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Love Passionate Coaches

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

I love passionate coaches.

Guys that continue to look for ways to get and edge.

Anything is possible and every player can get better.

I had the opportunity to go down to do a high school clinic at Jefferson HS yesterday.

Nothing huge… 26 kids, 6 or so coaches for about 90 min.

The coaches that brought me teach at a high school but coach at a university that has played in the D. 3 national championship game 4 staight years.

I took some of their HS athletes thru a brief 90 minute workout with bands and had 12 kids out of 26 wanting to know how they can continue to train in bands.  Why…. Because they felt the difference right after they were done.

On April 25 or 26th, I along with 2 other coaches are going to be showing High school coaches how to implement a year round training program for their athletes.   We call if Fast Fit and Flexible.

I will be sharing exactly how you start training your athletes in bands 1 step at a time and I guarantee your kids will be faster in 4 weeks and more importantly want to continue to train.

If you are a HS coach…..   You may want to consider attending FAST - FIT and FLEXIBLE

Traing Beyond the Contraction

Dave

PS.. Thanks Coach Dinks and  Coach Z for being incredible coaches that care and support my efforts.

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IYCA Band Workouts…

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

I love to travel with my Great Friend BJ Gaddour of www.Workoutmuse.com.

Not only do we have tons of laughs.. I learn a ton from one of the top bootcamp fitness professionals

and nutritionist in the world.

Recently BJ and I traveled to the first annual IYCA International Summit.

Brian Grasso, Nick Berry and Pat Rigsby who are the brain thrust behind the IYCA

know how to put on a amazing summit filled without standing speakers and an energy that transcended the entire weekend.

BJ and I invited all 200 plus attendees to join us for a RBT bootcamp workout every morning.

I would describe the workouts as…

Electric….Energy….Fun…..Fat Burning…. Friendship Building and  how life should be.

Take a look and enjoy.

Partner Training

Training Beyond the Contraction

Dave

PS..Interested in setting up your own Band Bootcamps… Here is your ticket.

www.fitnessbandbootcamps.com

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A Day in the High School Weight room

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

For the past 2 months I have been volunteering my time at the local high school weight room

Its been a very exciting experience and can’t believe how much I still enjoy being a part of that
environment.

After watching and talking to alot of athletes a few thoughts have clearly come out.

1. Athletes like to train what they do best. If they could bench press or do Bicep curls everyday they would.

2. Very few athletes turn around and put their back to the mirror. Translated, they only train what they can see in the mirror.

3. Flexibility is a neccessary evil they must do before they can lift.

4. The core is something they train on their back and stabilization or Reactive trunk training
is not even a thought.

5. Circuit based training is no where to be seen. Its all 1 set and recover for 3 minutes.

For the past 6 Fridays we have been doing a Reactive RBT Day and to an athlete they are all really enjoying it and are seeing a huge carry over into their weight room days.

Here is a Typical Friday workout.

Band Stretching
Lunge-Reach warm up
Partner Band Training 2 x 20 sec.
1. Power skips
2. Quick Steps

Partner Start work 1 x 8 reps

1. Acceleration
2. Shuffles
3. Turn and Go
4. Back pedals

Partner 2 Step Deceleration Drills 1 x 6 reps

1. Forward Right and Left
2. Shuffle Right and Left
3. Turn and go Right and Left
4. Drop Step Right and Left

Tug of War drills 2 x 15 yard

1. Power Crawls
2. Power Backwards dragging
3. Forward Towing
4. Shuffle towing

The athletes are fired up after and coaches are amazed at how hard they are working with just a rubberband.

These are drills and programs we will cover on Feb 7th. Coach or Trainer…. If you train athletes and you want to learn how Reactive RBT the weight room gains onto the field… You better join me.


React to the Ball Reactive RBT Speed Training for Coaches and Fitness Professionals

“Training Beyond the Contaction”

Dave

PS.. Speed transcends all sports…  React to the Ball is for any sport not just football.

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Coaching is a tough job

Sunday, January 11th, 2009
 
 
How many coaches were fired from the NFL last week??
 
 
 How many college coaches got the Axe in the past month??
 
 
 
The fact is …
 
 
  • An administrator

 

  • A second parent

 

  • A teacher

 

  • A Team builder and motivator

 

  • A fund raiser

 

And a performance enhancement specialist.

 
It’s all about what have you done for me lately and I am even seeing this in the
high school where sports use to be a little less business.

 

This weekend I was in Fort Worth, Texas speaking at a Power Systems seminar on
developing Reactive Field Speed.

 

For you that are not familar with Texas Football… Its HUGE both from a
coaching commitment and a finanical resource for schools. 

 

I saw not one but 2, 15,ooo seat stadiums and season tickets are already sold out for
next season.

  

That’s big!!

 

I know that a lot of coaches I speak to are struggling with trying to wear so many hats.
They need to be..

 

Its no wonder so many of you coaches get wore out.
 
 
Football is no longer a 4 month proposition if you want success.
 
   
I have been thinking a lot about how I can share what I have been teaching coaches for
over 10 years about developing Reactive Speed and Quickness using RBT.
 
 
  
I decided, I need to set a date and invite 20 coaches who are interested in finding  out
how they can implement a program that:
 
 
  • Can be taught easily and to any athlete.

 

  • Will not require coaches to be an exercise specialist

 

  • Automatically teaches great running form and integration

 

  • Gets athletes faster in weeks not months

 

  • Fits any high school facility or present training program

 

And best of all…
 
 It will not  require  you to break your football budget.
  
 
 
All you have to do as coach is want to take one day to come and learn.
  
 
 
If this sounds good make sure you check this out…
 
   
 
I am  already pump up about doing this and it’s still 4 weeks away.
   
   
Training Beyond the Contraction
  
  
 
Dave

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Bands for Fat Loss.. Why NOT??

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

 

Muscles do not have a brain.

 

They don’t think

 

 

They don’t display emotion.

 

 

They work when stress is applied to them otherwise they lay around.

 

 

They react when tension is forced upon them.

 

So do you think they know the difference between a resistance band, db or kettlebell interval workout.

 

Probably not.

 

So if I could take a simple band or 2  and do a workout that….

 

  • Pushes my heart out out of my chest.

 

  • Makes my muscles Burn with fatigue

 

  • Makes me not want to move after completing a circuit

 

…  Than it will create the same physiological effects for fat loss not to mention it will allow me to challenge muscles by working in vectors that dead weight can’t.   

 

 It will also allow me to move faster and more explosively than if I was just lifting a dead weight which by the way has shown to burn more fat as well.

 

Now before I get all the hate mail…..  I am not suggesting weights are bad.  (I am suggesting machines are bad but that is for another day)

 

What I am suggesting is that you can create awesome fat burning  interval strength training workouts using bands and it does not have to be your last alternative.

 

Frankly I think it should be our primary option at least 2  days per week.

 

 

Here is a little cardio-strength workout you may want to try.  It may look cardio but I promise you hips and quads and calves won’t think so….. Dumbbells and kettlebells not allowed!!

 

 

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Training Beyond the Contraction

 

 

 

Dave

  

www.howtotrainwithbands.com…. Great place to get your RBT underway.

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