Tag «weightlifting»
Does strength training make you slow?
Share this article: Click Here to Tweet It’s a common misconception that strength training slows athletes down. I used to believe that was true. After all I’d seen players add weight lifting to their training. Yes, they got stronger, but they got slower too. Slower in running. Slower in pitching. Slow is not a goal …
Reminder: Don’t Let Your Competition Work Harder Than You
Share this article: Click Here to Tweet Left: Softball game yesterday Right: Training in the gym today Don’t let someone else work harder than you. Share this article: Click Here to Tweet
Wordless Wednesday: Feeling Like a Rockstar
Share this article: Click Here to Tweet My girls aren’t the only ones who train. It’s amazing what good coaching and some practice will do. This lift (snatch) is one of the more complicated lifts I’ve learned. At first I didn’t like it because I knew my technique wasn’t very good. Funny what happens when …
Training – Kettlebell Swings and Shoulder to Overhead
This is my boxer. She’s 12. She plays softball “for fun” but she really loves boxing and CrossFit. She uses CrossFit training as a way to increase her athleticism and her conditioning for the ring. In this video, she was actually training for an upcoming CrossFit TEAM Competition as an alternate for someone who’d gotten …