Weight machines, developed for bodybuilders 50 years ago and useful for targeted physical therapy after an injury or surgery, have gained an outsized place in many training rooms. Considering that most people imagine a bodybuilder’s body when they think of a strong athlete, this isn’t surprising – but it’s wrong. The bulging muscles of a... Continue Reading →
I work hard to create a youth sports performance culture that instills confidence in the athletes. Confidence comes from success – not just winning but achieving incremental goals. This is more likely and more frequent when focusing on outcomes the athletes can control. A kid cannot control how much they play. Playing time might go... Continue Reading →
Young athletes come from all over the front range to train with Coach Tom and to become better at their sports and prepare for the challenges of playing at the next level. Check out map to see where they come from: Many of the Athletes who train with Coach Tom go on to have successful... Continue Reading →
From the time I was 12 until I finished the 12th grade, my team never lost a football game. We went 41-0 through my career at Longmont High School, where I was an all-state offensive tackle, and won the Colorado state championship in 1989, 1990, and 1991 – Longmont’s first football titles since the 1950s.... Continue Reading →
As an athlete, I experienced the highs of a record-breaking high school football team and the challenges of a rebuilding college team that won our conference senior year. In both cases, I was fortunate to have coaches who kept their focus on each individual player and on the game, not the score. I know the... Continue Reading →
When it comes to effective youth athletic training, leading-edge science and experienced coaches are necessary, but they’re not sufficient unless the culture of the environment promotes a positive attitude and inspire the athlete to hard work and dedication. One key feature of that culture is mutual respect. During sports performance training I expect a high... Continue Reading →
Straight bar squats can produce strength and power in the legs that enhances performance in nearly any sport, but the athlete must exercise patience during an extended, gradual process to perfect the squat safely and effectively. Taking shortcuts or rushing to strenuous weights without adequate coordinate, flexibility, range of motion, and technique risks serious, sidelining... Continue Reading →
Many training regimens take a Body Part of the Day approach – maybe chests on Monday, backs on Tuesday, biceps and triceps on Thursday, and legs on Friday. Monday’s workout, for example, would focus on pushing exercises such as bench presses and pushups. That’s probably appropriate for bodybuilders and power lifters, but for everyone whose... Continue Reading →
What’s the best exercise to boost a particular skill? Surprises: It’s the one you’ve never done before. Just as intellectual learning means mastering new material – not repeating well-known answers – athletic training should constantly give the body new challenges so it becomes agile and able to adapt to unforeseen circumstances on the playing field.... Continue Reading →
Your body is three-dimensional, and your exercise routine should be, too. Most of the traditional exercises in the training room – squats, bench press, curls, pulldowns, pullups – are in the sagittal plane, the one that splits your body up the middle into left and right sides. But your body moves in an infinite number of planes, with... Continue Reading →
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