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Two weeks from the Spartan

2012-02-13T17:26:00.000-05:00

Two weeks until the Super Spartan in Miami. Looking forward to another challenging race. Something to test your mental as well as physical grit. I've already created a team for the 2012 Tough Mudder in Florida. But thats not til December. What will be my next test?

At 51 when everyone says slow down I still want to go! Is that wrong? Am I a freak? or is it my generation that can't slow down long enough to tie it's shoelaces.

My goals this year is to be the oldest guy to spend a week at Athletes Performance Institute with Mark Verstegen and the play in the Masters Basketball Association Tournament in Coral Springs in May.

I love the challenge and as long as I can do it I will!

Kids and athletics

2012-01-11T13:42:00.000-05:00

When I was a child (in the stone age) there were no SAQ(speed, agility quickness) camps. The way you developed these attributes was to play tag, run, jump and play with other kids. My generation produced some of the greatest athletes( without the benefit of science and specific training) that world has ever seen. And it was done without the advent of fancy equipment and hurdles and ladders, etc. I'm not knocking all of that stuff. I use alot of it on myself when I train, and on my clients whether they're kids or adults. However there is a time and place for everything.

My biggest pet peeve is kids being subjected to these things without the benefit of a strong foundation. No core strength, lack of mobility and flexibility. And yet they are out there trying to do things that they're body just can't do! this usaully leads to an injury of a faulty movement pattern that will eventually lead to an injury.

Parents, don't put you kids into SAQ camps that don't assess your childs mobility FIRST!

Happy New Year!

2012-01-05T09:01:00.000-05:00

Yes, I know I promised to keep up with my blog last year. Lot's of things prevented me from doing that. 2012 I have made a resolution to be more dilligent about it. I will post about our Tough Mudder experience and our new adventure the Spartan Race in Miami this coming February.

So it begins!

2011-08-03T10:38:00.000-04:00

August 1st is the first day of our tough mudder training. Acually 7/31

kicked off the training with a particularly brutal CHAOS class. Starting 8/12 we'll be out at Stuart beach Saturday morning for some beach runs and stations to get in tough mudder shape!

TOUGH MUDDER IN DECEMBER

2011-07-06T09:01:00.000-04:00

So why do a race thats filled with unusual obstacles and ends with you running through a field of wires, some of which are charged with 10,000 volts?.. because it's fun?