because they want to not because that is the sport they are genetically proficient in.
Read this article from the NY Times the other day. It is pretty sad state of affairs that will lead to burn out and a very low athletic ability.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/sports/30genetics.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=kids%20genes&st=cse

I don’t know where to begin with this……. I think this is flat out not a good thing. We already have a problem with early and overspecialization, overtraining, burnout, and a bunch of other things that negatively impact youth athletes. This will only lead overzealous parents that don’t understand the many aspects that make a child and good athlete for life. This test does not look at nutrition, mental components, environment, work ethic, desire to play the sport of choice.

We don’t need genetic testing….what we do need is…..
-A physical education system that develops children for a wide range of activities from early age until late in life.
-To get rid of early specialization
-To get better coaching education programs for our youth organizations
-Train more play games less
This is just a start but we don’t even have the ground work laid out yet.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! This is a time to give thanks for everthing you and your family have. Do you know what you are thankful for? Post what you are thankful for in the comments.

I am here in NY at a conference/mastermind with one of my mentors and 8 other like minded professionals. We are talking training, business, productivity, product design, marketing, and even spirituality.

I left my house at 4am and the fun stuff began at 8am and ended just a coupl e of minutes ago! My head is spinning witht the amount of information. After this weekend i can only imagine how successful i will be even if i only use on strategy i learned today.

Off to bed for another 2 days of awesome info!

ECSU earned a second straight D III NCAA Tournament appearance with 2 other Little East Conference teams, Rhode Island College (lead by Ryan Kelley’s late header in the 87th minute in the final game), and the University of Southern Maine.

Eastern is my Alma Matter so go Eastern but good luck to Ryan Kelley and the Rhode Island College Anchormen (my wife’s alma mater)

This is an article I wrote for my soccer fitness website click here for  the article this article can be used for any sport or activity when designing warm-ups.

I keep hearing about the obesity epidemic and how our schools are getting fatter and fatter.  What are we doing about it………not much at least yet. I think alot of what is being said right now is just lip service. the latest number i heard just the other day is 34% of our youth are obese. I become to realize that even though i own a sports training facility and work with youth fitness i am still not doing enough for the community! SO my next project i am undertaking is to get into the community and help our youth. I have a couple of ideas but if you have any cool ideas let me know!

Till next time

This is a problem i am seeing more and more especially in the fitness and conditioning industry. Personal trainers all over the world are seeing $$$$$ signs in the youth fitness industry. Instead of being passionate about helping and guiding our youth to be healthier, they are greedy and only care about the financial side not the well being. Now i must say not all coaches and trainers are the same just like every other profession but because of the concern over obesity and health issues in children some coaches and trainers are taking advantage of parents who would do anything for there kids.

What to look for in a fitness professional before you send your child to them! (in no particular order)

1. Look for a reputable youth certification like the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA.org)

                   This organization strictly deals with youth not adults. Many of the other programs are watered down adult programs which will not cater to the developing child.

2.  Don’t be afraid to ask to watch a training session.

        Look for the way the coach interacts with the athletes

3. Ask for references from past parents

         ask for more than 1 everyone has a friend

4. Ask about training/coaching philosophy

          If your child is interested in just having fun it may not be a good fit to work with a coach that pushes athletes to become Olympic champions from day 1

5. What type of coach are they are they a yeller and a screamer or are they quiet

That is just a start for now just feel that you need to be tied down to the first person you meet they may not be the coach for your child.

When will we figure out that the quick fix is not the answer….. eat like a lunitic and get surgery to lose the weight….wrap your body and lose inches but continue to eat like crap, smoke, drink…. that’s healthy!!!!!

I hear people complain on a daily basis they are to tired or they do not have enough time to eat HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO EAT! It is not they don’t have enough time because they will go to Starbucks and wait in line for 10 minutes then sit and read the paper over a muffin! 20 minutes. I can make meals for the whole day and eat breakfast in 20 minutes!

It is Sad how people will sabotage their own health their families health for no reason what so ever, except for being lazy!!!

It takes little time to get active daily and little time to eat even just a little better than you are now!

I do my part to help people work through these issues DO YOU! or are you one of the complainers!

Well i busted up my wrist the other day it is ok just hurts a bit when i twist it.

I have about 25 minutes so here is what i am doing!

Warm-up (quick about 5 minutes)

RDL x 6

Triple Trainer /Cable press with triple trainer i can perform it fast x10

Reverse crunches x25

Do as many as i can for 5 minutes then 2 minute rest

Heavy sled pull (walking backwards) 2 minutes

SL box jumps with a  stick  5 each side

DB Get off me (kinda like a row) 6e fast

Repeat until time is up!!!!

Hope you guys enjoy

Well i have kinda neglected this site for a little while because i was working on my soccer site ( www.yoursoccerfitnesscoach.com ) and now i just finished or at least finished enough to put it up

www.RIFitnessBootcamp.com  this is a complement to my direct training site for ACC 

I will be posting more workouts and other health topics in the news here.

I also Started to write my book…..sorry no details yet but stayed tuned for mor einformation coming later.