Avoid White Flour Products! The standard American diet has changed tremendously over the past decades to include more processed foods heavy in refined flours and sugars. Since the 1970s, Americans have been eating fewer fats and more carbohydrates. The Nutrition & Metabolism Society, an independent non-profit health organization, believes carbohydrates from processed foods are responsible for …
Tips for Combine Training
Taking the football combine tests are no different than taking the SATs. When you take an SAT course, there are strategies on how to answer those questions. The same goes for the football combine tests. We’re here to help you ace those tests and reach your goals. For each of the six performance tests, we’ve …
The Hockey Speed & Strength Program at Parisi
The Parisi Speed School will improve your HOCKEY skills by: Increasing speed and quickness enabling you to: Out skate opponents Evade opponents Increasing total body strength for improved: Passing and Shooting Speed Checking power Balance and Control of puck Chance of decreasing injury Fall is the perfect time of year to prepare physically for the …
How Culprit Athletics Grew from $12k a Month to $40k in One Year
Culprit Athletics in Dalton, GA is celebrating their fifth year of business this October and Owner, Austin Culp, certainly did not plan the path that they are on but it’s been incredible. Austin Culp started coaching tumbling classes in a church gym when he was 17 years old. It grew into a full cheerleading program …
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Best and Worst Protein Shakes
Best and Worst Protein Shakes I came across this article in “Eat This, Not That” and really liked it. Hope you think it is helpful! What if I told you there was a magical fairy dust that’d help you lose weight and build muscle—and it tastes great, too? And what if I said you …
How long do I need to exercise to get the benefits?
I will answer your question with another question, “what kind of exercise are you talking about?” Cardiovascular changes/benefits occur with 30 to 45 minutes of Physical Activity a day over a period of two to three weeks. Cardiovascular fitness requires longer bouts of activity (at an intensity of at least 65% of your Predicted Maximum …
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Don’t Forget the Small Muscles
When you begin a new workout regimen, you have to take into account the small muscles. Every workout routine should involve the smaller muscles of the shoulder, the wrist, the elbow and the ankles. These are some of the most popular areas that are overlooked and lead to overuse and repetitive stress injuries. All good …
Growing the Brand
It’s been quite an active first half of 2018 for Parisi Speed School. We’ve been all over the country growing the brand and sharing education on evidence-based speed training. Here are some highlights of the year so far! ACSM’s Health & Fitness Summit Washington D.C. Perform Better Summits …
Parisi Champion of the Month: Jamarye Joiner (Parisi Tucson)
Check out our Parisi Champion of the Month, Jamarye Joiner, from Parisi Speed School Tucson.
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Parisi Speed School Partners With Sparta Science To Bring Professional-Level Sports Technology To Aspiring Youth Athletes
MENLO PARK, Calif., July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Sparta Science and Parisi Speed School today announced a partnership that will give youth athletes at Parisi’s flagship location in Fair Lawn, NJ, access to the same leading-edge injury prediction technology used by leaders in the professional sports world. Sparta’s proprietary technology creates a Movement Signature™ by pairing a functional movement assessment with predictive analytics backed …
A Math Lesson In Speed
When an athlete is sprinting, their feet are either on the ground applying force or in the air recovering. To increase speed, we decrease ground contact time and leg recovery time. We apply fast force into the ground and cycle our leg through to apply another quick force. Let’s try to take .008 seconds off …
How to Maximize Top End Speed
It may seem contradictory, but in order to maximize top end speed, athletes need to understand negative foot speed. What is negative foot speed? If you are running forward, you need to put force in the ground behind you. If you’re running 18 mph, your foot has to hit the ground at least at 18 …