real world strength that can be used in athletics and day to day activities.


•Training like an athlete involves improving your speed, flexibility, mobility, agility, balance, timing, and coordination while building strength.


•When people think of their ideal physiques, do they think of bodybuilders or Olympic athletes? Everyone wants to look like an athlete, therefore the smartest thing to do would be to train like one.