If you’re like me, your workouts just don’t stack up unless you are motivated with your favorite music. Even better if the music can keep you on track with proper work-to-rest ratio’s for your intended performance training. My athletes and adult clients have grown to love all of the workouts I throw at them using my favorite workout audio by my friends at WorkoutMuse. Pushing yourself to train hard isn’t always easy. Getting in specific reps and sets can also be tough. It’s a no brainer that interval training is one of the very best methods for fitness and performance training. you get the most bang for your buck when you can effectively control the duration of your workouts and challenge different work to rest ratios.

I invite you to check out StrengthByStruck approved workout audio tracks to help you stay on top of your workouts

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I’ll make this quick… There is no way I could lead my life without pure STRENGTH! Physical strength and working to attain/keep physical strength has helped me compete at many levels of sports. Mental strength gives me the will and drive to press on into the unknown, willing to attain what my mind and body set out to accomplish.

Each athlete should prioritize personal strength development, period. Without Strength, virtually all else is unattainable in my mind. Running faster requires specific strength, jumping higher requires specific strength, changing direction/restarting or evading an opponent also require great deals of specific strengths. Playing your favorite sport can be a great way to develop specific skills for sport, but can also result in overuse injuries and poor technique/execution due to lack of physical & mental strength. Spend the time on the simple things and soon the things that are/were difficult, aren’t so tough.

Get to the park, do some landscaping, push-mow the grass (without self-propel), get to the gym… whatever it is, do it well and be consistent.

Train hard, Train smart.

-Hollis

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It’s great to see the many young athletes and non-athletes alike working so hard in our summer strength and conditioning program. They show up consistently with desires of getting better and their hard work is clearly showing progress, but I think it could be more. More strength = more opportunity. Notice we didn’t say more strength = better? It’s all about how it’s applied.

I notice many young lifters (and adults) who don’t respect the negative. Controlling the eccentric (lowering) component of strength training is too often overlooked, and therefore potential positive performance results are negated.

Point in case: slow down while lowing the weight on common exercises such as upper body pushing/pressing,/upper body pulling. For the lower body exercises, such as a squat–bi-lateral or uni-lateral (double leg or single leg), try starting at a 3 count on the way down, 3-2-1-DRIVE is the mental cue… All while stabilizing the lift effectively.

Train Smart, Train Hard!

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